Barcelona · Dubai/Software and engineering/Product
I turn complex
technical systems
into simple product.
Co-founder & CEO of Bennu and founder of Unicorn Payments. I build software, product and digital infrastructure for companies that operate across countries —from Barcelona and LATAM to the Middle East.
- Today
- Co-founder & CEO · Bennu
- Based in
- Barcelona · Dubai
- Focus
- Software · Product
What I build today.
Two independent companies, one common thread: turning complex technical systems into product that is simple and operable across jurisdictions.
Bennu Edge develops the software and product interface of Bennu: the experience layer that makes a technically complex system usable. Third-party capabilities depend on the provider, eligibility and jurisdiction.
bennu.appSoftware, systems and IT consulting brand with operating entities in Spain, the United States and the UAE. Unicorn Payments FZE operates from Sharjah with a technology scope.
unicornpay.appThis website presents my path and links to independent projects. Each product keeps its own scope, terms, providers and availability. See companies and structure · legal detail.
Compliance or bank onboarding team? I have prepared a dossier covering identity, corporate structure by jurisdiction, nature of business, source of wealth, regulatory perimeter and documents available on request. See due diligence (KYC/KYB).
From a high school in Barcelona to the Forbes list.
I didn't study for this: I learned by building. What began as teenage curiosity about software became a way of understanding the world —spotting friction, designing the system that removes it.
Today I work at the hardest and most interesting layer: making a technically complex system feel simple. Software, product and engineering, between Barcelona and Dubai. Less noise, better systems.
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2013
First product, at age 13
I release Students Manager, a productivity app for students. It wins the Start-Up School in Catalonia. The obsession begins here.
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2016
Co-founder & CTO of Sharge
Peer-to-peer electric car charging, in collaboration with Audi. It wins the Audi Creativity Challenge; that summer, the Imagine Silicon Valley program.
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2017
Forbes 30 Under 30 (Sharge) · FileNation
Recognized by Forbes (Technology, Europe) for my role as CTO of Sharge —the youngest on the list. The same year I launch FileNation, file sharing over IPFS: front page of Hacker News and 860+ stars on GitHub.
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2018
Founder & CEO of Shasta
Peer-to-peer international money transfer app. My first consumer product at scale, with real security and reliability demands. Earlier stage.
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2024
Bennu & Unicorn Payments
I found Bennu (December 2024) as co-founder & CEO and develop Unicorn Payments, expanding product, software and infrastructure between Europe and the UAE.
Cases, not adjectives.
Each project in five fields: problem, product, my responsibility, result and external evidence. From my first platform at age 13 to today.
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2016
Sharge
Co-founder & CTO · Mobility- Problem
- Charging an electric car relied on a scarce and expensive public network.
- Product
- Peer-to-peer network: anyone with a plug could share it so others could charge.
- My role
- Co-founder & CTO. Technology and product.
- Result
- Collaboration with Audi, winner of the Audi Creativity Challenge and, in 2017, Forbes 30 Under 30 for this role.
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2017
FileNation
Product & development · IPFS- Problem
- Sharing files without relying on centralized servers or censorship.
- Product
- Decentralized sharing over IPFS: you send a file as a link, without intermediaries.
- My role
- Product and development.
- Result
- Front page of Hacker News and more than 860 stars on GitHub.
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2018
Shasta
Founder & CEO · Earlier stage- Problem
- Sending and receiving money between individuals and currencies was still slow and expensive.
- Product
- International payments app: send, request and receive money instantly, in multiple currencies.
- My role
- Founder & CEO. Product, team and strategy.
- Result
- My first consumer product at scale. Earlier stage; the foundation of the engineering discipline I apply today.
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2024
Bennu
Co-founder & CEO · Current stage- Problem
- The systems for managing digital assets are technically complex and hard to use.
- Product
- Bennu Edge: the software and product interface that make that system usable.
- My role
- Co-founder & CEO. Product, software and direction.
- Result
- Founded in December 2024. Current stage. Third-party capabilities depend on the provider, eligibility and jurisdiction. Corporate scope.
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2013
Students Manager
My first product · age 13- Problem
- A student managed subjects, assignments and exams in scattered places.
- Product
- A productivity app that brought it all together in one place.
- My role
- Creator, at age 13. Where it all began.
- Result
- Winner of the Start-Up School in Catalonia.
I started writing code at 13. I never stopped building. Every product is the same bet: take something that seems impossible and make it inevitable.
Operator notes on product and technology.
Notes from the inside: product, engineering and what it really takes to build and operate software across multiple jurisdictions.
- 19 OCT 2026
The best KYC is the one you don’t repeat
Compliance and productTreating compliance as part of the product: keep what was already provided, ask before money is in flight and say who decides.
Read - 19 OCT 2026
When people hold the keys, the product has to explain more
Product and self-custodySelf-custody does not remove risk, it relocates it. What changes in design when the person controls the wallet and third parties provide fiat services.
Read - 19 OCT 2026
Getting paid in dollars and euros with a US LLC when you live abroad
Payments and collectionsThree questions worth separating before you ask for account details: who invoices, how the client pays and who verifies the company.
Read - 28 SEP 2026
One swap button. Two different routes.
Product and infrastructureInside Bennu’s router: why 0x and Relay serve different network paths, and how quotes, signatures and status stay distinct.
Read - 28 SEP 2026
One provider’s “Approved” isn’t another’s
Payments and complianceTwo anonymized Bennu cases show why KYC evidence, provider decisions and account eligibility need separate states.
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25 SEP 2026
A second rail won't fix the first
Product and paymentsAnother route may help with future transactions; it won't release held funds.
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8 SEP 2026
Before asking a client to change how they pay
Product and receivablesBeneficiary, destination, currency, reference and cost: reducing the work of the person receiving the invoice.
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26 AUG 2026
The environment shapes the work: what Dubai has taught me about continuing to build
Building and productA personal reflection on how the place where you work changes your energy to create, learn and take responsibility.
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26 AUG 2026
Reconciliation is more than matching numbers: when a transfer stops halfway
Payments infrastructureWhat to do when the provider, internal ledger and bank statement do not tell the same story.
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23 AUG 2026
How to document a technology group across Spain, the US and the UAE
Corporate governanceA practical guide to separating brand, entity, product, provider and responsibility when a bank reviews a cross-border structure.
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