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Fernando Torres
Palo Alto, California · @FernandoTN

CEO & Cofounder, Memori

Fernando Torres

I’m building Memori, the personal memory profile for AI.

I’m CEO and cofounder of Memori, the personal memory profile for AI. Memori keeps your projects, notes, and meetings in one memory you own, and lets every AI you use — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini — work on what matters to you. Better models matter; durable personal context is what makes them useful to a specific person or team.

At Stanford GSB (MSx ’26), with cofounder Shekhar Bhende and faculty sponsor Scott J. Brady, I interviewed 36 experts and built three agent prototypes to find out why so few AI agents make it to production. The finding: models are roughly 30–40% of production success; the rest is context and memory, integration, governance, evals, and ops — the Eight Pillars. Memori started there. I also draw comicMemori, a comic that explains how AI memory works.

Before Stanford I spent seven years at Chinoin, a Mexican pharmaceutical company, moving from Project Leader to Business Development Director. I led a team of 11 across licensing and partnerships in 35+ countries and a portfolio of 160+ products.

I have been writing software since before I was ten. Along the way I founded FerminTech, a CNN‑based lung nodule detection system for medical imaging, and led product and engineering on chronic‑disease platforms. Healthcare is where I learned to build systems that have to work outside the demo.

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Born in Mexico City, now living in Palo Alto with my wife and son.

I am a recreational triathlete training toward Ironman distance events. I have completed a couple, but I really want to do my first trail‑running ultramarathon.

Continually exploring the intersection of performance, learning, and technology. My long‑standing interests include new technologies, videogames and endurance sports.

Overhead view of a Palo Alto desk with a laptop, comic sketchbook, race bib, and running shoes
Palo Alto desk, 2026

Skills & Expertise

01 · Building

Technical

  • Agentic System Design
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Next.js
  • Machine Learning Workflows
  • SQL
  • R
  • REST/gRPC
  • Kubernetes
  • Cloud Infrastructure

02 · Domain

Domain Expertise

  • Context Management
  • Enterprise AI Adoption
  • Pharmaceutical BD
  • Licensing Negotiations
  • Healthcare Operations
  • Supply Chain Optimization

03 · Leading

Leadership

  • Founder-driven Execution
  • Product Thinking
  • Strategic Negotiation
  • Deal Execution
  • Cross-functional Leadership
  • Enterprise Stakeholder Mgmt

Career journey

Work
Education

  1. CEO & Cofounder

    Current
    Memori

    2025 – Present

    The personal memory profile for AI. Keep your projects, notes, and meetings in one memory you own, and let every AI you use — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini — work on what matters to you. Cofounded with Shekhar Bhende.

  2. Sloan Fellow (MSx)

    Stanford Graduate School of Business

    2025 – 2026

    Conducted applied research on AI agent architectures, long‑term memory systems, and context infrastructure. Built Memori as part of the venture development track and engaged with faculty and industry leaders across AI, product, and healthcare.

  3. Business Development

    Chinoin

    2018 – 2026

    Project Leader October 2018–November 2020; Business Development Manager November 2020–November 2022; Senior Business Development Manager November 2022–January 2024; Director January 2024–May 2026. Team of 11, 160+ products, 35+ countries. Led international negotiations for major licensing deals across 35+ countries. Oversaw strategic partnerships, financial modeling, and regulatory coordination.

  4. Founder

    FerminTech

    2017 – 2019

    Built a platform using Convolutional Neural Networks to identify lung nodules from medical images. Achieved radiologist‑level accuracy in predicting lung cancer probability for challenging nodules.

  5. CTO & Product Manager

    Sahna & InnovaSalud

    2017 – 2018

    Developed a platform using Angular, Node.js, and MongoDB to assess risks for diabetes and hypertension, delivering personalized health plans including nutrition and physical activity recommendations.

  6. Co‑Founder

    Socially MX

    College years

    Co‑founded a marketing and communications company specializing in digital advertising, sales promotion, and brand positioning consulting while in college.

  7. Industrial Engineer

    Ibero University

    Graduated

    Graduated from Ibero University in Mexico City. Active member of the chess team and built lasting relationships with peers.

  8. Early Career

    Self-taught Developer

    Childhood

    Started coding to build a custom server for an MMORPG (Runescape style). Maintained it for 6 months for a mid‑size community, learning core programming concepts driven by a passion for gaming.