CEBU, PHILIPPINES / WORKING WORLDWIDE
Shipped from Cebu · used around the world
I make ambitious AI things—and leave receipts.
I’m Jerel. I helped ship CopilotKit work seen more than 5 million times, built open-source agent infrastructure, and won five San Francisco hackathons. Right now I’m building Folderbase—Google Drive for agents—and writing down everything I learn along the way.
OPERATOR / BUILDER / JV-015M+views and impressions from recent CopilotKit work
1.5KGitHub stars for OpenGenerativeUI
5×San Francisco hackathon winner
23public talks, workshops, and panels
01 / The wins wall
Things I’m proud of.
No polished origin story.
A messy public record of shipping, speaking, winning, teaching, and occasionally figuring it out five minutes before the demo. Hover or focus to peek; click for the receipt.
5M+ people saw the work
Recent CopilotKit launches, demos, and open-source work crossed five million views and impressions.
still shipping > still counting ↗
Channels SDK
Helped launch the open-source SDK that brings one AG-UI agent to Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
one agent / every channel ↗
Google Drive for agents
Building Folderbase to rethink databases and syncing for humans and agents working from the same files.
folderbase.ai / current obsession ↗
Five SF hackathons
Built under pressure alongside some of the sharpest builders I have met—and won five times.
sleep: optional / demos: mandatory ↗Generative UI at OSS4AI
Spoke at the Silicon Valley AI Hub about interfaces that are generated at runtime, not assembled from fixed screens.
silicon valley / idea exported from cebu ↗
The other side of the table
Judged the global AI Tinkerers Generative UI Hackathon and the Daytona HackSprint.
good taste is part of the craft ↗
A book for agent builders
Turned my field notes into Builder’s Guide to Agentic Applications—a practical guide, not a victory lap.
notes → book / somehow ↗AI Cebu
Founded a community that helps Filipino builders see themselves as people who can shape AI, not merely consume it.
cebu can build for the world ↗
proof > posture // updated whenever something worth remembering ships
02 / Selected frontier work
Public systems · Current direction
Work that earns
the point of view.
Open code, product launches, and founder bets—the strongest evidence behind how I think about AI.
Explore the full portfolioOpenGenerativeUI
GitHub stars for an open-source framework that lets agents generate rich, interactive interfaces
View projectChannels SDK + OpenTag
agent infrastructure and a public reference agent for the communication surfaces where work happens
View projectA2UI Composer
a builder-facing environment that made Google’s agent-to-interface protocol tangible and explorable
View projectFolderbase
a folder-based database core and cloud platform designed for humans and agents working together
View project
03 / Recently published
The Builder’s Guide
Builder’s Guide to Agentic Applications
I recently wrote a practical CopilotKit × LangChain guide to building, scaling, and operating intelligent agents across apps, machines, and organizations.
Level 1Application agents
Level 2Machine-level agents
Level 3Organizational agents
The same systems thinking behind the book informs every workshop: practical patterns, clear operating boundaries, and a path from prototype to organizational capability.
04 / On stage & in the room
Ideas travel further
when they’re shared.
Technical talks, community workshops, and industry conversations across AI agents, product development, and adoption.
View all 23 engagementsMy OSS4AI talk on interfaces generated at runtime—and what changes when software can shape itself around the work.
Watch the talk receipt
01Featured talk
VibeCore
Google · Mountain View
02Technical session
Building with Agent Development Kit
AIPC · Build with AI by Google
03Developer keynote
Intro to GenAI Agents with Gemini
Google I/O Extended Cebu · 2024
04International talk
Generative AI Agents with Gemini
GDG Bogor · Indonesia
05Panel conversation
State of the Nation in AI
Industry panel05 / Authority trail
The public record
keeps compounding.
Engineering, product leadership, authorship, speaking, open-source work, and community building are different expressions of the same practice: build, test, explain, repeat.
CurrentStaff Applied AI EngineerCopilotKit
2026AuthorBuilder’s Guide to Agentic Applications
2026Postgraduate Diploma in AI/MLCompleted
2026Generative UI speakerOSS4AI · Silicon Valley AI Hub
2025–26Five-time hackathon winnerSan Francisco
2024Top 100 Brightest Minds Under 30Stellar PH / PH100
2023–24LinkedIn Top VoiceProduct Management
2022–24Ten-time speakerGoogle Developer Groups
Available for fractional leadership, advisory, and selected builds
Building an AI-native product—or turning one into a company?
I help teams move from plausible demos to products, systems, and operating practices that hold up in the real world.