Jacob F. Valdez
Building VibeStartup
Software engineer building AI systems. Currently building VibeStartup. Previously API/Integration Architect at AGI, Inc., where I worked on APIs, integrations, and agent infrastructure for on-device mobile AI agents. Earlier: Breezy, Deepshard, Motio, and UTA research labs. BS Computer Science from UT Arlington.
I love science and engineering and people. More about me.
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Now building VibeStartup.
3rd place in the OpenAI track at Hack-Nation’s Global AI Hackathon with CortexOne — an organizational intelligence layer that builds living knowledge graphs from communication. 1500+ participants from MIT, Stanford, ETH Zurich, Harvard, Oxford.
Wrapped up my time at AGI, Inc., where I worked on API, integration, and agent infrastructure for on-device mobile AI systems.
Promoted to API/Integration Architect at AGI, Inc. — interfaces across API, SDKs, partner surfaces, MLE, agents, and control plane.
Joined AGI, Inc. as Software Engineer, building infrastructure for on-device mobile AI agents. Partnered with Qualcomm for Snapdragon-native agent capabilities.
Started at Breezy building AI phone receptionists for solopreneurs. Moved to San Francisco.
GoHuman Fund completed its mission. Supported founders who went on to raise from 1517 Fund, Emergent Ventures, and build thriving tech communities in Africa.
Launched Truffle AI Computer with the Deepshard team.
Joined Deepshard as Applied ML Engineer, working on hardware and software for the Truffle AI Computer.
Graduated with BS Computer Science from UT Arlington (3.6 GPA). Joined Motio Inc as Software Engineer.
Earned TensorFlow Developer Certificate.
Earned 3x AWS certifications — Solutions Architect, Developer, and SysOps Administrator.
