Behavioral AI for Southeast Asia

Map human behavior.

We combine behavioral science and AI to simulate how people decide at population scale.

Backed by 917VenturesGlobe’s venture builder · Velocity Program

Research arXiv preprint, May 2025

69.8MModeled Filipino psychographic profiles

92%Survey-response alignment (QWA)

86%Human-response alignment

Commercial AdSpark blind backtest

3.4×Higher click-through rate

2.6×Lower cost per click

Methodology and sources

Research

Tia, Lanuzo et al., Sentiment Simulation using Generative AI Agents, arXiv preprint 2505.22125, May 2025. Not peer reviewed.

The 69.8M profiles model Filipino consumers using behavioral and psychographic evidence across 17 regions. Survey-response alignment was 92% (QWA); sentiment alignment was 81–86% across tested scenarios.

Commercial

Blind backtest with AdSpark: approximately 19,900 ad-pair comparisons and 800M impressions. Predikta ranked the better-performing ad in 59–61% of pairs overall, against about 50% by chance, and in 64–70% of pairs on the conversion subset.

Results are retrospective and specific to the tested data. See the full case study.

The human question

Understand why
people choose.

Data shows what happened. Behavioral science helps explain why.

  1. 1Observe

    Data shows what people did.

  2. 2Understand

    Behavioral science explains why responses differ.

  3. Illustrative

    3Simulate

    AI models how populations may respond.

Our first commercial application

The Filipino Market
on Call.

Simulate Filipino audience responses to messages, concepts and briefs before campaign spend.

Who do you want to understand?

RegionCALABARZON

Age25–44

HouseholdWorking-class families

InterestFood & cooking

Simulated audience

Audience ready

CampaignEveryday Masarap

Copy 1

“Every shared meal becomes a memory.”

Copy 2

“Big flavor at an everyday price.”

Add another ideaRun simulation

Simulated response · Working-class families, CALABARZON

Copy 1Copy 2

Sentiment94%81%
Relevance72%64%
Emotional pull44%61%

Copy 1: stronger sentiment and relevance. Copy 2: stronger emotional pull.

Demo with sample data.

Decision contexts

One model.
Many industries.

The Behavioral Model provides use cases across key industries.

Marketing & advertisingWhich message will land with your audience?

Test messages and ideas with simulated Filipino audiences.

Explore Predikta
Business & enterpriseHow might people respond to a new offer?

Explore consumer response, product decisions, adoption and loyalty.

Healthcare & wellnessWhat shapes response to a health message?

Understand patient behavior to improve health communications, services and interventions.

Government & public sectorHow might a community respond to a policy?

Explore public response to policies and programs.

Defense & intelligenceHow does context shape population response?

Understand population dynamics, information environments and human response.

Each use case needs its own data, calibration, validation and safeguards.

Predikta by Netopia AI

The Filipino Market
on Call.

Know your audience.
Find the message that connects.

Explore the full platformAudience insight · Simulation · Listening
Audience Builder

See who they are.
Know what drives them.

Set filters like region and age, and Predikta builds the audience. See the persona mix inside it, so you can shape a message around how these people choose.

Try your campaign
PrediktaSimplified preview
Audience Builder · NCR Gen ZSample data

AdSpark blind backtest

Better signals.
Stronger campaign results.

Read the case study
Click-through rate3.4× higher
Top 20%
3.4×
Bottom 80%
1×
Cost per click2.6× lower
Top 20%
0.38×
Bottom 80%
1×

Top 20% of ads by Predikta score compared with the bottom 80%. Each metric is indexed to its bottom-80% baseline (1×). Retrospective results; future performance may vary.

Partner perspectives

From our partners.

“With Predikta’s ability to understand the audience, we can prescribe what our clients and brand partners should do even before they implement…”

Manny FernandoCEO, AdSpark

“Solutions like Predikta can then help businesses move from reactive strategies to proactive, data-led success.”

Vince YamatCEO & Managing Director, 917Ventures

“At Brave Connective, our mission is to bridge the gap between technology and human connection, and Predikta’s predictive capabilities align perfectly with that vision.”

Nikko AcostaCEO & President, Brave Connective Holdings

How we map

The science behind human response.

Behavioral science explains why responses differ. AI lets us explore those differences at population scale.

  1. TraitsValuesBeliefs
    01

    Measure

    Start with human evidence.

    Use surveys and observed behavior to describe personality, values, beliefs and the context of a decision.

    Behavioral surveys · Decision journeys · Quantitative pulses

  2. Response AResponse B
    02

    Simulate

    Model different possible responses.

    Represent people as agents with different traits and motivations. Explore how their choices form population patterns.

    Psychographic profiles · Agent-based models

  3. SimulationReal outcomes
    03

    Calibrate

    Learn from real outcomes.

    Compare simulated and observed responses to identify gaps and refine the model’s assumptions.

    Observed responses · Model refinement

A learning loop: evidence, simulation and calibration.
Illustrative
Inside the Netopia Behavioral AI Engine

Human evidence

National-scale surveys and observed behavior.

Behavioral profiles

Personality, values, beliefs and context.

Population simulation

Explore how different people may respond.

Scientific foundations

Beyond demographics.

Who people are is only part of the story. Our models also consider what they value and the situations they face.

ValuesBeliefsLifestyle
01

Traits & motivations

Personality, values, beliefs and lifestyle help explain differences in response.

SituationSocial tiesExperience
02

Context & influence

Historical context and social factors help explain why the same person may choose differently.

Individual choicesShared patterns
03

Individual to collective

Agent-based models explore how individual choices and interactions become population patterns.

Simulations explore possible responses. They complement field research and depend on the evidence and assumptions behind them.

Read the researcharXiv preprint · May 2025 · Not peer reviewed

The people behind the map

Meet the minds
behind Netopia.

Behavioral scientists, AI engineers, researchers and business builders.

Founders

  • Axel Kornerup MPA

    Co-founder & CEO

    Built and sold Netopia, the Philippines’ largest internet café network.

  • Jason Albia MS

    Co-founder & CTO

    Computational scientist with 40+ papers. Chief architect of Predikta.

Advisors

  • Jane Walker

    Advisor

    25+ years across PLDT, Singtel and San Miguel.

  • Aldo Carrascoso

    Advisor

    InterVenn Biosciences.

The wider team

Research, engineering, data and product.

Portraits and names of 19 members of the wider Netopia AI team, including advisor Jojo Flores.

Jojo Flores
JojoFlores
Vanessa Valenzuela
VanessaValenzuela
Yoda Buyco
YodaBuyco
Diwa Quiñones
DiwaQuiñones
RJ Maclang
RJMaclang
Richard Laig
RichardLaig
Trixie Tiangco
TrixieTiangco
Anjo Zulaybar
AnjoZulaybar
Percy Tolentino
PercyTolentino
Gabriel Manzanillo
GabrielManzanillo
Sophia Lanuzo
SophiaLanuzo
Desiree Villanueva
DesireeVillanueva
Adrian Gabonada
AdrianGabonada
Eloisa San Diego
EloisaSan Diego
Melrose Tia
MelroseTia
Jerome Espina
JeromeEspina
Dannah Junio
DannahJunio
Edrian Cancino
EdrianCancino
Joshua Lidasan
JoshuaLidasan
Many minds.
One mission.

Combined experience

Across the team’s careers and previous ventures.

Business building

90+years

Building, operating, investing in and advising businesses.

Behavioral research

80+years

Marketing and research, including university collaborators.

AI engineering

40+years

Machine learning, data science and computational research.

Value created

$1.5B+

By the founders’ previous ventures.

Years are combined across team members’ careers. The $1.5B+ figure is value created by the founders’ previous ventures. It is not Netopia AI’s own funding or revenue.