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Manuel Zamora · Austin, TX

You know the industry. I'll own the technology.

Your fractional CTO first, and your technical co-founder when it's right for both of us.

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  • $100M+
    raised by companies I co-founded or helped build from scratch
  • 10+
    products taken from zero to one
  • 3
    world-class accelerators, including 500 Startups and Berkeley SkyDeck

How we work together

  1. Before revenue

    I start as your fractional CTO. When there's something to build, my team builds it with you.

  2. Earning revenue

    We keep building as you grow, scaling up or down as needed. $10,000 to $30,000 a month, depending on what you're doing.

  3. Growing

    When it makes sense, we invest alongside you as angels, on the same terms as your other investors.

You own the code and every account from day one. Either of us can end it with 30 days' notice.

Manuel Zamora
For 15+ years I've helped build companies from zero. I've come in as a contractor and stayed as a co-founder. More than once.

Current projects

Partnering · Pharma sourcing

CDMO Hub

Biotech and pharma teams find the right contract manufacturer in weeks, not months. Built with a founder who spent her career in the industry.

What we did

Technical co-founder. We build and run the platform.

How we went about it

  • Map 3,500+ contract manufacturing facilities across 80+ countries.
  • Match buyers to the right manufacturers with AI, then send an RFI straight from the match.
  • Add peer experts and a marketplace, so sourcing doesn't stop at a list.
Open it (opens cdmohub.ai in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.
Partnering · Event design

Gia

Planners, designers, and venues show clients exactly what their event will look like, in minutes.

What we did

We build and run it with the founders.

How we went about it

  • Upload a venue once, then design on the real space.
  • Design with the planner's actual rental inventory, so what the client sees is what they can book.
  • Share a polished design the client can approve in minutes.
Open it (opens meetgia.ai in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.
Partnering · Fleet operations

FleetSnap

The operating system for Turo fleets. AI and a trained team handle the day-to-day, so the host stops running it.

What we did

We build and run it with the founders.

How we went about it

  • Read every guest message and only escalate the one that matters.
  • Turn a damage photo into an itemized estimate.
  • Show true profit per car, not Turo's gross.
Open it (opens fleetsnap.ai in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.
Our product · AI infrastructure

FairStack

One API and one balance for AI image, voice, video, and music. For developers and creators.

What we did

Built it, run it, grow it.

How we went about it

  • Put hundreds of models behind one key. A new model is a string change, not a new integration.
  • Show the cost of every job before it runs. Pay per generation, no subscription.
  • Added a Director that turns one sentence into a scripted, voiced, multi-scene video.
Open it (opens fairstack.ai in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.
Our product · Explainer video

Sketchie

Type a prompt, or paste a doc or a URL, and a narrated whiteboard explainer draws itself. For course builders, training teams, and developers.

What we did

Built it, run it, grow it.

How we went about it

  • Built scenes, narration, and drawing as one pipeline, so a video renders in under a minute.
  • Kept every scene editable. Fix one scene and leave the rest alone.
  • Shipped an API and an MCP server so other products can make explainers too.
Open it (opens sketchie.ai in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.
Our product · Competitive intelligence

Rivalize

Point it at a company and get a cited report on who it's up against, kept current. For founders and product marketers who track rivals by hand.

What we did

Built it, run it, grow it.

How we went about it

  • Find the rivals from one URL. Pull pricing, positioning, hiring, reviews, and community talk into one report.
  • Source every claim with a date, or leave it out.
  • Watch for changes, and hand the full data to your own AI through an API.
Open it (opens rivalize.ai in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.
Our product · History

Today In History

A personalized daily dose of history, with games and an AI to ask. For people who read history for fun.

What we did

Built it, run it, grow it.

How we went about it

  • Gave every date of the year its own page, led by one event told like a story.
  • Added daily games with streaks and share cards.
  • Let readers talk to historical figures, grounded in researched facts instead of roleplay.
Open it (opens todayinhistory.app in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.
Incubating · Education

JamWise

Teachers turn any concept into a song students remember. Built for K-8 classrooms.

What we did

Built it.

How we went about it

  • Make a song for any topic, in more than one genre, so it fits the class.
  • Pair each song with lyrics and visuals on screen, ready for the projector.
  • Start from memory research: content set to music sticks.
Open it (opens jamwise.com in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.
Our product · Marketing AI

ManiAI

On-brand ad creative for small businesses, made overnight in batches and approved from your phone.

What we did

Built it, run it, grow it.

How we went about it

  • Learn the brand's voice and look from its website.
  • Fill an overnight queue with video ads, slideshows, social posts, UGC, and email.
  • Track what competitors are running, then remix what works in the brand's own voice.
Open it (opens maniai.com in a new tab)

Built by a team that shares in what it earns.

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