Clayton Roche speaking at Avalanche Summit

Clayton Roche

AI systems architect and enterprise integration specialist based in Cebu City. I build AI-driven infrastructure for organizations — multi-agent architectures, automated compliance pipelines, AI-accelerated workflows, and workforce transformation programs that put AI in the hands of the people it's supposed to replace. My systems reduce operational overhead while upskilling existing teams instead of eliminating them.

Currently building a 10,000-person AI workforce in Cebu, training former call center workers to operate as AI data annotators and regulatory compliance auditors. Previously: Head of Community & Communications at UMA Protocol (Risk Labs), co-founder of DeFi Nation, Head of DeFi at Mosendo, MakerDAO country ambassador. Keynote speaker at ETH Denver and Avalanche Summit.

Cebu City, Philippines AI Integration · Workforce Transformation Enterprise Systems · DeFi
Clayton Roche keynote at Avalanche Summit, Barcelona

What I'm building.

Active projects in AI workforce deployment and enterprise integration.

Building
Cebu 10K — AI Workforce
Deploying 10,000 former BPO call center workers as AI data annotators and regulatory compliance auditors. Two tiers: AI Data Factory (RLHF, labeling, red-teaming at $15-30/hr) and AI Audit Corps (EU AI Act, HIPAA, SOX compliance review at $40-100/hr). Algorithmic QC via gold questions and inter-rater reliability. Zero founder oversight required.
10,000 workers · $46M revenue target · Cebu City 2026
Building
AI for BPO — Workshops
Free large-format AI training for Cebu's call center workforce. 500 seats per session. Hands-on skills sessions where workers learn to use AI tools before the industry shifts underneath them. Doubles as a talent assessment and recruiting mechanism. No sales pitch — just training that matters.
Cebu City · 2026
Building
Do Show Tell — AI Builder Sessions
3-hour focused building sessions where people work with AI tools alongside others doing the same. Demo, build, share, vote. Co-hosted with Rossco. Expanding from Siem Reap to Cebu.
Live
The Nomad Karen
Hotel audits nobody asked for. 35 checkpoints of zero tolerance for every accommodation in Southeast Asia.
thenomadkaren.com
Live
Containment
Nervous system vocabulary. Co-regulation, neuroception, autonomic sovereignty — the science behind the practice.
containment.claytonroche.com
Live
Fulfillment
Angkor Market grocery fulfillment system.
fulfillment.claytonroche.com

Essays.

Conversations with AI that turned into something worth keeping.

On stage.

Keynotes, panels, and media across three continents — from DeFi mechanism design to AI workforce strategy.

Published in
Forkast News, Asia Blockchain Review, BeInCrypto, Medium (UMA Project)
Organizations
UMA / Risk Labs, MakerDAO, Mosendo, DeFi Nation (co-founder), FTW DAO
Topics
AI Integration, Workforce Transformation, DeFi Infrastructure, DAO Governance, Mechanism Design, Community Economics