May 1st, 2025 • San Francisco / Buenos Aires
Alquimia Appoints Sebastián Cao as Chief Executive Officer
Alquimia.ai, the technology company specializing in artificial intelligence for mission-critical business processes proudly announces the appointment of Sebastián Cao as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). This milestone marks a new chapter as the company strengthens its position as a global platform.
Sebastián Cao is an engineer and international expert in applied AI, with experience at Tesla, Red Hat, and Stanford University, where he has led projects in automation, open infrastructure, and human-centered user experience.
My work has always been building bridges between raw data and action, algorithmic logic and human experience. It's not just about how powerful a model is, but how a real person receives it. That will be my mission at Alquimia, too.
— Sebastián Cao, Chief Executive Officer
Alquimia provides a platform that enables companies of all sizes to build libraries of intelligent assistants trained on their own data, able to adapt to context and respond with clarity and empathy.
What attracted me to Alquimia was its vision: a gray-box AI. Explainable. Human. Applied.
None of this would be possible without the exceptional team behind Alquimia. The alquimistas — engineers, designers, data scientists, architects, and creatives — blend technical precision with human insight. Their talent, diversity, and purpose-driven mindset ensure that every solution built at Alquimia delivers true transformation.
With operations in Latin America and the U.S., Alquimia uses AI to help clients in the banking, insurance, telecom, and consumer goods industries save time, reduce risks, and elevate customer experience.
AI doesn't replace people. It empowers them. It frees up the back office so the front office can be more human. That's the intelligence we want to build.
— Sebastián Cao, Chief Executive Officer
The company will continue expanding from Silicon Valley to the rest of the Americas and Europe, while staying true to its regional talent, open-source philosophy, and commitment to transparency.
Alquimia Runtime: Enterprise-Grade Conversational AI, On-Premise
Under Sebastián's guidance, our flagship platform will empower global companies to deploy conversational AI with trust and confidence on their own infrastructure. It integrates industry-grade guardrails (IBM Granite, TrustyAI) and a modular, event-driven architecture to ensure every interaction is safe, auditable, and entirely under control.
Key Features of Alquimia Runtime
Responsible AI & Verified Answers
Built-in guardrails provide safe, accurate, and policy-aligned responses.
Event-Driven & Serverless
Knative-powered, Kubernetes-native auto-scaling for cost-efficient, event-driven workflows.
Flexible & Modular
Loosely coupled components let you craft dynamic conversational pipelines and integrate custom connectors.
Seamless Integration
Connects with your existing APIs, databases, and AI models for transparent, end-to-end automation.
InsightHub: Deep Research on Your Data
Built on Alquimia Runtime, InsightHub lets you perform deep, topic-based analysis of your own documents, URLs, or datasets, never relying on external data. Users Explore their organizational knowledge via an intuitive chat interface, extracting strategic insights, compliance checks, or risk assessments in seconds.
Charting Our Future Together
We are profoundly grateful and excited to have Sebastián Cao leading Alquimia into its next chapter. His proven track record of success and his passionate advocacy for human-centered technology make him the ideal leader to advance our mission.