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Everything you need to cover AI that actually runs.

For journalists, podcasts and event organizers. Copy-ready bios, topics with an angle, quotes, verifiable facts and high-res photos. If you need anything else, I reply the same day.

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Name
Federico Garzón Rodríguez
Based in
Bogotá, Colombia
Now
Head of AI & Growth, LQN Hipotecas
Before
Co-founder & CEO, DORA (500 Global, acquired)
Education
BBA, Universidad de los Andes
Recognition
Forbes Colombia Top 100 (2024) · 500 Global LatAm (2023) · Co-founder, StartupAndes
Languages
Spanish and English

Ready-to-use bios

Federico Garzón Rodríguez builds and runs production AI agents for financial and real estate companies in Latin America. He is Head of AI & Growth at LQN Hipotecas, a mortgage platform backed by Pegasus, Angel Ventures and 500 Global. Before that he co-founded and ran DORA, the fintech that replaced the co-signer in Colombian leases: 2,000 tenants, USD 8.4 million in annualized guaranteed rent and a 0.8% default rate. DORA was acquired.

Topics I can cover with data

  1. 01

    Why most AI projects never reach production

    The demo is never the hard part: tests, permissions, human escalation and cost per conversation are.

  2. 02

    What an AI agent really costs

    Real numbers: USD 274–400 a month for an ops agent; ~USD 0.41 per broker for a copilot.

  3. 03

    WhatsApp is Latin America's office

    Agents, CRM and voice on the app where business already happens, with Meta's rules as part of the product.

  4. 04

    AI and credit: the model explains, the code decides

    Where a model can weigh in, and where a commercial or legal promise has to be computed.

  5. 05

    Governing agents like new hires

    Permissions in code, drafts before sends and an evidence-based autonomy ladder.

  6. 06

    From co-signers to AI: ten years in Colombian housing

    Founding, scaling and selling a rental fintech, and what it teaches about risk and automation.

Quotes you can run

“AI that never reaches production is just an expense.”
— Federico Garzón
“I treat a new agent like an employee who was handed every key on day one. The job is to take most of them back.”
— Federico Garzón
“A prompt is a request. The transport layer is a wall.”
— Federico Garzón
“The model explains; the code decides.”
— Federico Garzón
“A dashboard showing zero should be an error, not a number.”
— Federico Garzón
“AI is going to be a commodity. The edge is what your operation knows that nobody else sees.”
— Federico Garzón

High-resolution photos

Free for editorial use, credit “Courtesy of Federico Garzón”.

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Federico next to a DORA banner in Bogotá