Lenovo slashes business AI setup to one week with new ready-to-use agents
Lenovo is tearing down the biggest roadblock to corporate artificial intelligence by enabling businesses to launch secure, fully functioning AI systems in as little as a single week.
Remittances climb in May, fueling household spending and domestic growth
Money sent home by overseas Filipinos continued its upward trajectory in May, providing a steady lifeline to millions of households and giving a welcome boost to the broader economy.
Citicore taps Landbank to accelerate solar expansion
Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) has secured a P4.05-billion project finance loan from Land Bank of the Philippines to build two embedded solar power projects in Central Luzon, expanding clean energy capacity while helping electric cooperatives deliver more reliable and potentially cheaper electricity.
Sprouts.ai secures $9 million to simplify B2B sales with AI
The Palo Alto-based startup Sprouts.ai has raised $9 million in a Pre-Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $14 million. The investment was co-led by True Global Ventures and Accel, with participation from Kickstart Ventures. The company plans to use the new capital to improve its AI agent capabilities, expand its integrations with other software, and fuel its overall platform growth.
Lower oil prices may give BSP policy flexibility
Easing global oil prices could provide the Philippines with a timely economic tailwind, strengthening the peso, improving financial conditions and giving the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) greater scope to ease monetary policy, according to Manulife Investment Management.
