He learned to find patterns in the flicker of distant stars. Then Karim Pichara pointed the same discipline at mayonnaise - and built the intelligence now powering NotCo's second act.
Matias Muchnick is the Chilean co-founder and CEO of NotCo, a food-tech company that uses a proprietary AI system called Giuseppe to design plant-based versions of dairy and meat products. Founded in 2015, NotCo became Chile's first unicorn in 2021, formed a joint venture with Kraft Heinz, and counts Bezos Expeditions among its investors.