SPEAKERS
AGENDA
Date: September 9, 2026
Location: Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market St, San Francisco.
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Early bird gets the worm: Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Latin America's opportunity in AI | Joaquín Stephens, GP @ Platanus |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Fireside chat: Agent-led companies | Zac Baker, CEO @ Terac |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Ask Me Anything | Immad Akhund, CEO @ Mercury |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Fireside chat: Brain-computer interfaces | Naomi Bashkansky, Researcher @ Conduit Intelligence |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Fireside chat: Where are the models going | Anastasis Germanidis, CTO @ Runway |
| 13:30 - 14:45 | Lunch | |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Free for All: Cross-talk between attendees | Any attendee who voluntarily submits their name into the raffle |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Panel: AI services in Latin America, and roll up strategy? | Diego Noguera, CEO @ Carvuk, Natan Felzensztein CEO @ Felz, Francisco Suarez, CEO @ Cuidapet |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Fireside chat: Super intelligence for enterprise | Pablo Palafox, CEO @ HappyRobbot |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Odysseus Cocktail | Wander around for knowledge |
We recommend putting together a packed schedule to make the most of your trip. This tab will show the events happening during On-Site week. Expect more events to be added.
You'll need to register for each one separately.
| September 8 17:00 - 19:00 |
Houston: Product Demo & AI Agents Workshop | This is a portfolio startup event. Join us at Houston's SF office for an inside look at how they're building the future of no-code AI agents. Register Here |
| September 10 all day |
Y Combinator S26 Demo Day | On Demo Day, Y Combinator's latest batch of startups present to an invite-only audience of approximately 1,500 investors and media. Register Here |
| September 10 18:30 - 22:30 |
Horizon House Party | This is a portfolio startup event. Horizon is opening their doors for drinks, music and good company to wrap up the On-Site and PV 26-I Batch. Expect Nico to grab the mic at some point too. Register Here |
| September 10-11 | Tech Weekend by Founders Village | A 48-hour fundraising sprint for pre-seed to Series A founders in the heart of Silicon Valley. Register Here |
Accommodation
Superhero Hotel: the hotel for founders & VCs. Get plugged into San Francisco's startup ecosystem from day one.
Founders and investors of Platanus attending the event get a 25% discount in Superhero Hotel.
Make sure to book through this link, which includes the discount.
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Sponsors
Platanus On-Site. San Francisco · September 9, 2026.
Our annual gathering for our founders and investors.
Platanus? You eat it?
At Platanus, we want more tech startups to be built from Latin America.
We believe that capital and bringing talented people together to explore ideas and build new things plays a fundamental role in achieving that goal. The spirit of creation is contagious: ideas are shared and improved, talent attracts more talent, and a virtuous cycle emerges.
At Platanus, we do three things:
- 1.Venture Capital: Platanus invests $50k–$250k checks at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages.
- 2.Initial Momentum: A 3 month program that creates urgency and accountability through mentorship from some of Latin America's top founders.
- 3.Networks: At the earliest stages, surrounding yourself with ambitious people creates an environment where the best startups are born. We have a community of more than 300 highly technical founders.
We are one of the most active investors in LatAm. We have invested in 125 companies across 10 countries in the region, with an acceptance rate below 1%.
The On-Site
It is our in-person Annual General Meeting. We bring together our founders, mentors, and investors, and invite a select group of external speakers.
Who Will Attend?
- •Immad Akhund, CEO @ Mercury
- •Zac Baker, CEO @ Terac
- •Pablo Palafox, CEO @ HappyRobbot
Our community:
- •Founders from more than 50 portfolio companies
- •Mentors: founders of some of Latin America's top startups
- •Investors, including family offices, high-net-worth individuals, angel investors, and VC funds
It is an opportunity to position the brand alongside people who are influential decision-makers in the technology ecosystem.
Events We Have Organized
Platanus Hack: held across five Latin American cities, bringing together 100 developers to build a product from scratch in 36 hours. From Friday to Sunday, nonstop. The Sponsors section provides a detailed overview of the event.
AI Native: Monthly gatherings of 50 CTOs to discuss the latest things they have built with AI.
Platanus Forum: We bring our community together in Chile and invite Silicon Valley founders who are building things that would have once seemed unthinkable in Latin America.
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