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Anuar Harb

The Colombian Caribbean is Latin America's next Tech Epicenter.

Building the Colombian Caribbean as a Tech Epicenter through community, education, innovation, and capital.

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Portrait of Anuar Harb.
Anuar HarbCasa Tech · Barranquilla
Costa Digital · Casa Tech, El Prado

Costa Digital ecosystem brands

Logo Fundación Código AbiertoFCALogo Tech CentreTech CentreLogo Fundación Código AbiertoCosta Digital by Código AbiertoLogo Ciudad InmersivaCiudad InmersivaLogo Caribe VenturesCaribe VenturesLogo Fundación Código AbiertoFCALogo Tech CentreTech CentreLogo Fundación Código AbiertoCosta Digital by Código AbiertoLogo Ciudad InmersivaCiudad InmersivaLogo Caribe VenturesCaribe Ventures
Manifesto · home excerpt

Magical realism, now with code

García Márquez wrote that reality could stretch until it touched the impossible. The world called it magical realism. In the Caribbean it was always, simply, the way we see things.

That same magic is still happening in this territory. We are just writing it with different material: code, artificial intelligence, machines that think. The spell now takes the shape of a prompt. What looked like science fiction a decade ago is product today.

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Bio · CDMX → BAQ
Anuar Harb speaking on stage at Fundación Código Abierto.
Anuar HarbFCA · Talk

From Mexico City to Barranquilla

I'm Anuar Harb. I've spent six years in Barranquilla and three building Costa Digital — the innovation and tech-transformation center of the Colombian Caribbean. Costa Digital is operated by Fundación Código Abierto, lives at Casa Tech, and brings together education, innovation, capital, and community under one roof. I'm also Founding Partner at Caribe Ventures and lead Google Developer Group Barranquilla. Today I'm 100% focused on this mission: that Caribbean talent stops migrating—and starts building here.

I was born into the magic realism of Mexico City and grew up pulled toward both science and the arts acting, writing, chess, and national-level rugby. My schooling moved between a conservative Catholic college and a liberal school founded by Spanish exiles; that mix shaped how I see the world. I studied Business Administration at ITAM, which gave me the foundation to understand the other side of tech: industries, business models, capital decisions.

The turn to technology came with a web development bootcamp at Dev.f. It opened the door to the craft, grew my mentors and friends, and gave me the lens I still use: tech as a way to connect people and transform industries.

I've spent more than ten years as a software developer. I worked at Playbusiness—where I learned how to invest in early-stage startups, in equity crowdfunding infrastructure—at Beek, a Y Combinator startup, and at Gorilla Logic, with global enterprise clients. I also taught programming and helped build Ciudad Inmersiva and academies like Music Centre and Code Centre at the intersection of education and tech.

Origin
Mexico City
Base
Barranquilla — 6 years residing, 3 fully focused
Training
Business Administration, ITAM · Dev.f bootcamp
Track record
10+ years in software (Playbusiness, Beek YC, Gorilla Logic)
HQ
Casa Tech · El Prado, Barranquilla
Co-founder partner
Grace Torres — artist, operations director, and lawyer
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Capabilities · Costa Digital
Logo Costa Digital

Costa Digital — innovation & tech-transformation center

Costa Digital lives at Casa Tech, one of El Prado's 39 heritage houses, in Barranquilla, operated by Fundación Código Abierto. Under its roof, four capabilities cover the full Caribbean tech-talent cycle: education, innovation, capital, and community.

  1. Logo Tech Centre

    Education

    Tech Centre

    That connects you with the future.

    Tech Centre is the Caribbean's technology hub. It trains professionals with in-person, hands-on programs anchored by the AI Engineer track. Experiential methodology: projects from day one, small groups, continuous feedback, and AI as a working tool. HQ in El Prado, Barranquilla.

    techcentre.co
    • AI Engineer track
    • In-person bootcamps
    • 1:1 mentorship
    • Atlántico scholarships
    • Build with AI workshops
    • Code sprints
    • Alumni community
    • AI-powered IDE
    • Open tech talks
    • Career services

    Partners — Synergy · 51 Labs · FCA · Caribe Ventures

  2. Logo Fundación Código Abierto

    Operator

    Costa Digital by Open Source

    That drives change.

    Community is the center's circulatory system—gathering at Casa Tech and regional events. Home to Google Developer Group Barranquilla, monthly Tech Nights, Cursor Meetup, TechCaribe Fest, and Barranqui-IA. As an articulating movement, Costa Digital links communities, universities, companies, and government across Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Montería, and Valledupar.

    costadigital.org
    • GDG Barranquilla
    • Monthly Tech Nights
    • Cursor Meetup
    • TechCaribe Fest
    • Barranqui-IA
    • DevFest Barranquilla
    • Build with AI tour
    • Special hackathons
    • Caribbean diaspora
    • Casa Tech HQ
  3. Logo Ciudad Inmersiva

    Innovation

    Ciudad Inmersiva

    That transforms realities.

    Ciudad Inmersiva is FCA's innovation lab. It builds custom AI agents and bespoke software. Its flagship AI Sprint delivers a trained agent in three weeks.

    ciudadinmersiva.com
    • Custom AI agents
    • AI Sprint (3 weeks)
    • Enterprise software
    • API integrations
    • Data pipelines
    • Custom frontend
    • RAG & voice agents
    • AI audits
    • Product roadmap
    • Dedicated teams
  4. Logo Caribe Ventures

    Capital

    Caribe Ventures

    That accelerates growth.

    Caribe Ventures is LATAM's new startup factory. A pre-seed fund with proprietary dealflow across 3,000+ people: hackathon → acceleration → Demo Day from Barranquilla.

    caribe.ventures
    • Pre-seed checks
    • Delaware structure
    • Proprietary dealflow
    • Hackathon → acceleration
    • Demo Day Barranquilla
    • Founder mentorship
    • LATAM co-investment
    • Ecosystem access
    • Applied-AI thesis
    • Robotics horizon
Flagship events

Signature events

Three editions of the flagship festival, AI hackathons, and a year-round calendar at Casa Tech—anchored in Barranquilla, backed by Google and the Atlántico Governorate.

  1. Foto grupal de participantes de Barranqui-IA celebrando al cierre del hackatón.
    Logo Hackatón Barranqui-IA

    Barranqui-IA

    Dates
    Venue
    Glass Cube, Plaza de la Paz, Barranquilla

    The Caribbean Colombia's first AI hackathon and the region's largest, where participants compete for 48 hours to build functional prototypes solving problems across different thematic areas. Also includes workshops as part of Google's Build with AI program.

    barranquiia.com (opens in new tab)

    • ·400 participants in the third edition (including mentors and volunteers)
    • ·Inaugural edition May 2024 at Uninorte (100+ participants)
  2. Anuar Harb de espaldas frente a una audiencia universitaria, vistiendo la camiseta 'Echando pa'lante la vaina TECH en Quilla'.
    Logo TechCaribe Fest

    TechCaribe Fest

    Dates
    Venue
    Barranquilla

    The Caribbean's flagship festival of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The third edition runs August 8–16, 2026 in Barranquilla, combining community, capital, builders, and tech culture. In previous editions we've surpassed 3,400 total attendees.

    techcaribe.co (opens in new tab)

    • ·Third edition
    • ·3,400+ total attendees across previous editions
Recurring formats
  • Logo Tech Nights

    Tech Nights

    Monthly AI, innovation, and networking at FCA HQ.

  • Café Cursor

    Official Cursor Community meetup at FCA (200+ attendees).

  • Build with AI

    University tour across 12 Caribbean universities.

Talks · podcasts · stages

Talks, podcasts, and public appearances

Appearances

  • Open-source infrastructure as the foundation for connected digital ecosystems in emerging regions.

    openSUSE America Summit 2026 · 321 attendees · 2026-04-29—2026-05-01 · Universidad Libre, Barranquilla

  • Emerging Tech Markets in Colombia: Barranquilla

    Scaling Tech Podcast Ep. 58 · Arin Sime · 2025-10 · Podcast

  • Caribe Ventures presentation

    Startco · Plaza Mayor, Medellín · 2025-04 · Medellín

  • Barranqui-IA documentary · Tech Night Build with AI

    GDG Barranquilla · 2025-04 · Barranquilla

  • Get real productivity from Cursor, the AI-powered IDE

    Cursor Meetup Barranquilla · 2024—2025 · FCA HQ

  • TechCaribe Fest / Expo spokesperson

    TechCaribe · 2024—2025 · Barranquilla

All talks
Anuar Harb hablando con la marca Fundación Código Abierto en pantalla.
FCA · Build with AI00:02:30 · 4K

Talk formats (available)

  • The Colombian Caribbean as a Tech Epicenter
  • Build without code
  • Agentic development with Google Antigravity
  • Build and orchestrate agents with Google ADK
  • Open source as infrastructure
  • Venture capital from the periphery
  • Get the most out of Cursor
  • The next wave: why Latin American robotics can come from the Caribbean
Press · receipts

In the press

All press
Writings · Medium

Writing

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Contact · ways to collaborate

Contact and ways to collaborate

The Caribbean is built collectively. Here are concrete ways you can plug in.

  2. If you are…

    If you're an investor or LP

    Caribe Ventures operates with a Delaware structure and proprietary dealflow across an ecosystem of 3,000+ people. Open to co-investors and aligned LPs.

    Read the thesis (opens in new tab)
  3. If you are…

    If you're Caribbean diaspora

    If you left and are weighing a return—to the Caribbean, to Colombia, to this region—Costa Digital is where to land. There are roles, allies, a physical HQ, and community. Coming back is no longer an act of faith.

    Let's talk (opens in new tab)
  5. If you are…

    If you're government or multilateral

    FCA acts as a territorial counterpart for digital development programs, AI training, and tech ecosystem acceleration in the Caribbean.

    Schedule a meeting (opens in new tab)
  6. If you are…

    If you're talent

    Communities, events, training, and opportunities. Start with Costa Digital or the AI Engineer program at Tech Centre. If you're learning, just starting, or have a half-baked idea—there's a way in.

    Join the community (opens in new tab)
  7. If you are…

    If you're press or a researcher

    Data, interviews, and spokesperson coverage on the Caribbean tech ecosystem. Auditable track record and verifiable entities.

    Request contact

HQ

Casa Tech — Cra. 50 #72-126, El Prado, Barranquilla