Kollab acquires Senti AI, the AI pioneer in the Philippines
December 2, 2024 – Kollab announced the acquisition of Senti Techlabs, Inc. (Senti AI), the pioneering artificial intelligence company in the Philippines. The acquisition of Senti AI coincides with Kollab’s 10th year anniversary and reinforces their commitment to becoming a leading provider of AI-first and cloud-first solutions in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia.
Founded in 2015, Senti AI’s mission is to bring the benefits of AI in improving business processes, customer experience, and decision making, while reducing cost, time, and risk. Senti AI is the first Philippine company to receive the Google Cloud Machine Learning Specialization distinction and remains a leading AI solutions and services provider in the region. Their clientele includes large-scale enterprise customers such as Unilever, Asian Development Bank, and SM Supermalls.
“We believe that artificial intelligence plays a critical role in driving innovation, competitiveness, and market growth for organizations across the region. Our acquisition of Senti AI will enhance our ability to help customers adopt and scale AI initiatives more securely, efficiently, and responsibly,” said Jonathan Ty, CCO & Head of Business Development at Kollab.
While the ownership and management of Senti AI has changed, all agreements between Senti AI and their customers will remain in full effect, including their commitments to consistently deliver the diligent work customers expect. Most of the employees of Senti AI, including its Co-Founder & CEO, Ralph Vincent Regalado will remain in Senti AI. Ralph has also joined the Board of Directors of Kollab with a senior executive role as Chief Scientist & Head of AI.
“Our strategic partnership with Kollab is a significant milestone that validates our nine years of evangelizing AI and machine learning in the Philippines. We are excited to expand our reach and empower more organizations to succeed with AI,” said Ralph Regalado, Co-Founder & CEO at Senti AI.
About Kollab
Established in 2014, Kollab is a premier digital transformation advisor for more than 1,100 companies across Southeast Asia. Kollab certified professionals collaborate with enterprise customers to achieve transformation through cloud-first and AI-first solutions and services. Kollab is certified as a Great Place to Work® and with distinction as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Asia. In 2024, Kollab was ranked No. 1 among the Philippines Best Workplaces™ .
About Senti AI
Senti AI was founded in 2015 by experienced AI researchers with backgrounds in machine learning and cloud development. They are the pioneer artificial intelligence company in the Philippines. Senti AI is the Google Cloud Philippines Breakthrough Partner of the Year in 2021, and is the first Philippine company to receive the Google Cloud Machine Learning Specialization distinction.