The Founders Live Podcast

236 - John Christopher Ilano of Kloudtech: Building the Future of Weather Data and Intelligence

March 24, 2024 Founders Live Season 5 Episode 236
The Founders Live Podcast
236 - John Christopher Ilano of Kloudtech: Building the Future of Weather Data and Intelligence
Show Notes

Nick Hughes is joined by  John Christopher Ilano (JC) who is head business and brand development of Kloudtech, from Balanga in The Philippines. Kloudtech is a startup company that focuses on creating and building innovative solutions to emerging urban challenges. Kloudtrack is a 3D-printed, hyper-local and real-time weather and coastal flood monitoring system with a web application

The episode starts with Nick and JC discussing his background and journey into entrepreneurship and startups, beginning with startup weekend! Nick asks JC "Why entrepreneurship?" and it's exciting to hear his answer. We then learn more about his experience learning about Founders Live and pitching at Founders Live Manila, winner and his tips on pitching. Then, they talk about why they started their company, Kloudtech, and what they are doing in the real time weather space. We hear what shifts and changes are we seeing in the real time data space, with weather, flooding etc.. and their vision for the next 5 or 10 years as things expand with AI. Lastly we hear JC's advice for founders and early stage startups, what he has learned so far. This is a fun interview with an emerging startup leader from The Philippines, with a amazing vision for weather data for cities,  we hope it helps you today.

https://kloudtechsea.com/