# Antonio Bustamante

> Antonio Bustamante is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of bem, which builds infrastructure for turning unstructured business information into usable data and workflows. Previously a founding engineer and designer at Kite and a founder of Silo, he brings experience across engineering, product and design to an emphasis on inspectable AI, operator feedback and reliable business systems.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at bem
- **Organizations:** bem, Silo, Kite, fuseproject, Hattery
- **Education:** BSc Computer Science, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Technical University of Madrid), Computer Science - Human Computer Interaction (study; qualification not specified), Uppsala University
- **Known for:** Co-founded bem with Upal Saha., Co-founded Silo, a software platform serving the food supply chain., Served as a founding engineer and designer at Kite.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2013** — UX Engineer at Hattery.
- **2013-2014** — UX Designer and Engineer at fuseproject.
- **2014-2017** — Founding team member, designer and engineer at Kite.
- **2017-2023** — Founder at Silo; led engineering, product and design.
- **2024** — With Upal Saha, announced bem’s $3.7 million seed financing on June 6.
- **2025** — Published essays on enterprise software, accuracy, operator feedback and inspectable AI; appeared on Startupeable.
- **2026** — Continued leading bem; published on model ownership and discussed AI pricing in an October interview.

## Achievements

- Co-founded bem with Upal Saha.
- Co-founded Silo, a software platform serving the food supply chain.
- Served as a founding engineer and designer at Kite.
- bem announced a $3.7 million seed round led by Uncork Capital in June 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Discussed temporary AI agents and the limits of per-seat software pricing in an October 12 CDOTrends interview.
- **2026-08** — Published “Sovereign AI starts in your review queue” on August 10, arguing for enterprise ownership of correction data and resulting models.
- **2026-08** — Featured on the August 17 Consulting Spotlight episode about trust in AI systems.
- **2026-06** — Published bem’s Agentic File System Access announcement on June 10 and Data Join announcement on June 1.
- **2026-03** — Published an essay comparing MCPs, CLIs and APIs on March 30.

## Links

- Website: https://bem.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abmirayo/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/abustamante

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Last updated: 2026-10-25