Back in 2019, Jay Jazmines was already using artificial intelligence (AI) in his e-commerce business — before ChatGPT, before the hype, before everyone started posting about “prompting.” And what he saw when he looked around was a problem: business owners were either completely ignoring AI or drowning in theory with nothing to show for it.
That frustration built the AI Hackathon.
Not a webinar. Not a course. Not another YouTube rabbit hole. The AI Hackathon is a 2-day execution-based training where business owners actually build real AI systems — in the room, with coaches looking over their shoulder, in real time.
Inside, participants master prompting, build automations, create a month’s worth of content in hours, vibe code without writing a single line of code, and automate the workflows that are quietly killing their productivity. By the end, they don’t just understand AI — they’ve already used it.
The results speak louder than any pitch. One student sold 300 units of walkie-talkies in 10 minutes during the fuel crisis. Another processed 5.6 million pesos in sales during the event itself. A 60-year-old real estate developer — who walked in scared she’d be overwhelmed — walked out teaching other students how it’s done.
Here’s the truth about the AI space right now: it’s full of fake gurus. People who talk about AI but don’t use it in their own business. People who make beautiful content with zero proof of concept. They sell the theory. They sell the hype. But when you ask them to show you a real system they built? Silence.
The biggest lie they’re selling is that you need to be techy to use AI. You don’t. You just need the right environment to execute.
Because the businesses that figure this out? They scale. A company in the US called Medvi is doing $400 million in revenue — founded by just two people. No large team. Just AI, leverage, and execution.
The businesses that ignore it? They become obsolete. Not eventually. Soon.
AI isn’t a shortcut. It’s an investment. And the AI Hackathon exists to make sure Filipino entrepreneurs are on the right side of that shift.