Viber’s AI Chat & Create chatbot allows users to ask questions and design images directly through the Viber app, powered by DALL-E and Davinci’s AI generators.
Southeast Asian tech startup StoreHub, a platform that helps growing enterprises automate and grow their businesses, announced the launch of StoreHub Engage, an all-new automated SMS marketing tool that helps retailers and restaurants engage with their customers, drive repeat sales, and build customer loyalty by automating personalized SMS campaigns.
An application that promotes proper waste segregation and disposal called “scr/app” emerged victorious at the week-long hackathon competition organized by youth-led organization “The Purposeful Mochii” and hosted by Accenture Philippines at the Philippine Innovation Hub in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.
Atome, a subsidiary of Singaporean tech company Advance Intelligence Group, recently reported that the average ‘basket size’ of Filipinos who avail of its Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) financial service has increased by 30%, driven by recurring traffic from its existing user base and an omnichannel approach to both offline and online retail.
Bambuhay founder Mark Sultan Gervasa started his company with a mere capital of P10,000 and recouped his investment on a massive scale with its current sales revenue of P26 million.
Experiencing the same penetration rate in the Philippines as it did in 2020, instant messaging platform Rakuten Viber has seen local transactional business messages soaring to 603% and chatbots expanding by 34%.
Enstack, a Filipino-developed app that enables SMEs to sell online and offline, said that as the demand for hybrid online-offline shopping experiences increases, small businesses need to create a hybrid retail setup.
Seeing tremendous growth in the Philippines, Igloo will be allocating a portion of the funding to deploy more insurance solutions and increase coverage across the country.
As demand for e-commerce and prime delivery standards continues to advance in Southeast Asia, cloud-based logistics solutions provider Locad announced plans to feed $11 million it raised from its Series A round to build the region’s largest fulfillment network dedicated for the e-commerce supply chain.
