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Federico Ramallo
Founder and CEO of Density Labs. Host of The PreVetted Podcast. Author.
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- Since 2016 running Density Labs
- 96% client retention
- 160+ episodes hosted
Suggested topics
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Why 95 percent of enterprise AI pilots never ship
For founders and operators
It is not the model that kills them, it is the org: unclear ownership, data that is not ready, and nobody owning the last mile into a real workflow.
Ready questions
- What is actually killing enterprise AI pilots?
- What do the 5 percent that make it do differently?
- What should a mid-market CEO do before they spend a dollar on AI?
Use as little AI as possible
For engineering leaders
The best builds lean on deterministic software and reach for a model only where it truly earns its place. AI agents are tools, not junior engineers.
Ready questions
- Why use less AI when everyone else is racing to add more?
- Where does a model actually earn its place in a product?
Leading engineering teams across borders
For engineering leaders
A decade of building high-trust, distributed teams, and how accountability changes when a senior engineer runs a pool of agents instead of a pool of juniors.
Ready questions
- How does leading engineers change when part of the team is AI agents?
- What breaks first on a team spread across three countries?
Inflation is a hidden tax
For a money and freedom audience
It is not prices going up, it is money losing value, and it quietly moves wealth from the people holding the currency to whoever prints it first.
Ready questions
- What do you mean by a hidden tax, and who actually pays it?
- What is the difference between sound money and easy money, in plain terms?
Teaching economics as a fable
For a money and freedom audience
Why he explains Cantillon effects and monetary debasement as a children's story, and what Argentina taught him that a textbook never could. He left in 2008 for the economy.
Ready questions
- Why teach economics as a fable instead of a lecture?
- Where does the engineer in you meet the economist in you?
Copy and paste
The host read for the top of the episode, then three bios for the description, the show notes, or a booking form. Everything in them is accurate.
Host read
My guest today is Federico Ramallo. He is the founder and CEO of Density Labs, the AI engineering partner he has run since 2016 with 96 percent client retention and clients he has kept for a decade. He hosts The PreVetted Podcast, more than 160 conversations with engineering leaders from companies like Shopify, GitHub, and Roku. He also writes economics as fables. He is from Argentina, lives in Guadalajara, and he thinks most AI failures are management failures. Federico, welcome.
One line
Federico Ramallo is the founder and CEO of Density Labs, host of The PreVetted Podcast, and the author of the Liberty Island economics fables.
Short bio
Federico Ramallo is the founder and CEO of Density Labs, the AI engineering partner for the US mid-market. He hosts The PreVetted Podcast, more than 160 conversations with engineering leaders from companies like Shopify, GitHub, and Roku, and he writes economics as fables in the Liberty Island series. He has run Density Labs since 2016 with 96 percent client retention and client relationships that run a decade, including Ooma and Remine.
Long bio
Federico Ramallo is the founder and CEO of Density Labs, the AI engineering partner for the US mid-market, where he helps companies actually ship AI to production instead of leaving it stuck in pilots. He hosts The PreVetted Podcast, more than 160 conversations about what really works with VPs of Engineering, CTOs, and founders, including engineering leaders from Shopify, GitHub, Roku, AppOmni, and Ascendion. He is the author of the Liberty Island series, economics told as fables, including "No Silver on Rat Island," and of "The Invisible Distance," on leading engineering teams across borders, forthcoming. He has run Density Labs since 2016 with 96 percent client retention (Clutch verified) and client relationships that run a decade, including Ooma (10 years) and Remine (5 years). Originally from Argentina, he lives in Guadalajara, and one thread runs through all of it: take something that looks complicated and make it simple enough to use on Monday.
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- Density Labsfounded 2016, 96 percent client retention (Clutch verified), decade-long clients such as Ooma (10 years) and Remine (5 years)
- The PreVetted Podcast160-plus episodes with engineering leaders from Shopify, GitHub, Roku, AppOmni, and Ascendion, plus 15K YouTube views
- LinkedIn9.6K followers
- Newsletter5K subscribers, The Invisible Distance
- Booksauthor of "The Invisible Distance" (forthcoming) and the Liberty Island economics fables, including "No Silver on Rat Island"
Links and handles
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- Personalramallo.io
- Companydensitylabs.io
- Podcastprevetted.fm
- Talentprevetted.ai
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/framallo
- Xx.com/framallo
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@PreVettedPodcast
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Book Federico
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Website: ramallo.io. Booking: calendly.com/density-labs/30min.