The winners of this year's SLINGSHOT x Venture Pilipinas Pitch Competition, held as part of the Opening Celebrations of the Philippine Startup Week (PHSW) 2023, were announced on Nov. 20 at the Makati Diamond Residences.
Tech titan IBM has announced that it is launching a $500-million venture fund to invest in a range of AI companies -- from early-stage to hyper-growth startups -- focused on accelerating generative AI technology and research for the enterprise.
Sen. Grace Poe, the budget sponsor of the DICT, said instead of granting the agency a P300-million confidential fund, the amount of P280 million was put in a line item budget “so that it’s easier for us to be able to monitor it.”
Huawei Philippines, in collaboration with PLDT-Smart Foundation and the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), is boosting efforts in bridging the education gap in underserved communities and schools in the country with the “School-in-a-Bag” initiative.
A new report has found that 74% of Filipino startup founders believe that the Philippine government does not provide adequate support, while 57% said the country “greatly lacks” funding opportunities.
The agreement allows Asian Vision to offer Teachmint, an all-in-one platform that provides state-of-the-art administrator tools for school management and a modern LMS to enable better learning outcomes in schools, to its corporate clients in Batangas, Zambales, and Quezon.
California-based Astranis and local firm HTech Orbits forged a collaboration to deploy “MicroGEO” satellites, which feature a small form factor that can be built in 12-18 months but are more powerful at a fraction of the cost of other competing satellite models.
