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Sep 21, 2026

NANNING, CHINA — September 21, 2026 — Cebu-based technology company OHMYGENIE INC. is representing the Philippines as the country’s sole exhibitor in the AI & High-Tech Pavilion / ASEAN High-Tech Gallery at the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO).

OHMYGENIE has developed a breakthrough AI-powered orchestration framework designed to unify fragmented networks into ultra-efficient, decentralized fulfillment ecosystems without requiring new physical infrastructure. Its commercial platform, OMG! Crazy-Fast™, transforms existing retailers, suppliers, and local spaces into distributed fulfillment hubs for high-velocity everyday commerce. Its resilience platform, ARM-OS (ASEAN Resilience Mesh-OS), applies the same decentralized architecture to disaster response—enabling existing commercial and logistics networks to pivot into resilient supply corridors for critical goods and resources during regional crises.

Representing OHMYGENIE at CAEXPO are Karl Frederick Kesner IV, Ana Michelle Kesner, and Enrique San Juan, engaging with technology companies, government representatives, researchers, and potential partners from China and across ASEAN.

OHMYGENIE sees opportunities for regional partnerships as CAFTA 3.0 and ASEAN DEFA shape digital trade across the region, while infrastructure such as China-ASEAN Information Harbor (CAIH) strengthens digital connectivity between China and ASEAN. Within this ecosystem, OMG! Crazy-Fast and ARM-OS can serve as an AI-powered execution layer—turning digital coordination into the movement of goods and critical resources across distributed local nodes.

OHMYGENIE’s journey has been supported by the Philippine innovation ecosystem. The company has been supported through the UP Cebu Business Incubator for Information Technology (UP Cebu inIT), was a recipient of the DOST-PCIEERD Startup Grant Fund, and continues to receive funding support from DOST Region VII. In November 2024, OHMYGENIE also won First Prize and the Problem Solving Excellence Award at the ASEAN-India Startup Festival in New Delhi.

For ARM-OS, the next step is closer to home. OHMYGENIE is preparing Cebu Province as a sandbox and pilot site under Project North Star, with a Memorandum of Understanding with the Provincial Government currently being finalized. Building on existing validation data, this real-world deployment will further stress-test and refine ARM-OS in live conditions ahead of its planned wider implementation across ASEAN.
OHMYGENIE extends its appreciation to the CAEXPO organizers, CITEM, DTI Region 7, DTI Cebu Province, the Province of Cebu, the Board of Investments, the China-Philippine Chamber of Commerce, the Guangxi Big Data Development Bureau, and China-ASEAN Information Harbor (CAIH) for their support and for creating opportunities for Philippine technology to connect with the wider China-ASEAN innovation ecosystem.

Jun 22, 2026

A Cebu‑based startup supported by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST‑PCIEERD) gets a positive nod from Southeast Asian neighbors for its innovation at the 14th ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Oh My Genie (OMG)! Crazy‑Fast showcased the ASEAN Resilience Mesh Operating System (ARM‑OS), an AI‑powered, offline‑first digital infrastructure designed to ensure the delivery of life‑saving resources during disasters and major infrastructure disruptions.

ARM-OS was presented before the ASEAN Secretariat and delegates from Japan, South Korea, and China, marking a milestone for a Philippine startup in a high‑level regional policy forum. The presentation was led by their Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Mr. Karl Frederick Kesner IV.

Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Ana Michelle Kesner, and Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Enrique San Juan, also held a high-level discussion with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan Mission to ASEAN regarding alignment and potential regional adoption.

The achievement builds on the company’s earlier success at the ASEAN India Startup Festival, where it won the Problem Solving Excellence Award, also with support from DOST-PCIEERD.

This milestone of Oh My Genie (OMG)! Crazy‑Fast represents pride for all Filipino startups, showing their ability to create advanced technologies to tackle important issues like food security, disaster response, and supply chain resilience that deserve global recognition.

Feb 5, 2026

CEBU, Philippines — Senior ASEAN officials are engaging more directly with emerging technology firms as the bloc looks to strengthen digital infrastructure and economic resilience, affirming how startups are becoming part of regional policy conversations once dominated by governments and multilateral agencies.

During the recently concluded ASEAN Summit in Cebu, Satvinder Singh, deputy secretary-general overseeing the ASEAN Economic Community held a strategic meeting with Philippine startup OMG! Crazy-Fast to discuss next-generation digital and logistics systems designed to withstand large-scale disruptions.

The talks centered on how advanced infrastructure — including decentralized operating systems and high-speed distribution networks — can help maintain cross-border supply chains in a region increasingly exposed to climate shocks, geopolitical tension and cyber risk.

ASEAN officials are seeking private-sector partners capable of delivering what policy makers describe as “resilience-first” technology as the 10-member bloc accelerates digital integration.

OMG! Crazy-Fast is developing protocols aimed at keeping trade and logistics flows operational during system failures, aligning with ASEAN’s push to ensure uninterrupted economic activity across member states.

The company’s asset-light, software-driven model reflects a broader regional shift toward intelligence-heavy infrastructure that prioritizes adaptability over fixed physical networks.

“We share a vision for an interconnected, resilient Southeast Asia,” the company said adding that the engagement signals growing recognition of Philippine deep-tech firms in regional planning.

The meeting highlights ASEAN’s evolving strategy of pairing institutional leadership with high-growth startups as it seeks to cement its position as a global digital hub.

Policymakers increasingly view local innovation ecosystems as critical to scaling solutions for a combined economy of more than 650 million people, where seamless digital trade and logistics are becoming central to competitiveness.

The ASEAN Economic Community aims to create a single market and production base across Southeast Asia, promoting freer movement of goods, services and investment while integrating the region more deeply into global supply chains.

Jan 2, 2025

Philippine Start-Up Oh My Genie! Crazy Fast, bested 60 Indian startups and 40 ASEAN startups in the recently concluded ASEAN-India Startup Festival held at the Taj Vivanta, Dwarka, New Delhi, from November 28-30, 2024.

The annual gathering celebrated outstanding minds and innovation in a grand valedictory ceremony that was attended by Prof. Braj Bhushan, Deputy Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; and Dr. Nagaboopathy Mohan, DST Coordinator for the ASEAN region.

Exceptional talent and innovation were recognized across four award categories, where Karl Kesner, CEO and Co-Founder of OMG! received the First Prize award for Problem Solving Excellence Focus on ASEAN Regional Challenges. The award was presented by Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, the Defence Secretary of India.

OMG! Oh My Genie Crazy-Fast is transforming the fulfillment and delivery landscape in the Philippines by leveraging cutting-edge AI to automate processes and create a hyperconnected, hyperlocal, & decentralized distribution ecosystem. Their mission is to build a future where distance is no longer a barrier to opportunity, turning fulfillment into a driver of economic and environmental progress in the country, and soon in the ASEAN region.

Upon his return to the Philippines, on December 2, 2024, Kesner was invited to the Embassy of India (Chancery) in Makati, Philippines, where facilitation of a collaboration in developing market opportunities in India was discussed with Counsellor Dr. Sadre Alam, Head of the Economic & Commerce Wing of the Embassy.

OMG!, a Cebu based startup is a DOST-PCIEERD funded startup under the Startup Grant Fund (SGF) was selected by the office of DOST Dr. Leah J. Buendia, Undersecretary for Research and Development, Romelen Tresvalles, Regional Director of DOST-NCR, and Edward Paul Apigo, Senior Science Research Specialist at DOST-PCIEERD.

The Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) at IIT Kanpur, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT), organized the ASEAN-India Start-up Festival 2024. The event aims at bringing together entrepreneurs and innovators from India and the 10 ASEAN countries to strengthen cross-border collaborations and promote innovation.

The festival highlighted deep-tech and sustainable innovations, featuring groundbreaking solutions during the three-day programme featuring a range of activities, including seminars, startup exhibitions, pitch competitions, and networking sessions. The event concluded with industry visits to prominent organisations in the Delhi-NCR region, offering participants a unique opportunity to explore India’s vibrant innovation ecosystem.

May 11, 2026

In Asean countries regularly hit by climate disasters and logistical bottlenecks, Cebu-based technology company OH MY GENIE! (OMG!) Inc. is pitching an ambitious idea to Asean leaders: What if food relief systems could function even when the internet, electricity and major roads collapse?

That vision took center stage during the 14th Meeting of the Asean Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve Council on March 5 to 6, 2026, where the Philippine AI infrastructure company, better known as OMG! Crazy-Fast, introduced the Asean Resilience Mesh Operating System (ARM-OS).

How it began

Designed as an AI-orchestrated disaster logistics network, ARM-OS aims to guarantee that rice reserves and ready-to-eat meals reach affected communities before, during and after catastrophic events.

For the company’s founders — chief executive officer Karl Kesner, chief operating officer Ana Michelle Kesner and chief marketing officer Enrique San Juan — the project did not originally begin as a disaster-response platform.

“We originally built OMG! Crazy-Fast simply to make distribution more efficient, supply chains more resilient and logistics more sustainable. We quickly learned that speed is simply the byproduct of extreme efficiency,” San Juan said.

In 2024, the Cebu-based startup won first prize at the Asean-India Startup Festival in New Delhi for its AI-powered decentralized fulfillment model. Instead of relying on massive centralized warehouses, the company transformed physical retail stores into localized fulfillment hubs, which allows businesses to deliver products in as little as 30 minutes while reducing logistics costs and minimizing waste.

The same decentralized architecture later became the foundation for ARM-OS’ disaster-response infrastructure.

Replacing fragile systems

At the heart of ARM-OS is a direct challenge to the traditional “hub-and-spoke” logistics model widely used across Southeast Asia — a system where supplies are stored in large centralized warehouses before being distributed outward.

San Juan argued that while efficient during normal times, the model becomes dangerously fragile during disasters.

“When a typhoon hits, or when a geopolitical shock disrupts global shipping and regional food security, the hub is cut off, leaving provinces vulnerable to shortages,” he said. “ARM-OS replaces that fragile centralized system with a decentralized, archipelagic failsafe. We upgrade the supply chain from a vulnerable hub into an invincible mesh.”

Instead of depending on a single central warehouse, the system distributes supplies closer to communities before disasters happen. Once a crisis occurs, AI automatically routes food and relief goods through interconnected local nodes.

“The hero here is true decentralization,” San Juan said. “We pre-position inventory right next to the people, at the local edge, before the crisis even happens.”

An “offline-first” disaster network

One of ARM-OS’ most striking features is its ability to function without internet connectivity.

“This is the core breakthrough of ARM-OS,” San Juan explained. “Traditional logistics software dies the second a cell tower goes down.”

To solve that, the company engineered custom hardware called “ARM-Nodes,” which communicate using low-power radio frequencies instead of relying entirely on conventional telecommunications infrastructure.

“They create their own localized digital net,” he said. “As long as the physical boxes exist in the community, the digital ledger survives, completely independent of telecommunications companies.”

The system is also designed around what the company calls “data sovereignty,” meaning operational control remains with the host nation or local agencies operating the infrastructure.

“The physical nodes and the sensitive operational data they generate are securely governed by the host nation or the local agency running the network,” San Juan said.

AI beyond route optimization

While many logistics companies already use artificial intelligence to improve delivery routes, OMG! Crazy-Fast says ARM-OS operates on a much larger scale.

“Coordinating the logistics of thousands of decentralized spaces in real time is mathematically impossible to manage manually,” San Juan said, “but it is exactly what our AI infrastructure is built to execute.”

For governments and aid agencies, ARM-OS — which currently has the support of Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro — also acts as a digital ledger that tracks relief goods from storage nodes directly to recipients.

“This ensures that every sack of rice, ready-to-eat meal or critical buffer stock is tracked from the local node directly to the citizen,” San Juan said. “It eliminates supply chain leakage.”

The company believes efficiency itself becomes a measure of fairness during emergencies.

“Our goal is to make communities sustainable by allowing responders to do far more in the exact same amount of time,” he said. “By accelerating the distribution process and removing logistical blind spots, we maximize our ultimate ROI: the number of human lives saved.”

The challenge of changing mindsets

Despite the technological ambition behind ARM-OS, San Juan admitted the hardest part has not been engineering the platform itself, but persuading institutions to embrace a completely different model.

“The biggest challenge in building something of this scale isn’t the technology itself; it is driving a true paradigm shift,” he said. “Convincing entrenched systems, both in the private sector and within governments, to abandon decades-old legacy models and trust a decentralized AI architecture is incredibly difficult.”

Still, the company sees growing regional recognition as validation that the concept is gaining traction.

“Securing a formal Reference Letter from the Asean Secretariat (Dr. Pham Quang Minh), which explicitly outlines both the technical exploration and the exploration of funding mechanisms to scale this infrastructure, proves that this paradigm shift is no longer just theoretical,” San Juan said. “It is being recognized at the highest levels as essential for our region’s survival.”

Feb 26, 2026

During the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2026 in Cebu, H.E. Satvinder Singh, Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), held a high-level strategic meeting with DTI-assisted startup, 𝗢𝗠𝗚! 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆-𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁, to discuss the future of regional digital infrastructure.

The dialogue focused on the critical intersection of advanced technology and regional stability. As ASEAN solidifies its position as a global digital powerhouse, the Secretariat is increasingly looking toward high-growth startups like OMG! to provide the technological “muscle” for next-generation infrastructure.

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https://www.dti.gov.ph/dti-archives/dti-news-archived/dti-asean-deputy-secretary-general-meets-omg-crazy-fast-team-during-strategic-visit-cebu