COMPANY
The Chief AI Officer for Philippine SMEs.
We're a Filipino-founded software company that ships production apps and teaches owners to build them. Global standard, unmistakably local.
THE STORY
It started with a simple, unfair advantage.

BossLabs wasn't started by software developers. Mikey Manago built businesses in car detailing, real estate, and healthcare — operators who lived the cost of running a company, not the comfort of selling software to one. Nobody here fit the profile of a “tech company.”
Then the tools changed. With Claude Code, a non-developer who deeply understands a business could suddenly ship the software that business needed — production-grade, secure, real. The team started building. The apps worked. Clients paid. The dev shops' ₱350K quotes started looking absurd.
BossLabs is the company built around that shift. The belief is simple and a little uncomfortable for the old guard: the advantage now goes to the business owners who become tech-enabled — not to whoever can afford the biggest agency retainer.
Built by the boss, hindi binili sa agency.
VALUES
What we actually do, not slogans.
Ship, then talk
We show real apps, not slide decks. Every claim on this site points at something we actually built and launched.
The boss builds it
Built by the owner, hindi binili sa agency. We hand you a system you understand and control — not a black box.
Secure by default
RLS, DPA compliance, and handover docs aren't upsells. A system that leaks data isn't done, it's dangerous.
Filipino-founded, globally shipped
Made in Imus, Cavite. Held to the standard of Linear, Vercel, and Stripe. No excuses for where we're from.
THE TEAM
Small team. Huge surface area.

Mikey Manago
CO-FOUNDER · CEO
Operator. Sales, relationships, and the cost of running a business.
Professional headshot of Francis. Consistent lighting, neutral/light background, waist-up. ~1000×1250.
Francis
ENGINEER
Builds and maintains client systems across the portfolio.
MILESTONES
A short history, so far.
BossLabs founded under Lead Empire OPC.
First client apps ship with zero developers hired — Ka-Saver, Station Five.
The Academy launches: ₱999 live workshops running weekly.
Portfolio crosses 28+ shipped apps across 40+ Philippine businesses.
AI Founder's Bootcamp and the VibeCode Retreat formalize the education ladder.
LEGAL IDENTITY
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Want to work with us?
Whether you want us to build it or teach you to — the first step is the same.