PH Climate Tech Startup CrisisOps Gets Hand-Picked for Harvard Climate Circle Accelerator
The US veteran-led AI-native operational platform that streamlines disaster data has been selected for Harvard Innovation Labs' yearly program supporting high-potential climate ventures.
by JV Ordoñez
Published on Sep 13, 2026
Philippine-based physical AI & climate tech startup CrisisOps has been selected by the Harvard Climate Circle Accelerator program, which is set to boost the app's AI-based operations that would help governments act quicker on those caught between disasters and warzones, based on the Harvard Innovation Labs website.
According to Harvard Innovation Labs member and CrisisOps CEO Jason Keith Boñaga, the AI-native operational platform combines edge intelligence, real-time data, and a platform that turns fragmented data into operational decisions at crucial moments in disaster response. This would allow governments and non-government organizations to act faster when climate shocks strike frontline communities.
Harvard Innovation Labs every year selects about 38 ventures to join the Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle, which backs these initiatives and startups that focus on clean energy, commercial fleet optimization, chemical manufacturing decarbonization, and other businesses that bear sustainable goals.
A selection to the circle would include world-class coaching, legal counsel, warm connections to industry leaders, and a peer group of Harvard founders who are also engaged in innovative solutions to approach climate change.
These circle members also get exclusive access to a "first customer program" with Harvard Operations, or basically the opportunity to pitch their solutions to university operations.
"Harvard University has initiated procurement with multiple ventures after hearing founders pitch, aiming to turn the university campus into a living laboratory for novel climate solutions," according to a Harvard Innovations Lab post on its website.
To give you a digestible rundown on how the platform actually works, it operates with an end-to-end physical AI system that bridges the gap between raw environmental data, predictive intelligence, and real-world emergency response.
The startup's CEO said that it is powered by a proprietary operational intelligence network engine,, which allows the platform to help organizations and critical infrastructure sense, understand, predict, and act on climate risks.
"CrisisOps is building the physical AI for climate resilience. We combine edge intelligence, real-time data, and AI-driven operational decision-making to help governments and communities understand what is happening on the ground, anticipate risks, and coordinate faster responses," Boñaga said in a WhatsApp message.
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