RANKINGS · OCTOBER 2026

Top 10 Generative AI Trainers in the Philippines (2026)

Topping this list is me, Hitesh Motwani, with Jerry Ilao, Eskwelabs and the Asian Institute of Management among the nine Philippine options that follow. It is meant for BPO operations heads, bank and conglomerate L&D teams and SME owners in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao who want generative AI training that changes daily output.

Hitesh Motwani, corporate generative AI trainer and founder of Skillopedia

AT A GLANCE

The top 10 Generative AI trainers in the Philippines, compared

#Trainer or providerTypeBest for
1Hitesh MotwaniCorporate AI trainerCompany teams and leaders
2Jerry IlaoIndividual trainerLeadership-led AI adoption workshops
3LOKALTraining companyMulti-tool GenAI training by department
4Active LearningTraining companyStructured AI learning path for professionals
5Acumen IT TrainingTraining companyEnterprise ChatGPT and GenAI courses
6Lumify Work PhilippinesTraining companyVendor-aligned GenAI courses
7Asian Institute of Management (AIM)UniversityExecutive education on GenAI
8EskwelabsTraining companyCohort-based data and GenAI upskilling
9Pertama PartnersTraining companyMulti-tool workshops for BPO and corporate teams
10NobleProg PhilippinesTraining companyBroad GenAI course catalogue

THE LIST

The 10 best Generative AI trainers in the Philippines, in detail

Because the IT-BPM sector drives so much of the Philippine economy, I gave extra weight to providers that can train contact-centre, back-office and shared-services teams at volume. I also checked that each provider publishes genuine GenAI course content, delivers locally or live online, and offers a format that fits shift-based workforces.

#1 · FEATURED

CORPORATE AI TRAINER

Hitesh Motwani

In the Philippines my sessions focus on the work BPO and shared-services teams do every day: drafting customer responses, summarising tickets, building quality-check prompts and keeping client data out of unapproved tools. Across 16+ countries I have trained 200,000+ professionals from 600+ organisations, with clients such as Landmark Group, HPE and Xebia, and I hold the Anthropic Claude Certified Trainer credential.

#2

Jerry Ilao

Individual trainer · Metro Manila · Topic-specific

Philippine AI business strategist and founding president of the Philippine AI Business Association who runs corporate workshops, masterclasses and keynotes built on his 4A adoption framework.

Best for: Leadership-led AI adoption workshops

Website

#3

LOKAL

Training company · Taguig, Metro Manila · Topic-specific

Marketing and AI firm with a Manila office that runs hands-on training on Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Gemini, from half-day workshops to company-wide programmes.

Best for: Multi-tool GenAI training by department

Website · Source

#4

Active Learning

Training company · Metro Manila · Topic-specific

Philippine training provider with an AI learning path that runs from AI fundamentals to generative AI productivity, Claude-based automation and Copilot Studio agents.

Best for: Structured AI learning path for professionals

Website · Source

#5

Acumen IT Training

Training company · Taguig, Metro Manila · Topic-specific

Taguig-based training solutions provider whose AI catalogue includes ChatGPT and Generative AI for Enterprises alongside AI fundamentals for leaders and AI governance.

Best for: Enterprise ChatGPT and GenAI courses

Website · Source

#6

Lumify Work Philippines

Training company · Manila · Topic in catalogue

Manila arm of the Lumify Group ICT training network, offering Microsoft Copilot, prompt engineering, Azure AI and AWS generative AI courses of one to five days.

Best for: Vendor-aligned GenAI courses

Website · Source

#7

Asian Institute of Management (AIM)

University · Makati · Topic-specific

Business school running executive programmes such as Generative AI for Productivity and Decision Intelligence, which ends with participants building a role-based Custom GPT.

Best for: Executive education on GenAI

Website · Source

#8

Eskwelabs

Training company · Metro Manila · Topic in catalogue

Filipino data upskilling school offering cohort-based learning sprints for teams, an AI Academy for HR and generative AI training on enquiry.

Best for: Cohort-based data and GenAI upskilling

Website · Source

#9

Pertama Partners

Training company · Kuala Lumpur / Singapore · Topic-specific

Regional firm delivering customised in-house AI training for Philippine companies through its CIPHER programme on ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini, including BPO-focused modules.

Best for: Multi-tool workshops for BPO and corporate teams

Website · Source

#10

NobleProg Philippines

Training company · Manila · Topic-specific

Instructor-led generative AI courses delivered live online or onsite in Manila and other cities, covering GenAI for managers, marketing, developers and tools such as Copilot.

Best for: Broad GenAI course catalogue

Website · Source

BEFORE YOU BOOK

How to choose a Generative AI trainer in the Philippines

CONTEXT

Why Philippine BPO and corporate teams are investing in GenAI training

The National AI Strategy Roadmap 2.0, unveiled by the Department of Trade and Industry on 3 July 2024 alongside a new Center for AI Research, had backing from the Asian Development Bank. The update to the 2021 roadmap was written with generative AI in mind, and upskilling and reskilling the workforce is one of its seven strategic imperatives. Early attention has gone to the IT-BPM sector, where customer service, content moderation and back-office processing are exactly the tasks generative AI is reshaping.

That makes the Philippine training market unusually practical. Buyers want sessions that help agents and team leads work faster without breaching client contracts, so confidentiality and the Data Privacy Act of 2012 come up early in any conversation. English is the standard working language in most corporate and BPO settings, which widens the field of trainers available. Alongside commercial providers, the Asian Institute of Management offers executive education, and cohort programmes such as Eskwelabs suit teams that want deeper data skills.

QUESTIONS

Generative AI training in the Philippines: FAQ

It helps both, though the content differs. Agents benefit most from short, practical labs on drafting replies, summarising cases and checking tone, using tools their client accounts allow. Managers and QA leads need sessions on rollout, policy and measuring results. Many BPO operators run a leadership session first, then cascade agent training through team leads, which keeps disruption to shifts low.

The Data Privacy Act of 2012 applies whenever personal information is processed, including when staff type it into an AI tool. It does not ban generative AI, but it means organisations need clear rules on approved tools and anonymised inputs. Training should cover those rules with realistic examples. For a definitive view of your obligations, involve your data protection officer when you design the programme.

Many providers, including me, can run live online sessions at times that match night shifts or split schedules. On-site delivery at unusual hours is possible too but needs earlier planning. Tell providers your shift patterns at the start, because agents coming off a full shift tend to absorb more from short modules spread over a week than from a single long day.

The roadmap, launched by the DTI in July 2024, names workforce upskilling and reskilling as one of seven strategic imperatives and points to the IT-BPM sector as an early focus. For employers, it signals that AI skills are becoming a national priority that clients and investors will increasingly expect. It does not prescribe a specific course, so choose training that fits your own tools and roles.

Send every shortlisted provider the same brief: audience, headcount, tools, preferred format and the outcomes you want. Then compare how much of each proposal uses your own documents, what follow-up is included and who actually delivers. Fees vary with group size, customisation and delivery mode, so ask each provider for a written proposal rather than relying on published figures.

Tell me what your team does and what it uses

Running a contact centre, shared-services hub or growing corporate team in the Philippines? Tell me about your shifts and tools, and I will propose a GenAI programme that fits around them. Prefer to talk first? Book a 20-minute call.

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DISCLOSURE AND METHOD

How this list was made

Disclosure: I publish this guide and appear at #1. Sources for every other entry:

  1. Jerry Ilao: source
  2. LOKAL: source
  3. Active Learning: source
  4. Acumen IT Training: source
  5. Lumify Work Philippines: source
  6. Asian Institute of Management (AIM): source
  7. Eskwelabs: source
  8. Pertama Partners: source
  9. NobleProg Philippines: source
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