Ricardo is the founder & CEO of ILUMA, the AI brain powering the next million web3 companies ($2.5M raised) . ILUMA gives you the superhuman ability to filter out the chatter and noise of Discord, saving you countless hours by easily providing you with the most important information and insights.

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Ricardo is a founding governance committee member of the leading and most influential tech DAO in the world; the Orange DAO (1,500+ YCombinator alumni building the future of web3 & a $50M fund).

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Previously Ricardo was the founder of VOIQ ($6M raised) backed by YCombinator and other top Silicon Valley investors, building Voice Conversational AI products.

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Ricardo is the founder of two of the most influential private communities in Silicon Valley; the YC Alumni (1,300 top tech founders that went through the YC program) and the Top American Latinx Tech Leaders in the US ($16 Billion in founder exits, $120 Billion to invest). He is a founding equity partner of Acrew Capital and active angel investor through his family fund, Nilo Ventures. Ricardo is an Aspen Institute tech fellow and an NYU stern innovation fellow. He was recently recognized as a Silicon Valley Top Diverse Tech 40 under 40. 

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Prior to his two tech startups, Ricardo was an associate at the NYC Mayor’s office under Michael Bloomberg developing the technology roadmap for New York City. He also was campaign CTO to Mayor Angel Taveras; the first Latino mayor of the city of providence, RI.

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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.