I didn't grow up with access to computer science. That career in Mexico was out of reach for someone in my surroundings. So I did what was available: I went deep into manufacturing and metallurgical operations for 11 years, running my family's business. I learned to manage capacity, cut waste, read a P&L like a pulse, and keep a small company alive when the margins got tight.

That was a gift I didn't recognize at the time.

I paid the toll. Burned out, overweight, running a company that was consuming me. At some point I decided to take my life back. I lost 80 lbs, ran the Boston Marathon, finished Ironman 70.3, and got accepted to MIT Sloan, my dream school. That fundamentally changed everything.

Once I landed in Cambridge, I went all in on AI. Not because I wanted to become a computer scientist, but because I fell in love with what this world makes possible. I have been showing up every weekend at hackathons with MIT Media Lab, SundAI Club, Red Hat Open Accelerator, E14 Fund, and MIT AI Studio. Self-learning, building, breaking things, learning again. I refuse to be an observer.

Those 11 years in manufacturing taught me something most people in tech overlook: every small and medium business, regardless of vertical, can operate lean like a factory. There is a massive opportunity to bring agentic infrastructure to the millions of businesses that have never had access to it.

That is why I am building YU.

YU is the operating system for employee wellbeing at small businesses. AI burnout detection that runs locally on company infrastructure, so employee privacy is architectural, not aspirational. Built for people, not employers.

At MIT I learned the importance of agentic infrastructure, security guardrails, and the challenges ahead. I want to be prepared, not surprised.

I am preparing my road to Y Combinator. Whatever happens, I am building YU. I have learned that everybody has their own timezone and things make sense at their own pace. The only thing under my control is showing up, and I will do that without exceptions.

Let's go.

Currently: MIT Sloan Fellows MBA '26 | Founder, YU | Boston, MA

Previously: CRO, Grupo SMM | 11 years in metallurgical manufacturing | Mexico

Building with: IBM Granite 3.3 RamaLama Podman FastAPI React FastMCP

Active at: MIT Sandbox | MIT 15.378 | MIT AI Studio MAS.664 | Red Hat Open Accelerator | E14 Fund | SundAI Club | I-Corps | VMS

Life: Boston Marathon | Ironman 70.3 | CrossFit | Cold plunge | Sober | All in

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