Michael Calma, Country Manager at Advance AI, introduces the company’s goal of enhancing financial inclusion by providing seamless identity verification and credit assessment tools powered by artificial intelligence. He reflects on his early hustles and learning programming in the 2000s, leading to key corporate roles, including his time at NEC where he acquired valuable hard skills. Transitioning back to the startup world, Mike helped build DDLS, an IT training center, and adapted the business during the pandemic. In 2022, he joined Advance AI, launching Credit Bureau Philippines to support the underbanked and highlighting early adopters like Skyro, a fast-growing POS loan provider leveraging Advance AI’s identity verification technology to serve thousands of customers daily. Mike concludes the conversation with a discussion on Advance AI’s accessible, API-driven platform for enterprises and startups including the company’s future goals to further enhance AI-driven security and credit solutions across Southeast Asia. This episode is brought to you by OneCFO and Lark For show notes, go to Hustleshare.com Hustleshare is powered by Podmachine Test https://plus.acast.com/s/hustleshare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.