Open to remote opportunities

Sergio Benavides

Entrepreneurial Project Manager | AI-Native Product Builder | Web3 & Emerging Markets Operator

I build AI-native products, communities, and MVPs that turn ideas into usable products for emerging markets.

Hackathon Winner·Top 5 Startup Finalist·SingularityNET Ambassador·STARTCUPS Selected Founder

Where I create value

AI Product BuildingProject ManagementVenture BuildingWeb3 EducationEmerging MarketsCommunity-Led Growth
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About

I am an entrepreneurial project manager and AI-native product builder with a background in engineering, education, Web3, and emerging technologies. I focus on identifying opportunities, validating user problems, creating structure in ambiguous environments, and turning early ideas into practical products.

I have worked across education, AI, blockchain, legal tech, cultural tourism, community building, and university-based technology adoption. My strength is not selling titles, but showing evidence: products, workshops, communities, events, prototypes, and real execution.

Domains worked in

  • Education
  • AI
  • Blockchain
  • Legal Tech
  • Cultural Tourism
  • Community Building
  • University Tech Adoption
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Selected Projects

A mix of shipped MVPs, working prototypes, and validated concepts across AI, education, and Web3.

Tichr

AI-assisted learning product in production

A production web app for Bolivian teachers, built around gamified quizzes, structured content, WhatsApp sharing, usage metrics, and Lean Startup validation with real users.

EducationGamificationUsage metricsLean StartupMVP iteration

BoliFest

Cultural-tech platform

A platform designed to organize information about Bolivian festivals, folkloric parades, tourism, events, communities, maps, local businesses, and possible USDT-based adoption.

TourismCultural ecosystemsCommunity engagementDigital payments

ArtesanIA

Early prototype / GitHub repo

A concept for helping protect artisan cultural assets. The workflow allows artisans to upload images, use AI to extract design and cultural patterns, validate records with human review, and generate blockchain-based provenance.

AI visionCultural preservationBlockchainIntellectual property

MemoLegal

Early prototype / GitHub repo

An early Telegram-based legal assistant concept for Bolivian lawyers, focused on legal document access, reminders, and AI-supported workflows.

Legal techAI assistanceTelegram workflowsDocument systems

BlockivIA

AI & Web3 education and product initiative

An emerging initiative focused on AI, blockchain, Web3 education, community building, and practical product experimentation in Bolivia. BlockivIA also serves as an umbrella for AI-native and emerging technology projects such as Tichr, BoliFest, ArtesanIA, MemoLegal, and automated content systems.

AI educationWeb3 educationCommunity buildingProduct experimentationEmerging technologies
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Evidence of Execution

Concrete work, not titles: events run, communities taught, and a business operated to profitability.

Event Leadership

Cardano Bolivia Summit

Project Manager for a university-focused Web3 initiative involving 12 universities, 21 volunteers, international speakers, 3 in-person conferences, 4 virtual sessions, and a main summit event with more than 250 total participants.

Watch recap
Sergio presenting at Cardano Bolivia Summit with audience and banner visible
12
Universities involved
21
Volunteers coordinated
250+
Total participants
3+4
In-person + virtual sessions
Sergio Benavides presenting the INCUBOSTART competition jury members Francisco Kemeny and Rodrigo Rojo
AI Program & Competition

INCUBOSTART — National AI Cinematic Teaser Competition

Founder, Program Lead & AI Tools Instructor

Founded INCUBOSTART as an initiative for AI- and blockchain-based entrepreneurship, then designed and led a national student competition in Bolivia for cinematic teasers created with generative AI.

Personally trained participants to use the free tiers of emerging tools including Leonardo AI, Krea, PixVerse, Runway, Pika, and Synthesia. Led the program end to end: concept, training, communications, participant support, jury coordination, evaluation, publication, and prize distribution.

Despite limited free credits and early-generation tooling, 108 students from 31 schools across 7 cities produced publicly available creative work.

Jury: Francisco Kemeny (Kemeny Studio), Rodrigo Rojo (EvoAcademy), and Bolivian filmmakers Viviana Saavedra and Daniel Moya.

View competition videos
108
Students engaged
31
Schools represented
7
Bolivian cities
4
Expert judges
Sergio presenting BlockivIA at university with Blockchain + IA en Bolivia signage
Teaching & Community

BlockivIA / University Workshops

Created BlockivIA in March as an AI & Web3 education and product initiative. Delivered a 4-session in-person workshop cycle at UAGRM through a collaboration with the International Trade Research Laboratory, and later delivered 2 virtual workshops with Comunicación Social at UPEA.

Large university classroom with students and instructor during a BlockivIA workshop session
Audience & Adoption

BlockivIA — Early University Activities & Collaborations

Early university activities that helped establish BlockivIA's presence, combining institutional collaboration, classroom outreach, and hands-on emerging-technology education. This evidence base will expand as new workshops, partnerships, and public activities are delivered.

Venture

Academia Elite

Founded and operated a university-preparation academy that became profitable from the first month, using a free-trial model, instructor evaluations, student feedback, and aligned incentives to improve retention and service quality.

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Startup Programs & Web3 Ecosystem Experience

I have strengthened my product-building and project leadership experience through startup incubation programs, competitive pitch events, Web3 communities, and hackathons. Each experience below includes public evidence.

AlquiChain team members in purple Ethereum branded apparel

Ethereum Bolivia Hackathon

Team Lead & Winner — Local Solutions Category

Formed a multidisciplinary team with participants who had not worked together before, proposed the project direction, coordinated execution, and led Alquichain to win the Local Solutions category at the first Ethereum Bolivia Hackathon.

The experience included rapid team formation, product ideation, execution under time constraints, and coordination of the prize distribution.

Sergio Benavides profile as SingularityNET LATAM Ambassador and Core Contributor

SingularityNET LATAM

Ambassador & Core Contributor | Jul 2024 – Apr 2025

Contributed to the SingularityNET LATAM ambassador program through community coordination, ecosystem communication, meeting documentation, educational activities, and participation in regional Town Halls.

Presented the SingularityNET ecosystem during in-person workshops in Bolivia and supported regional collaborations involving artificial intelligence, Web3, research, and startup communities.

Tichr DemoDay pitch slide showing classroom experiment

ICPnnova — Colledge & ICP LATAM Hub

Top 5 Finalist — Tichr

Completed a six-week startup development program, presented Tichr during the initial competition, and advanced to the final Pitch Day as one of five selected projects.

Official STARTCUPS LATAM 2023 selected entrepreneurs announcement

STARTCUPS LATAM 2023

Selected Founder — Pre-Incubation Program

Selected with Videoteca for the STARTCUPS LATAM 2023 high-impact startup pre-incubation program, focused on business validation, venture development, and pitching.

Evidence over titles: public projects, teams, programs, products, and communities demonstrate how I work.

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Skills & Tools

Product & Venture Building

MVP developmentProduct discoveryUser validationRoadmap planningGo-to-market strategyCommunity-led growthCustomer research

AI & Automation

AI-assisted product developmentPrompt engineeringWorkflow designResearch automationContent systemsNo-code/low-code prototyping

Project & Operations

Project managementTeam coordinationEvent operationsStakeholder managementPartnershipsEducational program design

Emerging Technologies

AIBlockchainWeb3Crypto adoptionDigital walletsDecentralized communities

Tools

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiGoogle AI StudioGoogle WorkspaceGoogle SheetsGoogle Apps ScriptGitHubVercelTelegram Mini AppsWhatsApp-based workflows
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Let's Connect

I am currently open to remote opportunities in AI, Web3, product, innovation, venture building, and project management. The best way to contact me is through LinkedIn.