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Venture Studio · Applied AI

We buildAI companies

from the end of the world.

Patagonia Venture Studio co-founds applied-AI companies from Chile. Science, product and capital under one roof, from first idea to global scale.

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Portfolio / 05

Five expeditions underway.

Applied-AI companies co-founded by the studio.

Expedition by expedition.

Portfolio / 01 / 05

Expedition 01 · Monte San Valentín
JuvenAI

Discover how old your body really is.

Clinical AI that reads your biomarkers, estimates your biological age and tells you what is accelerating your aging, and how to reverse it.

  • Biological age
  • Vision LLM extraction
  • Digital twin
  • Telemedicine AI
Stage
Live · Clinical validation study
juvenai.com
JuvenAI, juvenai.com
JuvenAI mobile
Expedition 02 · Cerro Castillo
Petviome

A health record that grows with every pet.

Clinical records, biomarkers and a Pet Age Clock for dogs and cats, with Nala, an AI assistant that understands each pet's data.

  • Pet Age Clock
  • AI vet assistant
  • Biomarkers
  • Clinical records
Stage
Pre-seed
petviome.vercel.app
Petviome, petviome.vercel.app
Petviome mobile
Expedition 03 · Cerro Fitz Roy
ActivaLab

Science-backed supplements for body and mind.

Premium formulations for physical performance and mental wellbeing, designed by scientists and sold direct-to-consumer with AI-assisted commerce.

  • Sports nutrition
  • D2C e-commerce
  • Conversational commerce
Stage
In market · D2C
activalab.cl
ActivaLab, activalab.cl
ActivaLab mobile
Expedition 04 · Cerro Torre
SheMoves

Safe mobility, between women.

The first women-only ride-hailing app in Santiago, with AI-verified drivers, plus SheMoves Cargo, last-mile delivery for businesses.

  • AI identity verification
  • Real-time dispatch
  • B2B logistics
Stage
Launched · Santiago
shemoves.cl
SheMoves, shemoves.cl
SheMoves mobile
Expedition 05 · Volcán Osorno
OnBrain

The AI operating system for brand marketing.

Brand dossier, market intelligence, SEO, content, social listening, paid media and client reporting in one AI workspace, with human approval at every step.

  • AI content production
  • Social listening
  • Marketing analytics
  • Approval workflows
Stage
In development
onbrain-xi.vercel.app
OnBrain, onbrain-xi.vercel.app

Three ways in

Whoever you are, there's a route up.

01 / Founders↗

Co-found here

Co-found with us

Bring the domain obsession. We bring the AI team, product engineering, capital and a playbook tested across five companies.

What you get

  • An AI & engineering team from day one
  • Pre-seed capital and an investor network
  • Our shared foundry: models, data, infrastructure
  • Go-to-market playbooks proven across ventures
02 / Investors↗

Invest here

Invest here

Invest in the studio

Get diversified exposure to a pipeline of AI companies built capital-efficiently in Latin America, for global markets.

What you get

  • Exposure to a portfolio of applied-AI ventures
  • Capital-efficient teams built in Latin America
  • Co-investment opportunities in each company
  • Transparent studio-level reporting
03 / Talent↗

Join here

Join here

Join an expedition

Engineers, scientists and operators who want to build zero-to-one products alongside founders, not just ship tickets.

What you get

  • Zero-to-one roles across several ventures
  • Work alongside PhDs and product builders
  • Move between companies as they grow
  • Based in Santiago, building for global markets
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Thesis

The hardest problems don't live in pitch decks. They live in clinics, homes, streets and bodies. We start there, with science, real data and applied AI, and build companies that travel from the southern edge of the world to every market.

01

Applied, not hyped

AI is the engine, never the pitch. We ship products that solve measurable problems.

02

Science meets product

PhDs and product builders on the same team, from the first prototype.

03

South to the world

Built in Chile with Latin American efficiency, designed for global markets from day one.

04

Shared foundry

Every company inherits our models, data infrastructure and playbooks.

Approach

Every company is an expedition.

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  1. 01Weeks 0–6

    Explore

    Problem discovery, scientific evidence review and AI feasibility. We kill most ideas here, on purpose.

  2. 02Months 2–4

    Base Camp

    Founding team assembled, MVP built on our shared foundry, first users and design partners.

  3. 03Months 4–12

    Ascent

    Product–market fit, go-to-market engine and pre-seed raise with the studio as co-founder.

  4. 04Year 1+

    Summit

    Independent company with its own team and board. The studio stays on as a long-term partner.

AI Foundry

One foundry. Every company.

The shared stack each venture inherits on day one, so founders spend their time on customers, not infrastructure.

01● active

LLM Agents

Tool-using assistants and copilots with domain RAG, evals and guardrails.

02● active

Computer Vision

Detection, OCR and multimodal extraction from documents, images and video.

03● active

Biomarkers & Omics

Biological-age models, clinical data pipelines and scientific validation.

04● active

Data Platform

Ingestion, warehousing and analytics wired from the first commit.

05● active

Product Engineering

Web, mobile and backend squads that ship weekly.

06● active

Design & Growth

Brand, UX and go-to-market playbooks reused across ventures.

Team

Scientists, engineers and operators.

The partners behind the studio and its companies.

01
René Vidal, MBA

René Vidal, MBA

Partner · Business & Growth

30+ years building software and AI businesses. Leads commercial strategy and international expansion.

  • Commercial strategy
  • International expansion
  • Fundraising
02
Francisco Altimiras, PhD

Francisco Altimiras, PhD

Partner · Science & Technology

Scientist and engineer: double PhD, 35+ publications, 7 patent applications. Leads AI and technology.

  • Applied AI
  • Biotechnology
  • Platform architecture
03
Diego Aguirre

Diego Aguirre

Partner · Engineering

Computer scientist who turns prototypes into production software. Leads engineering across ventures.

  • Software engineering
  • Product delivery
  • Pet health
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