Andrés Ornelas Vargas's Profile
Andrés Ornelas Vargas
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#intros - January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Will check it out! Thanks a ton!
#intros - January 28, 2026 at 05:23 PM
Hi @Darci — we have not!
#intros - January 28, 2026 at 05:23 PM
Hi @Brian Von Ancken — thanks a ton! They're a bit dense and text book-y, but I love: The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness and Affective neuroscience. It's also fun to get familiar with different ways of assessing personality and actually helps in some business situations. 16 personalities is a good starting point for one of the most widespread and simple models we have to understand it even though it's very coarse.
#intros - January 28, 2026 at 01:11 AM
Hi everyone — I’m . I really loved the first event, and I’m excited to connect and collaborate with all of you!
Name: Andrés Ornelas
Location: San Francisco, California
Role: Founder & CEO, Verve Market
Previously: Co-founder and Acting CEO @ Ohalo Genetics and Triplebar Bio (valued at 100Ms)
What I’m building now (Verve):
• The future is personal.
• One platform will become your trusted guide for everything your body needs across every shopping journey
• Verve will be it
◦ [LinkedIn](
What we’ve built so far:
• Hyper-personalized online grocery platform for people with dietary needs + ingredient avoiders (e.g. vegans, gluten-free, no high fructose corn syrup, etc.)
◦ Live with Safeway in 19 states
◦ Going live nationwide with Target in a couple of weeks
Hobbies:
• Mixed martial arts + gym
• Kitesurfing
• Reading high fantasy
• Nerding out on the biological foundations of personality + emotion
Topics I’m interested in connecting about:
• Marketing (influencer, performance, organic social — I’m learning fast)
How I can help WGM:
• Fundraising (I’ve raised / helped raise hundreds of millions)
• AI + deep tech (and making technical stories sellable)
• Science-heavy conversations
How WGM can help me:
• Marketing: influencer/community/channel ideas that would resonate with Verve
• Scrappy growth loops that don’t require massive spend
• C-suite grocer intros, especially natural/organic (e.g., Sprouts)
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