# Alejandro Castellano

> Alejandro Castellano is the co-founder and CEO of Caddi, a Seattle AI startup that turns a screen recording of someone doing their job into working, API-driven automation - a method the company calls 'record-to-code' or 'automation by demonstration.' Born in Lima, Peru, where he wanted to be an inventor, he started his first company at 19, learned to scale businesses inside a family office he calls his 'on-the-streets MBA,' then earned a master's at Cornell Tech focused on computer vision and machine learning. Caddi emerged from the AI2 Incubator and raised a $5M seed round in 2025 to free lawyers, accountants and financial advisors from repetitive back-office work.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Caddi
- **Organizations:** Caddi, AI2 Incubator, Cornell Tech, A Plus Tutoring
- **From:** Lima, Peru
- **Nationality:** Peruvian
- **Education:** Master's, focused on computer vision and machine learning / AI with entrepreneurship focus, Cornell Tech (Cornell University), Electrical engineering studies, University (Peru)
- **Known for:** Two-time founder with experience growing companies to more than $100M in combined annual sales, Raised a $5M seed round for Caddi led by Ubiquity Ventures, with Founders' Co-op and the AI2 Incubator, Built Caddi's 'record-to-code' / 'automation by demonstration' platform

## Career timeline

- **~19** — Started first company, A Plus Tutoring, an EdTech venture while in college in Peru
- **post-college** — Joined a family office managing a portfolio of companies and investments - his 'on-the-streets MBA'
- **Cornell Tech** — Earned a master's focused on computer vision and machine learning
- **2024** — Joined the AI2 Incubator in Seattle as an entrepreneur-in-residence
- **2024** — Co-founded Caddi (launched in August) with CTO Aditya Sastry
- **2025-03** — Caddi emerged from stealth with a $5M seed round led by Ubiquity Ventures

## Achievements

- Two-time founder with experience growing companies to more than $100M in combined annual sales
- Raised a $5M seed round for Caddi led by Ubiquity Ventures, with Founders' Co-op and the AI2 Incubator
- Built Caddi's 'record-to-code' / 'automation by demonstration' platform
- Early customers report ~30% reductions in administrative costs and up to 11x ROI from a single automation
- Master's from Cornell Tech in computer vision and machine learning

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Caddi emerged from stealth with a $5M seed round led by Ubiquity Ventures.
- **2025** — Caddi targeting self-serve capabilities and expanding among financial services and legal clients.

## Links

- Website: https://trycaddi.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-castellano

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Last updated: 2026-06-25