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Santiago Suárez

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The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

So in five years time, we need to be giddy.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Like there are a few hundred people, because it'll be a few hundred people, by the way.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

I don't see how it'll be a thousand people.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

You know, Angela doesn't know this because we haven't yet had our summer board meeting, but like we're running 150 heads below our budget.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

while exceeding the growth.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Like 150 heads.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Wow.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

And we're running this because we're seeing... And it doesn't mean, by the way, that we are cutting heads.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

It just means that for the growth rate we had, right?

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

We were growing this year again at that rate.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Even with AI, we're like, oh, we got to make a few hires here or there to support the thing.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

And we're running behind.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

So we cut that thing and we're going to keep cutting it again.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

So the velocity and efficiencies we're seeing, they're real, but five years down the line, like imagine what we can do.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

And, you know, at that point we may be talking about, you know, taking this interplanetarily, right?

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Like I always ask, and this is something I tell Daniel, I'm like,

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Part of the reason you build these companies is because you always want to be pushing the envelope a little bit.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

I think the day I can't push the envelope, maybe the day that I'm like, I may look for a different job.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

And by the way, you don't have to be in San Francisco to push the envelope.

The a16z Show
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Like we're in Bogota and we're pushing the envelope in interesting ways.