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October 19-26, 2025: A Life-Changing Week.

• We’re selecting 8 exceptional engineers from LatAm that want to move to Silicon Valley.
• You’ll live in a San Francisco house while meeting founders from top startups like Vercel actively recruiting international talent.
• This exclusive opportunity will shortcut your career by years. </aside>

About Applying

1. If you want to apply, please **submit your application here.**
2. The deadline to apply on-time is September 26 at 8pm PT and you will get a decision by September 30.
3. If your application is promising, we’ll invite you to interview with us. Most interviews will be held that weekend of September 27.
4. Housing and food is included, and we’ll help cover the flights if you need financial support.

Who Is This For

You likely overestimate how hard it is to move to Silicon Valley, and you’ll be surprised by the number of people who want to help you. We’ll help you get a good visa and to never feel alone in the city. After a few years of working with some of the best people, we hope you decide to start your own company.

We want to find the people that are most deserving of Puentes. Sometimes the right people are the least obvious and we’d love to be the first to believe in you. But if you’re wondering who is this for, this is the type of people we think will resonate:

You’re probably:

• Reading blogs about startups and technology.
• One of the best engineers at your job and you’re bored.
• Motivated to build things and be successful.
• Very curious and willing to do the work to figure things out.

You did cool things already:

• Involved in building some sort of startup or project.
• Competed at math or physics olympiads growing up.
• Organized meetups to find other builders.
• Designed a website that looks beautiful or have a very active github profile.

Testimonials

[Seba Paps (Puentes #1). Now building renderahouse.com. ](attachment:67db017b-86c0-4171-89a6-70e32fdd84b9:WhatsApp_Video_2025-07-17_at_15.01.52.mp4)

Seba Paps (Puentes #1). Now building renderahouse.com.

[Nico Montone (Puentes #1). Now at v0.dev in SF.](attachment:b2e7a103-0941-448b-b58e-7424b2fe573d:WhatsApp_Video_2025-07-18_at_12.40.07.mp4)

Nico Montone (Puentes #1). Now at v0.dev in SF.

[Agus Alvarez (Puentes #1). Now at Toolkit in SF.](attachment:27873efb-99d2-4b85-8d60-ce15b842ace0:fcc32900-ecfa-4ce2-8379-86030972fe01.mp4)

Agus Alvarez (Puentes #1). Now at Toolkit in SF.

[Agus Suarez (Puentes #1). Now at Asari in SF.](attachment:dfde946f-0ecf-4d3f-a1d5-23fc023d1266:WhatsApp_Video_2025-07-13_at_18.50.34.mp4)

Agus Suarez (Puentes #1). Now at Asari in SF.

I met one of our early engineers through Puentes, and it’s clear the program attracts some of the most highly motivated, sharp young engineers in LatAm. For young folks looking to break into Silicon Valley, I think there is no better path than this.

Sara Du (asari.com)

I look for engineers who could change the way Toolkit is built. Within a week of meeting Agus, we gave him an offer to join as a Founding Engineer. Now, he’s leading large engineering efforts and growing faster than he ever could back home.

Phil Pfeffer (jointoolkit.com)

The Companies

These startups have officially partnered with Puentes and are committed to meeting you. Each is at the cutting edge, revolutionizing how their respective industries work.

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Silicon Valley is a community of outsiders that have come together. If you build something good, people will help you - Sam Altman.

It does not breed great technology. Instead, the smartest people from around the world tend to move here - Patrick Collison.

The Itinerary [TBD]