03/09/2026
๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐-๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐จ-๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ.
To DEPDev, the National Innovation Council, and everyone behind the Presidential Filipinnovation Awardsโthank you for building a platform where founders from regions like ours can compete on the national stage and have a meaningful seat at the table. The value of that opportunity goes far beyond any prize.
To the mentors who pushed us to sharpen our pitch, clarify our story, and make sure our numbers could actually hold up under pressureโthank you.
To the fellow finalists and founders we met along the way, who turned a competition into real friendships and a strong networkโI hope we continue building alongside one another, competition or not.
And to the people who carried us long before any of this began: our families, who lived through every โBusy pa ko, sunod na langโ and every โGikapoy ko, kamo na lang.โ
Our beloved barangay Apokon, Tagum City and Davao del Norte community, who have watched AIMHI grow from a local frustration into something bigger than any of us imagined.
Our team, who believed in our clarity engine-decision support before anyone else did.
To the institutions that invested in our growth and made our journey possibleโDOST PCIEERD; Accenture and UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc; and DTI.Philippine Trade Training Center - Global MSME Academy DTI and ADBโthank you for believing in our potential and supporting us through grants, programs, and opportunities to keep building.
To our angel investors from the United States, Malaysia, and Australiaโthank you for seeing the possibilities in a Filipino construction technology company built from Mindanao.
And to the broader innovation ecosystem that continues to open doors for usโ Upgrade Innolab Inc. , IDEAS Davao , UPSCALE Innovation Hub, Benilde HiFi, Tagum Hub for Research, Innovation, Ventures, and Entrepreneurship, DEPDev Region XI, DOST Davao Region, DICT Region XI, DEPDev Region X, Governor Henry Oaminal, our partners, and our fellow foundersโthank you for building an ecosystem where a company like ours could exist, grow, and reach the national stage.
We didnโt take home the title of Filipinnovation Awardee. But we came home winners.
From a job site in Davao del Norte to the national stage, we are proving that solutions built in Mindanao can address challenges experienced across the Philippinesโand, one day, across Southeast Asia.
Sometimes, innovation isnโt about reinventing the wheel. Itโs about finally building the right wheel for the road you are actually driving on.
We came home with a sharper company, a stronger network, and even more convictionโbecause we have lived inside this industryโs fragmentation, its guesswork, and the late-night scrambles to figure out where a project actually stands.
That is exactly why we are building AIMHI: a construction intelligence platform helping Filipino contractors move beyond guesswork and fragmented project information toward clearer, data-driven decisions.
AIMHI didnโt come from a market study. It came from a job site.
We built it as a Filipino company for Filipino contractors because we could not keep waiting for someone else to solve the problems we knew so well. We know this industry. We know what is lacking. And we are more determined than ever to close that gap.
Padayon ta with humility, gratitude, and an even stronger passion to keep building.
