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ABEJA
Tokyo AI company building mission-critical AI and LLM systems for large Japanese enterprises on its own platform.
ABEJA builds AI systems for clients' core operations on its ABEJA Platform, and develops LLMs for business use, with clients such as ENEOS and Yamazaki Mazak. It mixes platform-based implementation projects with retail analytics products and AI governance consulting. Founded in 2012, it listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in June 2023.
- Type of firm
- Platform with embedded engineers
- Known for
- Enterprise AI platform and LLM deployment in Japan
- Based in
- Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 51 to 200
- Origin
- Started as an AI or data firm
- Funding
- Series B or later (Series C extension)
- Total raised
- $45.4M+
- Ownership
- VC-backed
- Status
- Active
- Generalist or specialist
- Generalist
- Own product
- Yes: ABEJA Platform, ABEJA Insight for Retail, ABEJA LLM Series
- Delivery model
- Runs it after launch, Advice and strategy, Training
- Founders
- Yosuke Okada
- Website
- abejainc.com
Funding and deals
- 2018-12: Series C extension, not disclosed, led by Google
- 2018-06: Series C, $38.4M
- 2016-08: Series B, $7M
Investors
- Daikin Industries
- Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ)
- Inspire PNB Partners
- Japan Post Capital
- Musashi Seimitsu Industry
- Nvidia
- PNB-Inspire Ethical Fund
- SBI Investment
- TBS Innovation Partners
- Topcon
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