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.
Through Coins Webpay, businesses can integrate payment functionality directly into their websites or mobile applications, allowing customers to make instant and secure transactions using their Coins.ph wallets.
OpenAI has officially launched ChatGPT Go in the Philippines, a new subscription plan designed to make advanced artificial intelligence tools more accessible at an affordable price of ₱300 per month.
Startup veteran Crystal Lee Gonzalez, co-founder and CEO of Noneaway, has introduced Nona, an AI-powered platform designed to reshape how Filipinos search for and manage homes.
The partnership allows freelancers to receive payments from US-based clients through Higlobe’s platform and convert the funds to Philippine pesos using the Coins.ph app.
A student team from Silliman University in Dumaguete, named Merge Conflict, won both the top prize and the Best Use of AI award for their project “Bant AI.”
Development sector group Bayan Family of Foundations, in partnership with Philippine agritech startup Mayani, has received philanthropic funding from HSBC Philippines to empower smallholder farmers and fisherfolk through climate-smart agriculture initiatives and sustainable food production.
A group of Filipino students won an award for devising a waste management tracking system at the 2025 APAC Solution Challenge, which was held during the demo day of the 2025 APAC Digital Transformation Forum in Manila this June.
