What is SEA InnovAItors?

SEA InnovAItors is a five-week hybrid program that helps young entrepreneurs in the Philippines and Indonesia learn how to use AI in their businesses. No tech background needed, just curiosity and a willingness to try something new.

You'll learn how to use AI for your finances, operations, and marketing, all while learning to do it responsibly and ethically. By the end, you'll have built your own AI-powered solution for your business and presented it at our closing Demo Day.

2

Countries

One shared learning experience across the Philippines and Indonesia.

1

Capstone Project

Bringing everything you learn together into one practical outcome.

Across Two Countries

SEA InnovAItors brings together participants in Metro Manila, Philippines, and Sambas, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, through a shared hybrid learning experience. While participants learn together online, onsite workshops are held simultaneously in both locations, creating opportunities for local collaboration and cross-border exchange.

Aula Gedung A, Lantai 2,
Politeknik Negeri Sambas (POLTESA),
Sambas, West Kalimantan
Indonesia

For inquiries regarding the venue for Indonesia, please send an email to:

hello@seainnovaitors.org

SM Government Service Express,
SM City North Edsa Annex,
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Philippines

For inquiries regarding the venue for Indonesia, please send an email to:

pat@seainnovaitors.org

Session 1 | DISCOVER

Online

See how AI is already helping small businesses across Southeast Asia, learn the basics of using it responsibly, and meet your cohort. Leave with a clear idea of the challenge you want to solve.

Where can AI create real value?

4 hours

August 1, 2026

Sessions 2 & 3 | BUILD

Onsite

Hands-on workshops where you apply AI to real tasks: tracking expenses, generating invoices, streamlining workflows, and creating marketing content.

Turn ideas into AI powered solutions.

4 hours each

August 8 & 15, 2026

Session 3 | STRENGTHEN

Onsite

Test whether your AI solution holds up over time, and leave with a plan to keep it sustainable.

Make your solution built to last.

4 hours

August 15, 2026

Session 4 | REFINE

Online

Get 1:1 coaching from mentors and feedback from fellow participants to strengthen your project before Demo Day.

Polish your solution with expert eyes.

4 hours

August 22, 2026

Session 5 | SHOWCASE

Onsite

Present your finished project at Demo Day, connect with mentors and peers, and celebrate what you've built.

Present, connect, grow.

4 hours

August 29, 2026

Your Capstone Project

Throughout the program, you'll build your own AI-Enhanced Business Improvement Project, a real AI-powered solution for a real challenge in your business, developed step by step across all five sessions.

Don't have a business yet? No problem. You can build your project around an idea, a community initiative, or something you've always wanted to start.

1

DISCOVER

Discover the business challenge your project will solve.

2

BUILD

Build the AI-powered workflows at the heart of your solution.

3

STRENGTHEN

Strengthen your solution with a plan to make it sustainable.

4

REFINE

Refine your project with mentor and peer feedback.

5

SHOWCASE

Showcase the finished result at Demo Day.

As you move through each session, your capstone project grows right alongside you.

What you build stays with you. By the end, you won't just have a project. You'll have watched it take shape, one session at a time, with the same mentors and peers backing you the whole way.

What You'll

Walk Away

With

You'll leave with more than knowledge, you'll leave with real, tangible outcomes.

A Real AI Solution for Your Business

Not a theoretical exercise. You'll leave with an actual AI powered tool or system you built for your own business, ready to keep using.

A Certificate of Completion

Every participant who completes the program earns a certificate recognizing the solution they built.

A Cross-Country Network

Real connections with entrepreneurs, mentors, and AI practitioners across the Philippines and Indonesia, a network you can lean on long after the program ends..

Recognition for Standout Work

At Demo Day, outstanding projects earn special recognition:

• 🥇 Best Overall Capstone Project for the project that best combines a clear challenge, a working AI solution, and real business impact.

• 💡 Best AI Innovation for the most creative or resourceful use of AI to solve a business problem.

• ✅ Best Responsible AI Practice for the project that best demonstrates safe, ethical, and thoughtful AI use.

Ready to Build Something Real?

Take the next step toward building a smarter business.

Applications close July 26, 2026. Seats are limited.

Program Partners

SM Government Service Express
SM City North EDSA Annex
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Philippines

Aula Gedung A, Lantai 2
Politeknik Negeri Sambas,
Sambas, West Kalimantan
Indonesia