Ignacio Ampuero is CTO and Co-Founder at Pasito, an AI-native workspace for group health, life, and retirement benefits that has scaled ARR 50x in the past year. He is a product-focused engineer with deep expertise in knowledge graphs and data systems.

Ignacio studied Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis and played a key role building Amazon Alexa's knowledge graph at Graphiq, which was acquired by Amazon in 2017. He brings experience from some of the largest tech companies to the benefits industry.

At Graphiq, Ignacio contributed to building one of the world's largest knowledge graphs with 1 billion entities and 250 billion data points before its acquisition by Amazon for approximately $50 million. His technical expertise in semantic technology and AI infrastructure powers Pasito's core agentic systems.

Pasito raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners in February 2026, following a $3.25 million seed round in 2022 from Y Combinator, Core Innovation Capital, and other leading investors. The company serves major carriers like Reliance Matrix and New York Life, plus consultants like OneDigital.

Pasito's AI agents deliver 98% accuracy in plan construction compared to the industry average of 74%, eliminating hundreds of hours of manual work per employer group. The platform has expanded deployments across thousands of employers and become a foundational operating system for major carriers and brokerages across the United States.