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$32 Trillion Industry Running on Emails | How Desteia is making sense of Global Trade | GetAsterHQ

Interested in joining Desteia? Drop a note to alex@asterhq.com Today we're joined by Diego Solorzano, Co-Founder & CEO of Desteia—an AI-powered operating system reimagining global trade, backed by $8M from top investors and tackling one of the world's most overlooked inefficiencies: a $32 trillion industry still running on emails. This isn't just another logistics SaaS. Global trade powers 60% of world GDP yet remains crippled by manual processes, fragmented documents, and zero automation. Desteia is changing that—using AI and graph theory to connect the chaos, structure unstructured data, and deliver fully automated import/export workflows for large multinationals. Why watch? If you're an engineer or designer who wants to work on massive, high-stakes problems with real-world impact—supply chains, compliance, geopolitics, AI—this is your signal. Desteia is hiring engineers and builders who thrive in ambiguity, own their work, and care deeply about customers. Diego shares his journey from growing up in a Mexican sugar cane field to Stanford to building Desteia alongside two powerhouse co-founders—including Tesla's first Latin America CEO. He breaks down why global trade skipped digitization, how graph databases power their core product, the "job isn't the spreadsheet" mindset shift, and what it really takes to build in one of the world's most complex industries. Drop us a message at alex@asterhq.com if this excites you—roles are open now. Follow for more deep dives into founding teams at fast-scaling startups. Let's jump in! 00:00 - Intro: Global trade's $32T problem and Destaya's mission 01:14 - Diego's background: From sugar cane fields to Stanford AI 03:35 - Meet the co-founders: Austin and Françoise's unique stories 05:00 - Running a remote-first global team with intention 08:00 - Why consumer logistics is seamless but enterprise trade is broken 09:14 - How fragmented data creates massive manual work 11:38 - Destaya's product: Robots, structured data, and automated workflows 13:00 - The compliance crisis: Fines, tariffs, and 2026's record penalties 14:41 - The $8M raise: Why investors bet on the "why now" story 16:41 - How global trade skipped digitization—and why AI changes everything 18:00 - Graph theory: How Destaya ties documents together 21:02 - MLOps, evals, and measuring AI accuracy at scale 23:14 - Building with customers: Forward deployed engineers 25:16 - "The job isn't the spreadsheet" — the mindset shift 27:02 - Magic moments: When customers see it work for the first time 28:00 - Culture: Ownership, learning, and being a builder 29:03 - Long-term vision: Building Amazon SCOT for global trade Reach out about opportunities: alex@asterhq.com Follow Alex on LinkedIn:   / alexpavlou   Follow Alex on X: https://x.com/alexpavlou Check out Aster AI: https://www.asterhq.com More on Desteia: https://desteia.com/ Diego Solorzano's LinkedIn:   / dsolorzanoc