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Ricardo is the founder & ceo of voiq. His company raised $5 million from YCombinator and other top silicon valley investors. Voiq is leading the $150b transformation from humans to conversational ai voicebots for calling.
Ricardo is a ycombinator alumnus and was recently recognized as a silicon valley top diverse tech 40 under 40. He also founded the group of the top 20 latino tech leaders in the us ($10b in exits) and leads the group of ycombinator alumni in silicon valley ($100b valuations). Ricardo is an aspen institute tech fellow and an nyu stern innovation fellow.
Prior to voiq, 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 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.
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EVENTS
KEYNOTE: AI VOICE AND THE FUTURE OF WORK
SEP 25, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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.SAN FRANCISCO, CA
KEYNOTE: AI VOICE AND THE FUTURE OF WORK
SEP 20, 2019
REDWOOD CITY, CA
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.SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Global Keynotes & Speaking Engagements
AUG 18-21, 2020
BOSTON, MA
Proud to have VOIQ as 1st sponsor for Hubspot INBOUND 2020! INBOUND is one of the fastest-growing business events in the world. Over 24,000 people gathered to learn inbound marketing and sales tactics from best-selling authors, hit TV producers, and leaders at major corporations.
HubSpot INBOUND 2020
Audience: 24,000 Marketing leaders across the globe
SEP, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Excited to partnered with SaaStr at SaaStr Annual 2020! SaaStr is one of the biggest, most popular events in the SaaS industry. The annual gathering brings together 15,000 people and features over 300 sessions designed to help you scale your SaaS business and improve LTV.
SaaStr Annual 2020
Audience: 15,000+ SaaS founders and execs
SEP 29, 2019
SAN DIEGO, CA
Ricardo cohosts the Startup Match-up at L’ATTITUDE with Ebetuel "Beto" Pallares, who led the effort of matching latino founders with over $2.5M of capital deployed on stage and invested, alongside a great panel of Latino VCs.
Panel: The Startup Match-up
Audience: 10,000+ world-class CEOs, economists, entrepreneurs and industry leaders
SEP 26, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Ricardo shares his experience building VOIQ and discusses opportunities in technology and innovation across the Americas, alongside a panel of top Latino tech founders ($4B in aggregate exits and Billions in assets under management by investors).
Panel: LEAP Summit
Audience: Investors deploying billions of dollars in capital
SEP 20, 2019
REDWOOD CITY, CA
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.
AI Voice Insights with Ricardo Garcia-Amaya
Audience: 2,000+ Chatbots Life community members
SEP 20, 2019
REDWOOD CITY, CA
Ricardo sats down with Stefan Kojouharov Founder of Chatbots Life, to talk about AI Voice, how it has evolved for the consumer at home, how it is shaping the future of business, and transforming the way we all work.
AI Voice Interview for Chatbots Life
Audience: 2,000+ Chatbots Life community members
MAY 22, 2019
New York City, NY
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.
Keynote: The Rise of Conversational VoiceBots
Audience: 500 NYC tech leaders
June 22, 2017
ASPEN, CO
Ricardo is invited to be a member of the 20 US Latino leaders convened by the @AspenInstitute (Top influential Think Tanks in the world) in Aspen for the second forum focused on developing the playbook to bolster the US economy by $1 Trillion by scaling Latino-owned businesses.
Aspen Institute Leaders Forum: Unleashing $1 Trillion to the US Economy
Audience: 20 US leaders
(by invitation-only)
2015-2019
NYC / SF / TEL AVIV
Ricardo is host and moderator of of the Top Latino Tech Leaders events where the most influential tech leaders in the world meet to exchange perspectives, explore opportunities and empower the next generation of Latino founders to continue strengthening and expanding the American 21st century economy.
Top 20 Latino Tech Leaders in the US
Audience: Top Latino tech leaders (generated $7B in aggregate exits), top industry leaders and VCs.
2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
Ricardo presents VOIQ on YCombinator Demo Day (private, invitation) for the Summer 2015 class at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. It was the 21st Demo Day event in Y Combinator’s history, with a total of 102 pitches spread across two days.
YCombinator Demo Day
Audience: 1,000 leading investors
(invite-only)
MAY 2, 2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
Ricardo speaks about Emerging Entrepreneurial Latino Leadership in the US and Latin America. The Silicon Valley Latino Summit brings the top Thought Leaders throughout the country to Stanford University to connect and inspire the community towards entrepreneurship and leadership.
Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit: Latinos Leading in Technology
Audience: 250 leaders in business, government, education throughout the US
OCT 16, 2013
NEW YORK CITY, NY
Ricardo moderates a panel discussion at the 13th Annual Wall Street Summit at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC, about the important role angel investors and tech venture capitalists play in the creation of new industry leaders, as well as the challenges and opportunities they face in today's market.
New America Alliance VC & Angel Investor Session
Audience: Top NYC Angel investors
PODCASTS
VOIQ with Ricardo – Ep. 20
January 27, 2020
This week on the Voicing Startups podcast I am talking with Ricardo, Founder and CEO of VOIQ. VOIQ creates conversational VoiceBots that empower companies to use human-like AI VoiceBots for highly personalized inbound and outbound calls. ...
How Voice Technology Can Help Your Business with Ricardo Garcia-Amaya,
CEO of VOIQ
April 10, 2020
Ricardo Garcia-Amaya, the CEO of VOIQ worked in technology for a long time and started VOIQ in 2015 where he raised a $5 Million seed round from Y Combinator and other top Silicon Valley investors. You'll hear him talk about his journey into technology, why voice innovation is helpful for businesses, what it's like to pitch to investors, the data and feedback he's received from his users, and why he founded the Top 20 Latino Tech Leaders organization and what it entails.
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