The Philippines stands at a digital crossroads. With one of the world’s fastest rates of AI adoption, Filipino professionals are embracing intelligent tools in their daily work. Yet beneath this enthusiasm lies a sobering reality: the nation is structurally unprepared to scale, govern, and sustain its AI future.

Enter Cirrolytix — a homegrown analytics powerhouse. From warning against the dangers of ‘shadow AI’ to championing sovereign capacity, Cirrolytix has become a voice for responsible innovation. Their work, including the Grassroots Perspectives roadmap, reframes AI not as a mere technology upgrade but as a national development imperative. By pushing for education, ethics, engineering, and enforcement, Cirrolytix is helping the Philippines transform from fast adopters into sovereign builders — ensuring that AI serves not just productivity, but people, dignity, and progress.

Today, we are honored to welcome Claire San Juan-Tayco, the Chief Executive Officer of CirroLytix based from Manila, Philippines. Claire is a trailblazer in the field of AI and analytics, with over two decades of experience spanning banking, risk management, and social impact innovation.

Under her leadership, CirroLytix has become a global force for “data for good,” creating actionable intelligence to address pressing challenges in public health, climate resilience, education, and human rights. Claire’s groundbreaking work includes Project Aedes.ai, the dengue prediction system that earned recognition as the Philippines’ first Digital Public Good and won acclaim at the NASA Space Apps Challenge.

She has also been instrumental in advancing data literacy nationwide as curriculum lead for Project SPARTA PH, training more than 40,000 professionals in data science skills. Beyond her technical expertise in NLP, geospatial analytics, and AI governance, Claire is a passionate advocate for women in STEM and ethical AI development.

She is a visionary leader who is not just shaping the future of analytics, but championing a movement for social impact through technology.

Corporate Website:

https://www.cirrolytix.com & https://cirrolytix.ai

LinkedIn: Claire San Juan - Tayco

Facebook / Meta: Cirrolytix

Corporate Email: francesclaire.tayco@cirrolytix.com

Twitter / X: @cirrolytix

In this particular episode, we’ll explore how TECIEM is redefining treasury solutions—empowering institutions with smarter, more agile tools to navigate the complexities of capital markets. From risk management to liquidity optimization and digital transformation, we’ll uncover the insights driving the future of finance.

Today we’re joined by Prasad Rao for the 2nd time around. Formerly with FINASTRA but he’s presently the Lead Solutions Consultant at TECIEM, a global fintech leader in treasury and capital markets. Based in Singapore, Prasad brings over 2 decades of experience helping banks across Asia-Pacific embrace digital transformation in their treasury operations. His career spans leadership roles at Finastra, Thomson Reuters, Misys, and Teradata, where he specialized in delivering solutions like Kondor, Opics, & Sophis and driving automation projects for regulatory reporting to authorities such as HKMA, MAS, and the FSB.

At TECIEM, Prasad is at the forefront of guiding financial institutions through complex challenges like ASEAN T+1 settlements, risk management, and compliance, ensuring resilience in rapidly evolving markets as he combines deep technical expertise with a customer-first mindset.

TECIEM is a newly independent company specializing in treasury and capital markets technology, spun off from Finastra’s Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) division in 2024. It provides financial institutions worldwide with platforms for trading, risk management, compliance, and investment operations.

Corporate Website: www.teciem.com

LinkedIn: Prasad Rao

Email:prasad.rao@teciem.com

Welcome to today’s podcast episode, where we dive into the world of innovation, resilience, and entrepreneurship. Our guest is a serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley who has built a reputation for turning bold ideas into thriving ventures.

He's startup journey is one of relentless curiosity and determination. From founding multiple startups to mentoring the next generation of entrepreneurs, he embodies the spirit of Silicon Valley — where risk-taking meets vision, and where challenges are seen as opportunities to grow.

He’s the founder behind the successful RemoteTeam.com which is acquired by Gusto, together with the fabulously entertaining MovieLaLa, as well as MojiLaLa, and the powerful Leo AR—companies that have shaped the way we think about remote work, entertainment, and augmented reality. Beyond building startups, he has become one of the most active angel investors in the world, backing over 200 companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Scale AI, Hugging Face, Postman, and Eight Sleep. Also a prominent accelerator alumni of Stanford StartX, 500 Startups, Betaworks Vision, Quake Accelerator.

In this conversation, we’ll explore his path as a builder, the lessons he’s learned from scaling companies, and his insights on what it truly takes to succeed in today’s fast-changing tech landscape. Whether you’re an aspiring founder or simply fascinated by the entrepreneurial mindset, this episode will leave you inspired and ready to think bigger.

Our guest today for FINCIRCLE Podcast Season 7 Episode 99 "Silicon Valley StartUp" is no other than, Sahin Boydas, Founder and CEO of several remarkable startup companies presently based from San Francisco, California as he explains to us the value proposition of building startup and its significant relevance to our digital economy.

LinkedIn: Sahin Boydas

Corporate Website: https://www.lovie.co