Sebastián Aldasoro
Every ecosystem starts as something invisible. I help it become real.
I build the communities, partnerships, and stories that help a product take root in a new market.
I work at the intersection of crypto, AI, and culture, with 13 years in tech and a network that spans Latin America and the global crypto ecosystem.
Most recently I was Base (Coinbase) Country Lead for Argentina.
Today I'm also exploring how people relate emotionally to AI, through Flamel, an AI companion I created on Charms, and through my writing and videos on AI and startups.
Outside of work I make music on analog synthesizers and study occult philosophy: Hermeticism, alchemy, Thelema, Jung and the Tarot de Marseille.
Writings
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After Character.ai: AI Can Hook You or Set You Free
Character.ai went bankrupt. The demand for emotional connection with AI is real, but are we building companions that care or products that make people addicted?
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I Hid Who I Was to Belong in Tech
Fifteen years of building characters in order to belong, and what being laid off finally taught me.
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I Almost Died While Fundraising
Chasing a founder I was never going to be, until my body ended the argument.
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What I Found on My Fourth Ayahuasca Trip
Building sigils inside the trip, and what we might find if we pointed AI at the psyche instead.
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Burnout Your Way to Success
The promise that breaking yourself is how you get there, and what I found when I finally asked what I wanted.
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The World Doesn't Hate Argentina. It Hates Itself.
A wave of global hate read through Jung's shadow, and what it would cost to take it back.
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Can Immortality Be Bought?
Tech money is trying to stop the body from ending. The tradition was always after something else.
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What Is Introspection, Really?
Marc Andreessen says looking inward is dangerous. Alchemy already had a name for what he is describing.
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Base Layoffs
Getting laid off from the inside of a machine much larger than me, and what was left standing.