Filipino entrepreneur Louise Ivan Valencia Payawal has raised $3.2 million in seed funding for his tech startup Ryder, drawing support from billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper, founder of Draper Associates and an early backer of Tesla, SpaceX, and Skype.
Speaking at the 8th CXO Technology Summit in Shangrila Boracay, DICT secretary Aguda said his agency has secured a grant from blockchain firm Polygon to pilot a system that will place the 2026 national budget on the blockchain.
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) secretary Henry Aguda has clarified his stance on the controversial World App project, saying he respects the authority of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to decide on the legal issues surrounding the iris-scanning technology.
The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) spotlighted technology-led development as a central pillar of its strategy to transform the Cagayan Freeport Zone into a regional economic and innovation powerhouse during the 2025 Arangkada Philippines Investment Forum held at the Marriott Grand Ballroom.
In one of the most striking findings, the Philippines ranks 6th globally in ChatGPT usage, with 42.4% of individuals aged 16 and above using the AI tool in the past month — far above the global average of 26.5%.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has signed a multi-year partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop a cloud- and AI-based platform that will power new basketball analytics and fan engagement tools across the league’s digital properties.
Companies that fail to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) today risk being left behind in the next five years, warned VST ECS president and CEO Jimmy Go at the start of the annual CXO Tech Summit at the Shangrila Boracay.
World.org in the Philippines, the local arm of Tools for Humanity (TFH), the company co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has challenged the National Privacy Commission (NPC)’s cease-and-desist order (CDO) against its operations in the Philippines, calling it a “setback for responsible digital innovation” and a reversal of a year-long compliance process undertaken with Philippine authorities.
Renato Garcia, who previously led the company’s local arm from 2008 to 2021, is returning as country manager to oversee what the firm describes as a “new phase of growth” aimed at strengthening its national footprint and expanding into key regional hubs such as Cebu and Metro Davao.
