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LEADER IN AI &
FUTURE OF WORK

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Silicon Valley 2X AI Tech Founder  / $10M VC backed 

65 Top tech founders, 11 of them running $Billion+ companies

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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.   
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EVENTS

HOSTING TOP SILICON VALLEY TECH LEADERS

ILUMA - Techstars Demo Day

Ricardo presented ILUMA AI at Techstars Demo Day
2023 in front of over 300+ tech leaders.

Alumni Founders - Off-The-Record Series

Ricardo is the founder of Alumni Founders (3,000 YCombinator alumni). He hosts the Off-The-Record Series where he invites the most successful founders and influential VCs as special guests. 

Top American Latinx Tech Leaders

Ricardo is the founder of the American Latinx Tech Leaders group ($16B in founder exits, $120B AUM by VCs). They get together for an off-the-record conversation with the most influential VCs. 

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.

YCombinator Alumni
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RICARDO ON THE FUTURE OF AI

Panel: The Future of Voice

Panel: The Future of Voice

Audience: 60,000 MobileMondays members

Ricardo speaks about the future of AI Voice and VOIQ AI VoiceBots alongside fellow panelists from Twilio, MobiledgeX, AT&T and Samsung Bixby/Viv Labs at the Week of Bots, hosted by Mobile Monday.

Keynote: The Rise of Conversational VoiceBots

Keynote: The Rise of Conversational VoiceBots

Audience: 500 NYC tech leaders

Ricardo gives a keynote on the past, present and future of AI Voice and Conversational VoiceBots for Sales and Marketing calls at the Global Chatbot & AI Voice Conference to 200+ technology leaders from the Fortune 500.

AI Voice Insights with Ricardo Garcia-Amaya

AI Voice Insights with Ricardo Garcia-Amaya

Audience: 2,000+ Chatbots Life community members

Ricardo shares his vision of AI Voice, how it will affect the way we run our businesses, and the top 5 Voice innovations that will have the biggest impact on the way businesses function.

PODCASTS

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.

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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.

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This Week in DAOs with Ricardo Garcia-Amaya

April 1, 2022

Ricardo was invited to speak on This Week in DAOs (web3 podcast), to talk about his learnings as founding governance member at the YC Orange DAO.

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