Martin Varsavsky: “If it weren’t for Miley, Argentina would not have attracted the attention of the great CEOs of Silicon Valley”

A small group comes along Xavier Miley In Silicon Valley, where he will finish this Thursday with a meeting with the CEO of Meta. Mark Zuckerbergcreated by Argentine entrepreneurs and business people, in addition to trusted authorities Martin VarsavskyAn executive with roots in the technology sector, who founded companies in North America and Europe and who has been based in Spain for almost 30 years.

This week he traveled to San Francisco and was part of the Argentine president’s meeting with leaders of technology giants. “We are going to explain that Argentina is no longer a populist, socialist and Peronist country. Which is a country that is aligned with the US and not with Russia and Iran. “He is ready to embrace technology,” he said on Instagram before flying from Madrid to California.

In conversation with infobaeVarsavsky assured that the businessmen who had contact with Miley went to listen to him “A global leader” And that Argentina, before the arrival of the libertarian president, was “one more in a world full of countries.” He also said that the high ideological speech given by the head of state in Silicon Valley has been “well received”. He also commented What are the terms

Which big technology companies need to invest or expand their investments in Argentina.

— What can you comment on the outcome of the President’s visit to Silicon Valley?

– The purpose of this tour is to contact the heads of the world’s most important technology companies, such as Google or Apple Put Argentina on your investment map. Google already has 400 employees, and we need to hire more people, hire more people, invest in data centers. Miley is very effective in this as someone who gives the image of a different Argentina. The image until Miley arrives is the image of that country never fulfills what he promiseswhich disappointed many people who lost money. The issue is not just how to change the image, but also the reality.

—What was the exchange like between the businessmen and Miley or (Louis) Caputo?

— Caputo explained how he inherited wholesale inflation of 17 thousand percent per year and reduced it to 3% per month and how the fiscal deficit was balanced. Specific things were talked about so that the bosses had that data, not the story. The success was great because Miley’s speech blended with Caputo’s speech, who had the details; they make a good pair. One talks about ideas and the other talks about data.. They were very welcome and so were Millie’s ideas, because that’s the spirit of Silicon Valley. I was in four meetings, one with students and faculty, the other with Sundar Pichai CEO of Google, with Tim Cook Dinner with the CEO of Apple and 30 heads of artificial intelligence companies. Everything went very well. This is a collaboration I’m working on Matt TravizanoAn Argentine entrepreneur, we only went to help.

—How is Argentina perceived today for big technology companies?

– For them it’s Argentina One more country in a world full of countries. Argentina would not have attracted the attention of the great CEO of Silicon Valley if it were not for Miley. Miley wants to reduce the role of the state, he has a liberal and cordial speech, and he is listened to as a global leader. This means that the next time you present a quote to Cook, Now it is more likely that he will invest in Argentina. What Miley does is generate support for Argentina through a speech that could also happen in other countries, because in all countries there is this struggle between capitalism and socialism. So he generates sympathy.

—Do you see conditions for investment in the country?

-We play with advantages. Argentina has a great knowledge economy despite terrible governments. Argentina pulled out Martin Migoyatill Marcos Galperintill Guillermo RauchThe Matyas Woloskialready produces a class of entrepreneurs and programmers who are very good on a global scale. Argentina is already known for its programmers and entrepreneurs. So, what do we (businessmen) say to those who already liked it, but did not like the regime: did you like Argentina’s talent? Now you’re going to like the rule,

—What specific investment opportunities for Argentina did you talk about?

– For example, we talked about Argentina being open to renewable and also nuclear energy. The country has Patagonia where data processing centers can be placed in cold areas. The president talked about Tierra del Fuego (in reference to the technological center of artificial intelligence). The company Scale IA said yesterday that they already have 150 programmers in the country and they are going to take on 300 more people. The interesting thing about this is that it does not take as much time as a mining project or the forestry sector. In the knowledge economy you take a person tomorrow and that person spends, tours and travels, there is a

A multiplier effect that happens very quickly.

— Are these short, medium or long term investment decisions? Do issues like the political climate, Aadhaar law or recession matter?

– They are for him short term: These people decide to take people on now. They want to hear that the net will be removed, that the system that you were just starting to play in and cheat will no longer exist. They want Sell ​​iPhone at the European pricethat it’s not worth $2,000 whereas there it’s worth $900, that they take out the taxes. They want Argentina feels like a normal countrywhere they do business. Miley presented a good plan for a normal father.

— Would you invest in Argentina now?

– I bought a 31,000 hectare farm in Mendoza, I have bonds and stocks, I’m invested in technology.Earlier I never used to travel and now I go in December, January, February and March.