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Silicon Valley 2X AI Tech Founder / $10M VC backed
65 Top tech founders, 11 of them running $Billion+ companies

About

Ricardo is a seasoned Silicon Valley 2X AI tech founder ($10M venture backed YCombinator alum) in the AI B2B enterprise space. Most recently he was the founder & CEO of ILUMA AI - Predictive AI for CEOs. He is also the founder of two leading communities of thousands of the top tech founders in the world:
- Alumni Founders (3,000 YCombinator Alumni) YC founders have created startups that have achieved an aggregate valuation of $600B.
- Top American Latinx Tech Leaders (65 leaders - 11 of them founders of billion-dollar companies).
Ricardo has hosted 50+ of the most influential tech leaders in the world in highly curated in-person & virtual private "Founder Series" events across nine cities, among them: Mark Cuban, Ashton Kutcher, Ben Horowitz, Marcelo Claure (Softbank), Tim Draper (DFJ), Jeff Lawson (Twilio), Jennifer Hyman (Rent the Runway), Daphne Koller (Coursera), Brian Halligan (HubSpot), Michael Siebel (YCombinator), Justin Kan (Twitch), and many more.
Ricardo is recognized as a Silicon Valley Top Diverse Tech 40 Under 40. He is a founding equity partner of Acrew Capital and active angel investor through his family fund, Nilo Ventures. Ricardo is also a Founding Governance member of the Orange DAO ($80M fund, 1,500 founders).
Prior to Silicon Valley, Ricardo was an Associate at the NYC Mayor’s Office under Michael Bloomberg developing the technology blueprint for New York City. He also was campaign CTO to mayor Angel Taveras; the first Latino mayor of the City of Providence, RI.
Ricardo has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, and an undergraduate degree in Politics from NYU. He is a former member of the board of advisors of the World Policy Institute. Ricardo is also a Consortium Fellow, a Management Leaders for Tomorrow (MLT) Fellow, and a Council of Urban Professionals Fellow. He is also the former President of the Scarsdale Alumni Association and was recently a guest at the White House reception for Latino leaders. Ricardo is also an Aspen Institute Latino Tech Leader.
Ricardo lives in beautiful Carmel, CA with his wife, Leslie, his two-year old Leo and their two chihuahuas. The few hours when he's not chasing after Leo, Ricardo enjoys mountain biking, gardening and horseback riding. ​​​

HOSTING TOP SILICON VALLEY TECH LEADERS
EthDenver - How to Leverage AI to Combat Information Asymmetry
Ricardo spoke at ETHDenver on a panel next to Jessica, ILUMA’s co-founder and COO. The panel touched upon how communities can leverage AI to gain the edge of information asymmetry and the unique value that Orange DAO brings to portfolio companies.

RICARDO ON THE FUTURE OF AI





PODCASTS
Raising $50 Million to Invest in Web3 Founders
September 29, 2022
Ricardo spoke on Bounty Hunter podcast by BanklessDAO about Orange DAO‘s 50-year vision, web3 investments, web3 imposter syndrome & how his company ILUMA uses AI to filter out the chatter in your communities and provide you with only the most important information/insights.
DeFi en Español - Invirtiendo en WEB3 a través de Orange DAO
July 21, 2022
Ricardo introduces the Orange DAO (1,200+ Y Combinator alumni building the future of web3) to the Latam community on DeFi en español podcast with fellow Orange member Orlando Espinoza. The podcast focuses on providing a deeper insight into DeFi and web3 by the top leaders in the ecosystem.
