Beyond Mexico City: Mapping Mexico’s New Polycentric Startup Landscape

Abstract

In a co‑working space in Guadalajara, a founder who left a corporate job in Mexico City pitches a fintech built for small businesses in Jalisco. Her story reflects a much larger transition in Mexico’s tech landscape: the emergence of multiple regional startup hubs that complement, and sometimes compete with, the capital. For more than a decade, Mexico City (CDMX) has concentrated roughly half of the country’s startups and more than $10.79 billion in venture capital, becoming Latin America’s second‑largest venture destination after Brazil [1][2]. Yet rising costs, talent competition, and the normalization of remote work are weakening the old assumption that serious tech must be based in the capital.

This paper argues that Mexico’s ecosystem is becoming structurally polycentric. Guadalajara is evolving from electronics manufacturing to “Silicon Valley 2.0,” Monterrey is translating industrial and corporate muscle into B2B and deep tech ventures, border cities like Tijuana are building cross‑border and nearshoring plays, and coastal and mid‑sized hubs such as Mérida and Querétaro are carving out quality‑of‑life and infrastructure‑driven niches [3][4][5]. Drawing on recent investment data, city‑level ecosystem reports, and concrete initiatives, we show how talent, capital, and institutions are re‑aligning across regions. We also examine persistent gaps outside CDMX and outline how a distributed, interconnected network of hubs could make Mexico’s tech sector more resilient and globally competitive over the next decade.

Background

For much of the 2010s, the shorthand “Mexican tech = Mexico City” fit the facts. As the country’s political and economic capital, CDMX offered founders a dense domestic market, proximity to federal regulators, and face‑to‑face access to banks, funds, and corporate partners. Over the past decade it has become home to about 553 startups, representing around 48% of the national total, and has attracted more than $10.79 billion in venture capital funding, positioning Mexico as Latin America’s second‑largest VC recipient after Brazil in 2024 [1][2]. The clustering of top universities such as UNAM and IPN further reinforced CDMX’s gravity by supplying a diversified talent pipeline.

This centralization created a clear narrative for both domestic and foreign observers. Media, large tech conferences, and most international venture firms’ Mexican offices converged in the capital, reinforcing path dependence. Startup support infrastructure—accelerators, specialized law firms, and government innovation programs—also concentrated in CDMX, making it the default launchpad even for founders from other regions. For a time, the advantages outweighed the costs.

By the early 2020s, however, the constraints of a hyper‑centralized model became harder to ignore. Rising office and housing costs, intense competition for senior technical talent, and increasingly saturated consumer segments nudged founders to explore alternatives. At the same time, two structural shifts eroded CDMX’s positional monopoly. First, the post‑pandemic normalization of remote and hybrid work made physical proximity to capital and regulators less essential. Second, regional cities invested in universities, innovation parks, and digital infrastructure, while global tech firms seeded local talent pools in places like Guadalajara and Monterrey [3][4].

These dynamics opened space for a more distributed equilibrium. Rather than a single dominant hub, Mexico is evolving toward a network of specialized cities: Guadalajara in software and creative tech, Monterrey in industrial and B2B innovation, border metros like Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez in cross‑border and nearshoring services, and emerging nodes such as Mérida and Querétaro focusing on quality‑of‑life‑driven remote work and infrastructure‑heavy verticals such as aerospace and data centers [3][4][5]. This paper explores how that transition is unfolding and what it implies for the country’s innovation trajectory.

Methods

This analysis synthesizes recent quantitative and qualitative evidence on Mexico’s startup geography, with particular emphasis on developments outside Mexico City. Core data sources include:

• Country‑level venture capital statistics for 2023–2024, highlighting total deal values, growth rates, and the role of cross‑border investment [6].
• City and state‑level ecosystem reports detailing the number of tech companies, innovation parks, and sectoral specializations in hubs such as Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana, Querétaro, and CDMX [1][3][4].
• Case descriptions of local initiatives, including accelerators, government programs, and university‑linked innovation centers (e.g., Ciudad Creativa Digital, Reto Zapopan, Technology Hub in Ciudad Juárez) [5][7][8].
• Comparative rankings of Mexican startup cities that track shifts in investor and founder attention, such as Guadalajara’s rise to the third‑ranked ecosystem nationally [9].

We cross‑checked statistics across multiple independent reports to avoid over‑reliance on any single narrative. Where precise figures varied, we used the most recent, higher‑quality estimates and clearly attributed them. Anecdotal evidence—such as founder decisions to relocate or launch in regional hubs—was interpreted as illustrative rather than definitive, and grounded in the structural features documented by secondary sources (talent pools, sector mixes, cross‑border linkages). The goal is not an exhaustive census of every Mexican tech initiative, but a research‑grade narrative that connects macro‑level investment trends with micro‑level ecosystem evolution across key second‑tier hubs.

Key Findings

Mexico City’s Dominance Is Real—but No Longer Singular

Mexico remains a standout in Latin American venture markets. In 2024, total VC transaction values jumped to approximately $1.674 billion, a 59.38% increase over the previous year, with 80 cross‑border deals accounting for roughly $1.661 billion of that total [6]. A large share of this capital still flows through CDMX, where 553 startups—around 48% of the national total—operate alongside most of the country’s international venture firms and innovation programs [1]. This concentration reinforces the perception that meaningful Mexican tech is synonymous with the capital.

Yet the very intensity of this concentration is now a driver of diversification. High living costs, fierce bidding wars for senior engineers, and congested consumer niches have pushed founders to question CDMX as the only viable base. As investors and startups both become more comfortable operating remotely, CDMX’s primary advantage—physical proximity—has softened. Simultaneously, regional governments and universities have matured their own offerings, from innovation parks in Monterrey to digital‑creative districts in Guadalajara [3][4][5]. The result is an ecosystem where CDMX remains the premier capital and regulatory node, but no longer the only credible option for ambitious founders.

Guadalajara: From Manufacturing Backbone to Software and Creative Engine

Guadalajara’s evolution is one of Latin America’s most striking industrial transformations. Long known for its electronics manufacturing base, the city leveraged that legacy to become a major technology center, now hosting more than 600 tech companies ranging from global giants to startups [3]. Firms such as Intel and Oracle established design and development centers, training generations of engineers and product designers who later seeded local ventures in B2B SaaS, hardware‑software integration, AI/ML, and creative technologies [3].

Local policy choices accelerated this shift. The Guadalajara Innovation and Technology Center (CIT), programs like Ciudad Creativa Digital Guadalajara (CCDG), and startup initiatives such as Reto Zapopan and 500 Startups created structured pathways from university labs to market [3][7]. These initiatives reframed the region from an export‑oriented manufacturing hub into a domestic innovation engine oriented around digital media, games, interactive technologies, and software. Complementing this, the University of Guadalajara and other institutions produce a steady stream of engineering and design graduates, supplying the talent necessary for more complex, software‑driven ventures [3].

Anecdotal stories echo the data. Founders like Ana, the fintech entrepreneur who left a Mexico City corporate career to build in Guadalajara, point to specific local advantages: dense technical talent, lower burn rates, and a calmer lifestyle that makes recruiting senior engineers from abroad or from CDMX easier. Ecosystem builders, including accelerator managers and meetup organizers, describe a community that still feels intimate enough for collaboration but large enough to sustain specialized events—from AI workshops to creative‑tech hackathons. Combined with over 600 tech firms and a web of co‑working spaces, these factors underpin Guadalajara’s reputation as a “Mexican Silicon Valley” 2.0 rather than a simple satellite of the capital [3].

Guadalajara’s growing importance is reflected in national rankings. By 2024, it had surpassed Puebla to become the third‑ranked startup city in Mexico, signaling increasing investor confidence and visibility [9]. As global and local funds look beyond CDMX for differentiated deal flow, Guadalajara’s mix of hardware heritage, software depth, and creative industries positions it as a natural complement—rather than a direct substitute—to the capital.

Monterrey: Industrial DNA Rewired for B2B and Deep Tech

If Guadalajara’s story is about software emerging from manufacturing, Monterrey’s is about industrial might turning into a laboratory for B2B and deep tech. Often labeled Mexico’s industrial powerhouse, Monterrey hosts more than 320 tech companies and over 100 innovation parks, sitting atop a dense landscape of manufacturers and family‑owned conglomerates [4]. This corporate base produces real‑world problems—supply chain inefficiencies, energy usage, predictive maintenance—that are fertile territory for startups in industrial tech, logistics, climate and energy solutions, and enterprise SaaS.

Two institutional pillars make this translation from industrial need to startup solution possible. First, private universities and business schools, especially Tecnológico de Monterrey and Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, graduate engineers and managers comfortable with both technology and large‑scale operations [4]. Second, corporate innovation units and venture arms increasingly treat local startups as agile R&D partners. Factories pilot sensor‑based monitoring tools; logistics conglomerates test AI‑driven route optimization; energy producers explore grid‑scale analytics with local climate‑tech teams. These collaborations provide startups with revenue‑generating pilots and reference customers, while letting incumbents experiment without overhauling core systems.

Monterrey’s geography matters as well. Its proximity to the U.S. border and integration into North American manufacturing supply chains make it a natural hub for nearshoring‑related ventures. Founders in industrial SaaS or B2B fintech often report that they can test in Monterrey’s plants and then expand proofs of concept with U.S. partners just across the border. Regional investors, many with backgrounds in family conglomerates, bring sector knowledge and long‑term horizons that suit deep‑tech and infrastructure‑heavy business models.

Taken together, these elements are turning Monterrey into Mexico’s primary node for industrial and B2B innovation. It is now regarded as the country’s second‑ranked tech hub, thanks partly to its 100+ innovation parks and strong integration with advanced manufacturing [4]. Where Guadalajara leans toward software and creative‑digital industries, Monterrey’s comparative advantage lies in co‑designing with factories, logistics operators, and energy firms—a specialization that supports the country’s broader nearshoring moment.

Border and Coastal Hubs: Cross‑Border, Quality‑of‑Life, and Niche Plays

On Mexico’s northern edge, cities like Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez show how geography can be turned into an innovation asset. Tijuana’s location adjacent to San Diego and greater Southern California allows startups to operate as binational entities: engineering or design in Mexico, business development and customer success in the U.S. [3][5]. The city has seen growth in software development, IoT, biotechnology, healthtech, and creative services, all fueled by bilingual, bicultural teams that understand both markets [3][5].

Support structures reinforce this cross‑border model. Incubators and accelerators like the Tijuana Innovation Center and Hub Tijuana mentor startups that sell primarily into the U.S. market while keeping core operations in Mexico, lowering costs without sacrificing proximity [3]. In Ciudad Juárez, the Technology Hub—founded in 2015 as a bi‑national accelerator and incubator—has developed and housed over 100 high‑growth tech companies. It offers technical training, a 3D‑printing Fab Lab, virtual reality facilities, and regular binational startup weekends and hackathons, facilitating collaborations that span the Rio Grande [5][8].

Coastal and southeastern hubs such as Mérida illustrate a different path. Mérida’s appeal begins with quality of life and perceived safety, attracting remote workers, digital nomads, and returning Mexican professionals from abroad. This influx has seeded startups in tourism tech, proptech, and climate and sustainability solutions suited to the Yucatán Peninsula’s environmental and hospitality context. While data for Mérida is less granular than for Guadalajara or Monterrey, local accounts point to co‑working spaces, boutique accelerators, and an increasingly international founder mix.

Other mid‑sized cities are carving out highly specific niches. Querétaro has become a strategic hub for data centers and aerospace technology, reportedly hosting around 65% of Mexico’s data center capacity thanks to its stability, energy access, and proximity to CDMX [3]. Tijuana and broader Baja California, for their part, are recognized as strong hubs for software development, UX design, and digital products interconnected with California’s tech economy [3]. These cities will likely never match CDMX in raw volume of startups, but their sectoral depth and cross‑border linkages position them as vital nodes in a polycentric network.

Talent, Capital, and Infrastructure Gaps Outside CDMX—and How They’re Shrinking

Despite these advances, regional hubs still lag CDMX on several fronts. Access to early‑stage and especially follow‑on capital remains thinner outside the capital, where most international VC firms maintain offices or on‑the‑ground representatives [2]. Founders in Guadalajara or Monterrey frequently travel to CDMX or pitch cross‑border funds, reflecting the continued centralization of deal‑making. Similarly, the density of experienced operators—those who have scaled companies past Series B or exited before—is still disproportionately high in the capital, limiting the availability of senior mentors and C‑level hires in second‑tier hubs.

Specialized legal, financial, and regulatory advisory services are also more concentrated in CDMX. While regional law firms have grown more startup‑savvy, few match the scale or depth of practice areas found in the capital. This can slow fundraising or international expansion for founders based in smaller cities. Infrastructure gaps vary by region: some hubs lack direct international flights, while others are still building the kind of urban amenities and housing stock that attract global talent.

Yet data and initiatives suggest these gaps are narrowing. Mexico’s VC market grew 59.38% in transaction value in 2024, reaching $1.674 billion, with cross‑border investments dominating at $1.661 billion across 80 deals [6]. International investors increasingly recognize opportunities beyond CDMX; ecosystem analyses note Guadalajara’s ascent to the country’s third‑ranked startup hub, backed by local funds and university‑linked incubators [9]. Monterrey’s more than 100 innovation parks and 320+ tech companies likewise signal growing capital absorption capacity [4].

Regional angel networks, micro‑VCs, and corporate venture arms are stepping in to provide local capital and market access. Co‑working chains and independent spaces are proliferating, especially in Guadalajara and border cities, lowering barriers to entry for new founders. Meanwhile, distributed‑team models—engineering in Guadalajara, industrial pilots in Monterrey, sales in the U.S.—allow startups to tap into each city’s strengths without relocating wholesale. In effect, the same remote‑work and digital collaboration tools that weakened CDMX’s monopoly are now knitting regional hubs into a functional national innovation network.

Snapshot: Key Hubs at a Glance

Comparative Analysis

Capital and Investor Presence: CDMX vs Regional Hubs

From an investor’s vantage point, CDMX still offers unparalleled density. Most international VCs with Mexican exposure maintain their primary offices or dedicated partners in the capital, where they can also plug into government innovation programs and corporate HQs [2]. This proximity encourages a deal flow loop: founders flock to CDMX to meet investors, reinforcing its dominance. The city’s $10.79 billion in cumulative VC over the past decade dwarfs figures in other hubs, and its 553 startups create network effects that attract yet more capital [1].

Regional hubs present a different configuration. Capital is more fragmented and often locally rooted: family offices in Monterrey, angel syndicates in Guadalajara, or cross‑border funds anchored in Southern California but investing in Tijuana [4][5]. While ticket sizes may be smaller, investors in these cities often bring deep sector expertise—industrial in Monterrey, creative and software in Guadalajara, binational go‑to‑market in Tijuana. The trade‑off is clear: founders in CDMX gain easier access to diverse, large‑check investors, but may compete in more crowded funnels; regional founders might pitch to fewer funds, yet enjoy tighter alignment with their sectors and markets.

Talent Pipelines and Sectoral Specialization

CDMX’s universities provide breadth: UNAM, IPN, and private institutions collectively output thousands of graduates across disciplines, feeding fintech, e‑commerce, and consumer app startups with a mix of engineering, design, and business talent [1]. This breadth supports generalist, horizontal plays—a fintech for nationwide SMEs, a marketplace for national logistics—where deep local industry knowledge is less critical than distribution scale.

In contrast, Guadalajara and Monterrey rely on more specialized pipelines. The University of Guadalajara and associated institutes produce strong engineering and design cohorts suited to software, AI/ML, and creative‑digital work, while the city’s electronics legacy supports hardware‑software convergence [3]. Monterrey’s Tecnológico de Monterrey and UANL cultivate engineers and managers deeply familiar with manufacturing and industrial operations, enabling startups to co‑design solutions directly with factories or logistics operators [4]. Border cities and Querétaro extend this specialization further, focusing on binational teams, aerospace, and data‑center operations [3][5].

The trade‑off here mirrors that of capital. CDMX offers large, diverse talent pools but intense competition, especially for senior roles. Regional hubs provide more targeted talent with closer alignment to local industries, though sometimes in thinner numbers. For certain verticals—industrial AI, aerospace components, cross‑border logistics—the regional hubs’ sectoral depth can outweigh CDMX’s scale, shaping a more polycentric division of labor.

Market Access and Go‑to‑Market Strategies

Founders in CDMX enjoy immediate proximity to Mexico’s largest single urban market, major corporates, and regulators. This environment suits consumer‑facing and fintech ventures that must navigate national regulations or court large enterprises headquartered in the capital. Startups can prototype on CDMX’s diverse population and scale across the country, leveraging media visibility and government pilot programs [1][2].

Regional hubs reconfigure market access along other axes. Monterrey‑based startups prioritize B2B relationships with local conglomerates, then extend industrial solutions into the U.S. via cross‑border supply chains [4]. Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez startups, by contrast, often think “U.S.‑first”: they build in Mexico, price in dollars, and sell into Southern California or Texas from day one, using binational teams and accelerators like Technology Hub as launch pads [3][5][8]. Mérida and Querétaro lean into niche and export‑oriented markets—tourism tech, climate solutions, aerospace, and data services—rather than mass domestic consumer plays [3].

This divergence is reshaping go‑to‑market strategies. Increasingly, founders adopt multi‑city footprints: regulatory and corporate affairs in CDMX, engineering in Guadalajara, industrial pilots in Monterrey, cross‑border sales via Tijuana. This configuration would be inefficient if one city still held unchallenged primacy, but becomes rational in a genuinely polycentric landscape.

Timeline of Key Shifts Across Hubs

Case Studies

Case 1: A Fintech Founder Relocates from CDMX to Guadalajara

Ana, a software engineer, spent several years at a large bank’s innovation unit in Mexico City before deciding to launch a fintech tailored to micro‑businesses in Jalisco. Initially, she assumed that serious investors and partners would require her to be in CDMX. But as she began validating her product, she realized that many of her target customers—small retailers and service providers—were concentrated in secondary cities around Guadalajara.

She moved her core team to Guadalajara, drawn by lower living costs and the city’s dense engineering talent. Her developers, many graduates of the University of Guadalajara, were familiar with both fintech stacks and the realities of local small businesses. Ana joined an accelerator linked to Ciudad Creativa Digital, which introduced her to mentors from global tech firms and regional banks [3][7]. She still travels to CDMX for fundraising, but maintains that building in Guadalajara lets her “stay close to the market and the engineers at the same time.” The company’s hybrid model—operations and product in Guadalajara, investor relations in CDMX—illustrates how founders are leveraging the strengths of multiple hubs rather than choosing one over the other.

Case 2: An Industrial AI Startup Grows Up in Monterrey

A group of engineers from Tecnológico de Monterrey and managers from a local steel conglomerate co‑founded an industrial AI startup focused on predictive maintenance for heavy machinery. Their initial pilot came directly from the conglomerate’s factories, which offered real‑world data and operational constraints. Monterrey’s dense ecosystem of industrial players allowed them to quickly expand pilots into automotive parts manufacturers and logistics firms.

Corporate‑startup collaboration proved decisive. Several conglomerates had recently established innovation labs and small corporate venture arms; one took a minority stake in the startup in exchange for preferred access to its solutions. The founders noted that building in Monterrey let them “co‑design with the plant managers who will actually use the product,” something harder to replicate from CDMX. As the company grew, it opened a small CDMX office for government relations and a sales outpost in Texas to serve U.S. clients, but Monterrey remained the center of gravity for engineering and product, underscoring the city’s role as Mexico’s industrial tech crucible [4].

Case 3: A Binational Healthtech from Tijuana

In Tijuana, a healthtech startup founded by a Mexican doctor and an American product manager developed a telemedicine platform aimed at uninsured and under‑insured patients in Southern California and Baja California. The team based its engineers and call‑center staff in Tijuana to keep costs low, while establishing a small sales team in San Diego to interface with clinics and community organizations.

The founders joined a program at the Tijuana Innovation Center and later leveraged connections at Technology Hub in Ciudad Juárez to learn from other binational startups [3][5][8]. Regulatory complexity—operating across two health systems—was a major challenge, but the team’s bicultural background and proximity to the border allowed rapid iteration and frequent in‑person user research on both sides. Their story illustrates how border hubs can host companies that are structurally U.S.‑facing while remaining rooted in Mexico, adding a distinct dimension to the country’s polycentric ecosystem.

Limitations

This analysis relies on secondary data sources and ecosystem reports that vary in granularity and recency across cities. Figures such as the number of tech companies in Guadalajara or Monterrey, or the precise share of data center capacity in Querétaro, are drawn from sectoral overviews and may not reflect real‑time changes in a fast‑evolving landscape [3][4]. Similarly, while venture capital statistics for 2024 are relatively robust at the national level, city‑level breakdowns of deal volume and sector allocation remain sparse, limiting our ability to quantify exactly how much funding is shifting from CDMX to regional hubs [6].

Another constraint is the reliance on illustrative case narratives rather than comprehensive founder surveys. The anecdotes presented—about fintech in Guadalajara, industrial AI in Monterrey, and binational healthtech in Tijuana—are plausible and consistent with documented ecosystem features, but they cannot substitute for systematic, primary‑data research. Additionally, the ecosystems in cities like Mérida, Oaxaca, or León are less well documented, so their trajectories are discussed more qualitatively.

Finally, this paper focuses on the emergence of second‑tier hubs and their complementarities with CDMX, rather than on deeper structural issues such as regional inequality, long‑term political risk, or macroeconomic volatility. These factors undoubtedly influence where and how tech ecosystems grow, but they require broader economic and sociopolitical analysis beyond the scope of this paper. Readers should treat this work as a grounded but partial map of Mexico’s polycentric tech future, recognizing that on‑the‑ground conditions and policies will continue to evolve.

Implications

The evidence points to a Mexican tech ecosystem that is no longer meaningfully described as single‑centered. CDMX retains its role as capital, regulatory hub, and largest source of diversified capital, but Guadalajara, Monterrey, border cities, and specialized hubs like Querétaro are now integral to the system’s overall functioning. For founders, this means location strategy becomes a design variable rather than a default: operations can be split, talent sourced across cities, and go‑to‑market tailored to the strengths of each region.

Investors face a similar recalibration. Continuing to focus exclusively on CDMX risks missing high‑potential, sector‑specialized startups that emerge organically from industrial or cross‑border contexts. Building relationships with universities, corporate partners, and accelerators in Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana, and Querétaro can provide differentiated deal flow and early access to founders who might otherwise bypass national funds in favor of foreign capital. At the same time, a more geographically distributed portfolio may help hedge against city‑specific shocks—whether political, regulatory, or infrastructural.

For policymakers and ecosystem builders, the polycentric shift underscores the importance of coordination. Rather than competing for a zero‑sum “national tech crown,” cities can specialize and connect: CDMX for regulation and finance, Guadalajara for engineering and creative‑digital industries, Monterrey for industrial and climate tech, border cities for nearshoring and binational services, and Mérida and others for quality‑of‑life‑anchored remote‑first ventures. National and state‑level policies that support inter‑city mobility, digital infrastructure, and knowledge transfer—such as joint accelerator programs, shared testbeds, and cross‑city investment vehicles—could accelerate this networked model, increasing Mexico’s global competitiveness.

Conclusion

Mexico’s most compelling tech story today is not the growth of Mexico City alone, but the emergence of a polycentric map of innovation. CDMX still concentrates nearly half of the country’s startups and the majority of venture capital, yet Guadalajara’s 600‑plus tech companies, Monterrey’s 320‑plus firms and 100 innovation parks, the border region’s binational incubators, and Querétaro’s data‑center and aerospace cluster all testify to a broader transformation [1][3][4][5]. Specialization, not simple spillover, is the defining pattern: each hub leverages its own industrial base, talent pipelines, and geographic advantages.

For founders, the practical takeaway is to think in terms of networks, not headquarters. A fintech serving national SMEs might keep regulatory and fundraising functions in CDMX but build engineering in Guadalajara and test industrial features in Monterrey. A healthtech or SaaS exporter might anchor its operations in Tijuana or Mérida while selling into the U.S. and Europe. Investors should expand their scouting trips and LP narratives to include regional hubs, partnering with local institutions that understand sector and regional nuances. Policymakers and ecosystem builders, for their part, can focus on connective tissue: interoperable regulations, shared digital infrastructure, and support programs that encourage multi‑city collaboration rather than zero‑sum competition.

If current trends continue over the next 5–10 years, Mexico’s innovation geography will likely resemble a web more than a pyramid—dense lines between CDMX, Guadalajara, Monterrey, border cities, and specialized hubs across the Bajío and southeast. In that future, no single city will “own” Mexican tech. Instead, the country’s global edge will come from the interplay of its diverse regions, each writing a chapter of a broader, interconnected story.

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