[ ABOUT SYSOP ] — User profile: nparziale
Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I'm Nico — serial founder, software engineer, and, apparently, the kind of person who thinks turning their résumé into a 1980s BBS is a perfectly reasonable idea. (It is. Thank you for coming.)
I've been building companies since 2012 across entertainment tech, food-tech, and AI-powered autonomous retail. My thing: taking genuinely hard technical problems and turning them into products people actually enjoy using — from frictionless computer-vision checkout to startup lunch delivery that people looked forward to every day.
Three companies. Twelve years. Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Puerto Rico, Mexico City. LatAm roots. Global reach. Dial-up BBS entirely optional.
[ MSG BASE #1 ] — INTUITIVO · Autonomous Retail AI
AI Operating System for unattended retail. Built computer vision-powered autonomous points of sale with no product scanning, no lines, and no fumbling with self-checkout kiosks. Customers grab what they want and walk out. The AI handles everything else.
The mission: bring digital touchpoints into the physical world and make buying something feel as frictionless as a thought. This isn't vaporware. It's deployed, it scales, and retailers love it.
[ MSG BASE #2 ] — HOYPIDO · LatAm's Finest Lunch
The best lunch experience for companies in Latin America. HoyPido delivered lunch to the fastest-growing startups and traditional businesses in Buenos Aires. B2B, food-tech, and pure LatAm hustle — before "LatAm hustle" was a phrase people said.
Backed by two outstanding programs: 500 Startups Latam in Mexico City, and Parallel 18 in Puerto Rico (Generation 3 cohort). Yes, we got to hashtag #WorkHardPlayTropical. We earned it.
[ MSG BASE #3 ] — GETCAST · Talent Meets Opportunity
Showcase and discovery platform for performing artists. An easy and beautiful way for talent to display their work, broadcast their abilities, and connect with real opportunities in the entertainment industry. Part of the Matter.vc portfolio in San Francisco.
Built with the finest artisanal JavaScript of 2013 — CoffeeScript, Node.js, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, HTML5, and Heroku. We were extremely web-scale. You're welcome, internet.
[ ARCHIVE ] — Earlier Ventures
▸ FAN GURU — Front-end Developer
Facebook promotions platform — a sprint of a role before co-founding Getcast in the Bay Area. Efficient, fast, and caffeinated.
▸ NEWEN GAMES — Co-Founder / Business Development
Social casino-games company and the origin story. Built a framework for cross-device, cross-platform real-time multiplayer games with no socket connection required — then shipped a Bingo game for desktop, tablet, and mobile. The founding instinct starts here.
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[ VERIFIED CREDENTIALS ] — Accelerators & Investors
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▶ 500 STARTUPS LATAM
One of the most active and respected seed-stage accelerators in the world. HoyPido made the cut. We showed up, shipped fast, and fed people well.
▶ PARALLEL 18 — Generation 3
Puerto Rico's leading startup accelerator, designed to attract top global founders to the island. Generation 3 cohort. The hashtag was real. The work was real. The tropical part was a bonus.
▶ MATTER.VC
San Francisco-based accelerator and venture fund at the intersection of media and technology. Getcast was proud to be part of the portfolio, and Matter was an excellent place to build in the Bay Area.
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