▶ 16:14 · $AVGO · Broadcom >$1T as primary AI data center networking beneficiary (20% of GPU spend)

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3 EXITS en 7 años 330M € | La historia de Iñaki Berenguer

2026-02-11 · 8 company · 7 thematic

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Academic-turned-founder (PhD Information Theory, Cambridge/MIT/Princeton; MBA MIT). Built 6 companies, 3 significant exits. Active angel (>100 investments, 30 in Spain) with 140x Flywire winner. Now runs Lifex fund investing at AI x Health intersection. Splits time Madrid/New York. Philosophy: catch innovation waves early (social 2006, SaaS 2010, insurtech 2015, AI data center 2020, AI apps 2024).

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“el principal cuello de botella es la interconexión. Por eso hay empresas como Broadcomes que ahora vale más de un trillón... en un data center por cada 100 que te gastas en GPUs de Nvidia te gastas 20 en networking dentro, o sea, un 20% de…”

—iñaki berenguer

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