Building Central America's first integrated chip manufacturing, AI data center, and technology talent facility in Santa Bárbara, Honduras — a geopolitically neutral alternative to Taiwan's dominance.
Over 90% of the world's advanced semiconductors are manufactured in Taiwan — one conflict, one blockade, one natural disaster away from halting the entire digital civilization.
The global AI industry, autonomous vehicles, medical devices, defense systems, and industrial automation all depend on a supply chain that has zero redundancy in the Western Hemisphere south of the US border.
Legacy node chips (28–180nm) represent 70% of all semiconductors by volume. TSMC and Samsung are actively deprioritizing this segment. The gap is real, strategic, and growing.
Advanced chip manufacturing concentrated in Taiwan — one geopolitical crisis halts global AI.
No secure, scalable semiconductor manufacturing alternative exists in the Americas south of the US.
Legacy nodes represent 70% of chips by volume — deprioritized by TSMC, critical to U.S. industry.
Legacy node (28–180nm) foundry — the segment TSMC and Samsung are deprioritizing. Core to automotive, medical, defense, and industrial AI.
Tier II–III data center for regional AI inference and training workloads. First integrated compute infrastructure in Central America.
First semiconductor education center in Central America. Platia Fellows Program. Diaspora recruitment. Labor cost 5–8x lower than Taiwan or the USA.
CAFTA-DR zero-tariff US market access. US-Honduras BIT since 2001. 3-hour flight to Miami. EPZ: 0% income tax for 10–15 years.
Largest deepwater port in Central America — direct access for machinery and equipment import from the U.S. and allied nations.
Bilateral Investment Treaty in force since 2001 — full legal protection, national treatment, and dispute resolution for U.S. investors.
Zero-tariff, preferential access to the U.S. market for manufactured goods — direct competitive advantage over Asian alternatives.
0% income tax for the first 10–15 years of operation under Honduras Export Processing Zone framework.
Skilled labor cost 5–8x lower than Taiwan, South Korea, or the United States — structural margin advantage at scale.
Site already identified in Santa Bárbara (Naco-Cofradía). Political relationships with Honduras government leadership in place.
Legal entity formation, land formalization, EPZ registration, feasibility study grant, pitch to institutional investors.
Land acquisition in Santa Bárbara, environmental studies, geotechnical analysis, power infrastructure, permits.
Cleanroom facility (Class 10,000), Tier II data center, ATP testing lab, offices, and talent center construction.
University alliances (UNAH, UNITEC), Platia Fellows Program, diaspora recruitment, international training partnerships.
Legacy node (28–180nm) semiconductor foundry — the TSMC of the Americas. Full-scale chip manufacturing for U.S. and regional clients.
Honduras is not the obvious choice. That is exactly why it works.
Moisés E. Flores was born in Honduras in 1984, into a family shaped by early loss and scarcity — and by a legacy of leadership he never forgot. An entrepreneur since age 10, he founded his first private security enterprise with no starting capital.
A self-taught student of technology and artificial intelligence, he identified what global funds and analysts had not yet seen: that the AI world depends critically on Taiwan, and that Honduras holds the unique conditions to become the secure alternative for the Western Hemisphere.
His mission: to prove that origin does not determine destiny — not his, and not his country's.
Founded at 55. No personal capital. Rejected by Intel, TI, Motorola. One reluctant investor (Philips). A vision no one else could see.
Starting at 41. No personal capital required. 40 years of TSMC's public blueprint. A world urgently demanding alternatives.
Deep technical expertise. Government of Taiwan backing. One reluctant corporate investor.
Strategic vision. Political access in Honduras. DFC, IDB Invest, and USTDA as institutional targets. Geopolitical tailwind.
$800B+ company. Sustained the entire digital era. Most strategically important company on Earth.
Central America's first semiconductor safehaven. Proof that origin does not determine destiny.
Lead capital partners. Board representation and strategic advisory rights. First priority in return waterfall.
Development finance institutions. Impact mandate, patient capital, and U.S. government-backed risk mitigation.
Regulatory facilitation, EPZ sponsorship, infrastructure support, and sovereign co-investment signal.
Project originator, visionary, operator, and political access. Skin in the game through sweat equity and execution.
Capital Requirements: Stage 0 Seed: $80K–$150K · Stage 1–2 (Land & Build): $2M–$60M · Full Buildout: $200M–$500M+ · Staged milestones protect investors at every phase. Full financial model available upon execution of NDA.
We are not looking for investors who simply believe in the numbers. We are looking for investors who understand that the projects which change the world are not started by the obvious people, in the obvious places, at the obvious moments. Honduras is not the obvious choice. That is exactly why it works.
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