The following article is drawn from our conversations with leading industry voices across Latin America, featured in our State of AI 2025 report (available through the button on the right). In this edition, we highlight the insights of Jimena Pardo, Managing Partner at Hi Ventures.
The next breakout startups won’t just use AI, they’ll build for AI. Our future is agentic. and the time is now. - Jimena Pardo
What seemed like an over promise is now proven: GPT-4o pushed agent success on ML-Agent-Bench from 37% to 76%. Agents can now reliably plan, code, and self-correct. What began as pilots has become strategy, agent-based automation is now core to staying competitive.
AI moved from “chat” to “do.” Enterprises are deploying finance bots, recruiting scouts, and emotional copilots. Protocols like MCP and NLWeb standardize how agents interact—shifting us from SEO to AIO (Agentic Interaction Optimization). Services are being rebuilt for agent-to-agent communication.
Agents will transact, optimize, and make decisions for us. By 2030, “machine customers” will drive major revenue. Loyalty shifts to performance, attention is no longer the bottleneck. The next breakout startups won’t just use AI—they’ll build for it. The opportunity is massive. Let’s build.
