Filipino-owned artificial intelligence firm NMBLR.ai said it has been profitable since 2024 and is growing by more than 50% annually as it expands its enterprise AI business in the Philippines and overseas.
Led by serial technology entrepreneur Winston Damarillo, the company on Tuesday, June 23, opened “Programmable,” its first AI innovation hub in Makati City, while announcing plans to expand further into Southeast Asia and North America.
NMBLR.ai said its platform is already being used in production environments by organizations in both the Philippines and the United States, including Filipino-American grocery chain Seafood City and global development firm Chemonics.
The company also disclosed that it recently signed a marketing partnership with Alchemi Ventures that will make its platform available across more than 50 countries where the partner operates.
Unlike many AI startups that are still experimenting with commercial applications, NMBLR.ai said it has focused on deploying AI systems directly into enterprise operations.
In the Philippines, the company said it works with banks, financial institutions, retailers, and property developers. Among its recent projects is Bahaideals.com, an AI-powered property platform designed to market Philippine real estate developments to overseas buyers.
“AI is the most disruptive force of our generation, and most enterprises are still treating it as an experiment,” said Damarillo, founder and chief executive officer of NMBLR.ai.
“We built NMBLR on a different conviction: that AI should run the business, deliver results leaders can measure, and do it on terms the enterprise controls. Doing that profitably isn’t a constraint; it’s the proof the model works.”
Damarillo, a veteran Filipino technology entrepreneur known for founding and investing in multiple technology ventures, used the event to push for greater Philippine participation in the global AI industry.
He said the country should move beyond being a consumer of foreign AI technologies and become a developer of AI products and solutions.
“The whole world is spending trillions of dollars building AI solutions,” Damarillo said. “Our dream at NMBLR is that as the world builds solutions for AI, we not only consume it, but we also build our solutions for the world.”
“And that’s the opportunity for us, is to make sure that the Philippines is not just a consumer of AI, we’re a producer of AI and AI content and AI solutions.”
Damarillo also highlighted the company’s local roots, saying its products were developed by Filipino engineers and designed from a Philippine perspective.
“We’re fortunate to be working with the largest companies here in the Philippines, the largest banks, the largest retailers, the largest property builders, the largest food service companies, and bring AI to the Philippines from a Filipino perspective,” he said.
“So, I’m excited to announce to you products that we’re going to showcase. That’s Gawang Pinoy and the people who built it.”
The company’s technology stack consists of three core products: Foundation, a governance and security layer for enterprise AI; Prism, which allows users to query and analyze enterprise data using natural language; and Forge, a deployment platform designed to accelerate AI implementation.
NMBLR said its new Makati hub will serve as the home of its executive AI training program and as a center for developing enterprise AI applications.
“Programmable is where AI stops being abstract,” Damarillo said. “Executives walk in with questions and walk out with running systems.”
The company did not disclose its revenues or profitability figures but said it intends to use previously raised funding from strategic partners to accelerate product development and support its international expansion plans.
