by Ferry Bayu | Nov 9, 2026 | Business
Filipino tech firm White Cloak Technologies is recognized for AI in Workforce & Future Skills in Asia-Oceania
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine technology company has been recognized among the leading digital innovators in Asia and Oceania. White Cloak Technologies won the AI in Workforce & Future Skills award at the ASOCIO Digital & AI Awards 2026 for Jia, its AI-powered hiring platform.
The Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) presented the award on October 6, 2026, at its Awards Ceremony & Gala Dinner at the Swissôtel Jakarta PIK Avenue in Indonesia. A White Cloak delegation accepted the award on behalf of the company. The ceremony was part of the ASOCIO Digital & AI Summit 2026, held October 5–7. The summit brought together technology leaders, innovators, investors, and policymakers from across the region.
ASOCIO is the regional federation of computing and IT industry associations in Asia and Oceania. Its awards honor organizations whose work advances the regional digital economy. ASOCIO Chairman Stan Singh-Jit said the recognition celebrates leadership and innovation that “exemplify the transformative impact of technology and serve as an inspiration to the wider community.”
The win puts a Filipino-built AI product at the center of the regional conversation about AI and the future of work. Jia uses AI throughout hiring. It evaluates CVs against job requirements, runs conversational AI interviews with candidates, and gives recruiters structured insights to support their decisions. It also guides job seekers from application to offer.
The award reflects the growing strength of the Philippine software industry. Filipino companies increasingly design and build their own technology products for regional and global markets, not just provide services. White Cloak is a member of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), the country’s representative to ASOCIO. Through its competitive nominations, PSIA puts Filipino technology companies in front of a regional audience.
The award falls under ASOCIO’s M.A.D.E. (Mapping ASOCIO Digital Economy) initiative, which recognizes organizations driving digital transformation and sustainable growth across Asia and Oceania. White Cloak joins this year’s group of recipients recognized for shaping the region’s digital future.
About White Cloak Technologies
White Cloak Technologies is a Philippine software company that builds digital products and platforms, including Jia, an AI-powered hiring platform for job seekers and recruiters.
About ASOCIO
The Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) is a regional federation of computing and IT industry associations in Asia and Oceania that works to advance the region’s digital economy.
About White Cloak Technologies, Inc.
Homegrown to the Philippines, White Cloak Technologies is one of the country’s leading software development companies that has worked on globally recognized projects and technologies. Founded in 2014, White Cloak continues to be the innovation partner of choice for many major corporations, leveraging technology to take its client’s business to the next level. This technical superiority and commitment to our clients have brought numerous recognition and awards to White Cloak.
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by Ferry Bayu | Nov 7, 2026 | Business
As demand grows for flexible, skills-focused education, Miriam College and C&E Adaptive Learning Solutions (C&E ALS) are collaborating to expand access to learning opportunities through micro-credentials, offering learners additional pathways to develop competencies alongside their academic and professional pursuits.
The partnership was formalized through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed on October 22, 2026, bringing together Miriam College’s academic expertise and C&E ALS’s capabilities in educational content development, production, and digital distribution.
Under the agreement, Miriam College will develop course-related manuscripts and syllabi, while C&E ALS will oversee the design, layout, and editing of learning materials for publication and distribution via AsCEnd, an online learning platform developed by C&E ALS.
Micro-credentials offer learners additional opportunities to acquire new skills and strengthen existing competencies beyond conventional degree programs. These shorter, skills-focused courses complement traditional degree pathways, allowing individuals to pursue targeted learning alongside their existing academic or professional commitments. The flexible structure of micro-credentials lets learners study at their pace and on their own schedule, reinforcing the importance of continuous learning and empowering them to adapt to the ever-evolving demands of the workforce.
For higher education institutions, micro-credentials also present opportunities to expand their academic offerings to new learner segments, including working professionals seeking to upskill or reskill in response to changing industry requirements.
Highlighting the value of micro-credentials, C&E ALS CEO John Emyl Eugenio said:
“Micro-credentials allow institutions to build on their academic strengths and offer focused, flexible learning experiences that respond to the needs of students, working professionals, and lifelong learners.”
In addition to developing workforce-relevant skills, micro-credentials may also help learners pursue further academic qualifications. Depending on institutional policies and assessment requirements, certain micro-credentials may be recognized for academic credit, allowing learners to apply their acquired knowledge and competencies toward eligible degree or diploma programs.
This approach offers learners greater flexibility in pursuing educational goals, allowing them to build previously acquired knowledge and competencies while exploring opportunities for further study.
For C&E ALS and Miriam College, the partnership aims to broaden learning opportunities for students, working professionals, and lifelong learners from diverse backgrounds. By combining Miriam College’s academic expertise with C&E ALS’ digital learning solutions and services, the partnership aims to expand access to flexible, personalized learning opportunities that equip individuals with relevant skills and support their continued academic and professional growth.
About C&E Adaptive Learning Solutions
C&E Adaptive Learning Solutions (C&E ALS) is a Philippine learning solutions company that aims to make education more innovative, personalized, and accessible. Through print educational resources and digital learning platforms, C&E ALS supports institutions and individuals to promote meaningful learning experiences.
About AsCEnd Learning
AsCEnd Learning is an online platform offering globally competitive, short, stackable, and non-stackable micro-credentials developed by C&E Adaptive Learning Solutions in collaboration with OpenLearning. It empowers students and lifelong learners to pursue continuous education through flexible, specialized courses designed to boost workforce readiness and competence.
by Ferry Bayu | Nov 7, 2026 | Business
Kravos AI has officially launched its public beta, opening access to its managed infrastructure platform for autonomous AI agents. Designed to eliminate the backend engineering required to productionize AI, Kravos unites managed knowledge ingestion, retrieval, skills, external tools, and multi-modal voice and chat runtimes into a single execution layer. Developers can even build, ground, and test agents directly from coding assistants like Cursor and Claude via open Model Context Protocol (MCP) support. Builders can start creating for free at kravos.ai.
Kravos AI today officially announced the public beta launch of its dedicated AI agent infrastructure platform, opening global access for developers, enterprises, and technical operators to build, deploy, and scale custom autonomous agents. Available immediately with a self-serve Starter tier, the platform eliminates the complex backend engineering required to operationalize AI, allowing teams to move from concept to production-grade deployment in minutes.
While foundation models provide raw reasoning, taking autonomous agents into production has historically required months of fragmented plumbing, including custom vector search pipelines, brittle tool connectors, and disparate frontend widgets. Kravos AI solves this by delivering the complete execution layer around the model: knowledge grounding, skill orchestration, tool execution, and deployment runtimes are connected out of the box.
“Foundation models have made intelligence accessible, but the engineering required to make agents reliably take action, search private data securely, and interact across channels remains a massive barrier for most organizations,” said Mr. Marc Dagatan, Co-Founder and CEO of Kravos AI. “Kravos AI is built to carry that infrastructure weight. Builders can configure complex business logic, connect their data, and even build directly from AI coding environments like Cursor and Claude using open standards like MCP—while our platform handles the runtime, security, and execution below.”
Key Capabilities of the Kravos AI Platform
The public beta introduces a comprehensive suite of developer and enterprise tools designed for the complete agent lifecycle:
Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) Support: Developers can connect their preferred coding assistants (Cursor, VS Code, Claude, and ChatGPT) directly to Kravos AI via Streamable HTTP, enabling teams to scaffold, ingest data, and manage agent configurations programmatically from their development environments.
Isolated High-Performance RAG Architecture: Agents are grounded in proprietary enterprise knowledge—including live web crawls, internal documentation, and files—accelerated by a dedicated, isolated RAG cache that reduces retrieval latency to sub-10ms while preventing cross-agent data exposure.
Instant Multi-Modal Deployment: Completed agents can be deployed instantly using a single-line drop-in script tag supporting both real-time voice and text interfaces, or embedded directly into existing products via developer REST APIs.
Deterministic Tool Execution & Action Workflows: Beyond conversational Q&A, agents can execute real-world workflows, query live databases, trigger webhooks, and interact with external enterprise software using standardized tool definitions.
Live Observability & Human-in-the-Loop Takeover: Operators can inspect step-by-step agent reasoning traces, audit tool execution payloads, and intervene with seamless human handoff whenever conversations require human judgment.
Immediate Availability and Getting Started
The Kravos AI public beta is available immediately to developers, startup teams, and organizations worldwide. Users can create a free account to test sandbox agents, configure knowledge sources, and explore the developer API with no credit card required.
To sign up or explore technical documentation, visit https://kravos.ai.
About Kravos AI
Established in 2026, Kravos AI was built to solve a fundamental problem in autonomous execution: bridging the gap between raw AI models and reliable business workflows. Rather than acting as a service agency, Kravos AI provides a zero-infrastructure platform where teams can easily construct, test, and manage custom AI agents tailored to their exact specifications. With built-in step auditing, multimodal deployment, and enterprise-grade security, Kravos AI serves as the central control plane for modern AI operations.
by Ferry Bayu | Nov 6, 2026 | Business
MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES – October 15, 2026 – Kravos AI today officially announced the public rollout of its dedicated AI agent infrastructure platform, providing developers, product teams, and enterprises with a unified execution environment to build, deploy, and scale custom autonomous AI agents. Following an exclusive industry preview in August 2026, the company has opened platform access at kravos.ai, removing the backend complexity that stalls over 70% of enterprise AI agent deployments.
What is Kravos AI? Kravos AI is an infrastructure software platform and control plane for autonomous artificial intelligence agents. While foundation model providers (such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google) focus on core LLM intelligence, Kravos AI provides the execution stack surrounding the model. The platform unifies knowledge ingestion, isolated RAG retrieval, skill definitions, tool integrations via the open Model Context Protocol (MCP), and multi-channel deployment into a zero-maintenance runtime.
Addressing the Production Agent Execution Gap Building reliable, task-executing AI agents typically forces engineering teams to build custom infrastructure from scratch—stitching together vector stores, embedding APIs, complex auth logic, and brittle tool connectors. Kravos AI replaces this fragmented plumbing with a production-ready environment that takes agents from concept to live deployment in minutes.
The platform provides a complete lifecycle for autonomous agent engineering:
Proprietary Isolated RAG Caching: Grounds agents in proprietary enterprise data (web crawls, PDFs, documentation, and structured files). By caching finalized retrieval context at the agent and data source level, Kravos slashes knowledge retrieval latency to sub-10ms and eliminates redundant vector database queries.
Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) Support: Developers can connect modern AI coding environments (including Cursor, VS Code, Claude, and ChatGPT) directly to Kravos via streamable HTTP to scaffold, test, and manage agents programmatically.
Turnkey Multi-Modal Deployment: Agents deploy instantly via a single-line tag delivering embeddable voice and chat interfaces, or directly into existing business applications via developer REST APIs.
Deterministic Tool Execution & Workflows: Allows agents to safely trigger real-world actions, call external software APIs, and query live production databases with built-in idempotency and transactional rollback protections.
Real-Time Observability & Human Fallback: Built-in tracing monitors step-by-step agent reasoning, tool call parameters, and accuracy guardrails, backed by a human takeover dashboard for seamless live escalation.
“Working on something quietly for months and then finally unveiling it to the builder community is an incredible milestone,” said Marc Dagatan, Chief Executive Officer of Kravos AI. “Foundational models have solved general reasoning, but the engineering required to run agents reliably in production is where teams get stuck. We don’t train base models, we build the platform that runs your agents. Kravos provides the entire operational stack around the model, including infrastructure, governance, and deployment, so teams can focus 100% on their core workflow logic.”
Immediate Availability and Free Access Early access to the Kravos AI platform is open immediately to developers, technical founders, and enterprise teams globally. Users can start building sandbox agents with no credit card required on the platform’s self-serve Starter tier.
To begin building custom AI agents or explore platform documentation, visit www.kravos.ai
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is Kravos AI? Kravos AI is an enterprise-grade execution and control platform that hosts, coordinates, and scales autonomous AI agents, eliminating the need for teams to build in-house AI infrastructure.
How does Kravos AI differ from foundation model providers? Foundation models provide raw LLM reasoning capabilities. Kravos AI provides the operational infrastructure around those models, including data ingestion, proprietary isolated RAG caching, tool execution via MCP, human-in-the-loop controls, and frontend deployment runtimes.
Can developers build Kravos agents from AI coding assistants like Cursor? Yes. Kravos AI supports Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) over Streamable HTTP, allowing developers to configure, test, and trigger document ingestion for their agents directly inside environments like Cursor, VS Code, Claude, and ChatGPT.
About Kravos AI
Established in 2026, Kravos AI was built to solve a fundamental problem in autonomous execution: bridging the gap between raw AI models and reliable business workflows. Rather than acting as a service agency, Kravos AI provides a zero-infrastructure platform where teams can easily construct, test, and manage custom AI agents tailored to their exact specifications. With built-in step auditing, multimodal deployment, and enterprise-grade security, Kravos AI serves as the central control plane for modern AI operations.
by Ferry Bayu | Nov 5, 2026 | Business
Filipino entrepreneurs, commercial retail buyers, and K-culture enthusiasts will gain direct access to South Korea’s regional manufacturing core this November. The 2026 Gyeongbuk Excellent Products Philippine Exhibition opens its doors on Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14, 2026, operating from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the Activity Center (Ground Floor), Ayala Malls Market! Market!, BGC, Taguig City.
Jointly hosted by the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government, the Gyeongbuk Economic Promotion Agency (GEPA), and the World Federation of Overseas Korean Economic and Trade Associations in the Philippines (W-OKTA Philippines), the exhibition marks the 10th anniversary of Gyeongbuk’s institutional trade mission in Manila. Since launching in 2016, this annual bilateral bridge has facilitated direct trade consultations for more than 200 South Korean small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) entering the Philippine supply chain.
The Gyeongbuk Advantage: Sourcing Directly from Korea’s Production Core
Situated in southeastern Korea adjacent to Busan Port—the country’s primary maritime export hub—the province of Gyeongsangbuk-do represents the industrial backbone of South Korea. It encompasses Pohang’s world-scale steel production (POSCO), Gumi’s electronics manufacturing clusters, and the fertile agricultural heartlands of Andong and Gyeongju.
For the 2026 Manila exhibition, provincial trade authorities curated 20 export-certified manufacturers across three high-growth commercial categories:
K-Food, Meal Solutions & Specialty Snacks (10 Exhibitors)
Convenience & HMR: Wurione introduces shelf-stable, room-temperature TOKIKI Cup Rice Topokki (starting at $0.85 FOB); Bigbonefood Inc. showcases authentic Gamjatang (pork bone stew), Seolleongtang broths, and LA Galbi marinades; Meatalk (Daepung D&F) brings HACCP- and FSSC 22000-certified processed meats, including Korean-style Beef Bulgogi, Spicy Stir-Fried Pork, Braised Pork Ribs, and Jeju Pork Hamburg Steaks (from $2.12 FOB).
Smokeless Seafood Technology: The Keun Seafood presents its patented “Steam Pack” line—enabling consumers and food-service operators to microwave or grill seasoned mackerel and flounder in an odor-free paper pocket within 7 minutes (from $1.30 FOB).
Condiments & Broth Bases: Jinsungbio presents low-sugar Korean fried chicken glazes and BBQ marinades; Ones Farm debuts Halal-certified coin- and stick-style concentrated soup bases; Cheongatti presents cold-pressed Korean sesame and perilla oils.
Artisanal Confectionery: Siru Wa Bang Ah displays 50-year heritage snacks including handmade Mulberry Yakgwa and Walnut Gangjeong; KongKong Co., Ltd. presents café-grade flash-frozen French macarons, Portuguese egg tarts, financiers, and meringue cookies.
Wellness, Functional Nutrition & Inner Beauty (5 Exhibitors)
Low-Molecular Collagen: Wellinus showcases zero-water, 300-Dalton low-molecular marine collagen jelly sticks a formula with over 60 million units sold globally and 50,000+ monthly reorders on Amazon US.
Active Nutrition & Digestion: Simbak Co., Ltd. exhibits plant protein shakes, functional protein kombucha, and digestive farro/pomegranate enzyme powders; Global K Co., Ltd. features Andong Apple Arginine performance jelly sticks.
Cold-Pressed Beverages & Daily Boosters: Jusify offers 100% Not-From-Concentrate (NFC) cold-pressed fruit and vegetable juices without added water, sugars, or preservatives (from $0.67 FOB); Hanguk Farm supplies portable stick jams and Jelditfit booster jellies.
Functional Derma-Cosmetics & Climate-Adaptive Skincare (5 Exhibitors)
Patented Skin-Cooling Science: Nature4 Co., Ltd. introduces its patented A.C.C. (Advanced Cooling Composition) formulation across its Brucke and IntegralB lines, clinically engineered to lower epidermal temperature and soothe inflammation in hot, humid climates.
Targeted Delivery & Sheet Masks: Mijin Cosmetics presents specialized derma sheet mask formulations and targeted pore patches (from $0.18 FOB); Barobon debuts its Celian dissolvable micro-needle patch kits for targeted blemish care and localized elasticity.
Botanical & Brightening Serums: Nature Botanics Co., Ltd. features its Re:early Botanic peptide-infused vitamin C powder essence and botanical mists; GLZ Company presents lightweight Aloe Vera gel serums enriched with Glutathione, Salmon PDRN, and Fish Collagen designed specifically for tropical skin barriers.
Transparent Commercial Terms for Philippine Trade Partners
Unlike conventional consumer retail fairs, this trade showcase functions as an open B2B sourcing floor. Philippine supermarket category managers, regional wholesalers, convenience store merchandisers, restaurant franchisees, and cross-border digital sellers (Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop) can review verified FOB factory price sheets on-site and negotiate direct supply agreements, private labeling, or OEM/ODM production.
To accelerate business matching, local operations partner Island Resort Club (IRC Tour Services, Inc.) and W-OKTA Philippines have established a dedicated B2B Fast-Track Desk at the central OKTA booth:
Dedicated 1:1 Interpreters: Verified buyers are paired free of charge with Korean-English trade liaisons to facilitate commercial negotiations and MOU drafting.
FOB Price E-Catalog: Registered trade visitors receive a digital 16-page catalog detailing wholesale minimum order quantities (MOQs), shelf-life specifications, and export pricing across all 20 manufacturers.
Executive Perks: The first 100 verified business registrants completing supplier consultations receive a limited-edition VIP stainless steel tumbler.
About Island Resort Club Tour Services, Inc.
Established in the Philippines in 2002, Island Resort Club Tour Services, Inc. (IRC) is a premier MICE and destination management specialist with a proven track record in orchestrating high-level, bilateral governmental and corporate events adhering to rigorous state-level protocol standards. Notably, IRC spearheaded local operational management for the Korea-Philippines Business Forum, held on the occasion of the South Korean President’s state visit to the Philippines to commemorate the 77th anniversary of diplomatic relations. IRC is a fully accredited travel agency licensed in the Philippines, South Korea, and Cuba, and is officially designated by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea to process Korean electronic visas (e-visas). Through its flagship platform, “Join Enjoy,” IRC continues to lead bilateral cultural exchange, tourism, and business connectivity between the Philippines and South Korea.
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