Rene Turcios

AI-native founder · rapid product builder · educator

Executive Summary

San Francisco founder and creative technologist who turns plain-language ideas into working AI products. Builds across agent infrastructure, recruiting, XR, civic technology, creative software, and teaches teams and nontechnical builders to ship with modern AI tools.

Key Metrics

  • 200+ — hackathons attended since 2023
  • 55+ — public GitHub repositories
  • SF — founder and builder community

Experience

Founder — Agentcies.co

2025 — present

Building AI-agent infrastructure for agent-to-agent communication, payments, and practical workflows for small businesses and independent operators.

  • Solo-builds and operates products with AI-assisted development workflows.
  • Developed related recruiting and mobile agent products, including SudoHired and Taskcato.
Agentcies.co

AI Product Strategy Consultant — ICAAL / Social Scaler

2025 — 2026

Advised on AI product strategy and built product features for the Social Scaler platform.

  • Translated product goals into rapidly delivered AI-assisted software features.
  • Supported platform direction and hands-on implementation over a year-long engagement.

Founder — VerseXR

Pre-2023

Founded a VR and metaverse venture focused on interoperable video communication.

  • Developed the venture before pivoting full-time into AI-native product building.

Selected Works

OpenGenApps

Creator · open source

MIT-licensed Gemini-based frontend generator that turns natural-language prompts into HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

GitHub

Lofi4All

Second place · Redpoint × AGI House

AI music tool that converts songs into lo-fi versions; an early proof point for building competitively through natural-language prompting.

ARFX Infinite Studio

Developer contributor

Contributed to ARwall's XR and generative-AI filmmaking suite, a 2024 NAB Show Product of the Year winner.

ARwall announcement

OpenGov & DataCoach

Hackathon projects

Built AI-assisted civic information and basketball-analysis prototypes recognized through public hackathon portfolios.

Devpost

Technical Arsenal

  • AI product strategy
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Agent orchestration
  • AI-assisted software development
  • Workshop facilitation
  • Generative video
  • XR / creative technology
  • Founder-led product delivery

Recognition

  • Profiled by The San Francisco Standard as San Francisco's “hackathon king” and an early practitioner of vibe coding.
  • Attended 200+ hackathon events since 2023; earned multiple prizes, software credits, and project placements.
  • Contributor to ARFX Infinite Studio, part of ARwall's 2024 NAB Show Product of the Year–winning work.

Community

  • Director of Technology and Innovation and co-founder with Emerging Tech Coalition and AI-Migos.
  • Hosts San Francisco workshops that teach technical and nontechnical builders to create software with AI tools.