Representative Director, President & CEO

He started his research and development of artificial intelligence in 2004. Since then, he has been engaged in continuous research and development of artificial intelligence for more than ten years and commercialization and financial strengthening. In 2015, he founded AI inside. As Representative Director, President & CEO, he has led service development, technology, management strategy, and drives the company’s business growth. He has invented many technology patents, including the below.

• Character recognition technology using machine learning combined with image recognition and natural language

• Virtual personality generation and recommendation technology from anonymous information

• Encryption technology using image processing

• Compression and transfer technology for documents

• Collation check system between AI-OCR result and human input data

• and others

Executive Director, CMO

After working for Sony, Bain & Company, The Walt Disney Company, and AOL, Yoshiaki founded Livedoor. Steve Jobs entrusted him with the Japanese market, and he became Vice President of Apple’s U.S. headquarters and Representative Director of Apple Japan. He then revived Apple from its crisis. He is currently the CEO of REALDEAR and is involved in developing a learning platform and consulting. Appointed as Executive Director of AI inside in June 2021 and as Executive Director, CMO in February 2022.

Executive Director, CRO

After graduating from university, he started his career as a system engineer and started his own system development company in his 20s. Later on, he held executive positions at EDS JAPAN, Japan Systems, and Hewlett Packard Japan. After becoming an Executive Officer at IBM Japan in 2013, he was in charge of insurance and partner business and spread “IBM Watson” to the financial industry and over 500 IT companies nationwide. Joined AI inside in December 2022 as Executive Officer and appointed as Executive Director, CRO in June 2023.

Executive Director, CIO

For 13 years from 1991, Kyoichiro led and supervised software product development at start-ups and listed companies in and around Silicon Valley. After returning to Japan in 2004, he joined Microsoft Corporation (now Microsoft Japan). He served as Executive Officer of Developer & Platform Evangelism, Chief Information Officer for Japan and Japan, and General Manager of IT Division at the U.S. HQ. In 2013, he left Microsoft and founded Leftright Corporation, which provides intellectual property management consulting and innovation support. Joined AI inside in June 2021 and was appointed as Executive Officer in October 2022. In June 2023, he was appointed as Executive Director, CIO. Patent attorney.

Outside Director

After joining JUKI CORPORATION in 1989, working in the Soviet Union, India, and Singapore, Kenichi served as President of local subsidiaries in Romania and France. From 2005, he served as President of the Misumi Group Inc. Thai Subsidiary and, in 2008, joined Amazon Japan G.K., where he led the Retail, Marketplace, and B2B business divisions as Director. In 2020, he was appointed COO of Oisix ra daichi Inc., followed by External Director of Medley, Inc., part-time lecturer at Tokai University, and Advisor of Shizuoka Prefecture. He is currently the External Director of INFORICH Inc., SocialGood, Inc., and Groove, Inc., and President of kenhoshi&Company. Appointed as Outside Director of AI inside Inc. in June 2021.

Executive Officer, CFO

After graduating from university, Hiroaki started his career at a major automobile manufacturer, consistently involved in corporate planning, management, and finance. He also worked for a niche start-up and a top-class SIer company in Japan. Later, Hiroaki serves as executive officer in charge of business administration-related divisions at a medium-sized company dealing with commercial cleaning agents and as general manager in charge of accounting and finance-related divisions at a major daily commodity company, leading business plan and financial strategy establishments. Joined AI inside in April 2024 and appointed as CFO in July 2024.

Executive Officer, CTO

Born in Wuhan, China. After graduating from university in 2004, he joined a Chinese-Japanese joint corporation and came to Japan in Fall 2006. He has a wide range of experience in development projects, including embedded applications, web applications, and authentication middleware. Since joining AI inside in April 2019, he has worked on product development of “AI inside Cube” and “Learning Center,” and is driving business development and expansion from scratch. He holds a Master’s degree in technology management. Appointed as Executive Officer CTO of AI inside in April 2022.

Executive Officer, CPO

After studying computer science at University, Hiroyasu joined Fujitsu Limited and engaged in software development. Since 1993, he has served as Executive Officer of the marketing department for Microsoft Corporation (now Microsoft Japan), SAS Institute Japan Ltd., and NCR Commerce Japan Ltd. He also has over 30 years of experience in marketing planning and execution and leading strategy development and operations for a variety of software products at other global companies, including Cisco Systems G.K. Appointed as Executive Officer,CPO of AI inside in February 2024.

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

After joining a foreign bank and working at a major auditing firm (in the U.S.), he established Sato Management Law Office. He has served as an external auditor of Mixi Inc. and Ace Insurance Co., Ltd. and was appointed as an Audit & Supervisory Board Member of AI inside Inc in June 2019. Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics. Lawyer and a U.S. Certified Public Accountant (USCPA).

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Wataru joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (currently Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation). After serving as Director and Executive Officer at NTT DoCoMo, and Full-time Corporate Auditor of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, he is currently an non-executive director (part-time) of several venture companies. In June 2021, he was appointed as Audit & Supervisory Board Member of AI inside Inc. Graduate of Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo.

Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Sakon focuses on ESG and sustainability compliances, strengthening the global compliance system, and general corporate legal affairs. He has experience working at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Tokyo Office, as well as in the United States and Singapore, and also served as outside auditor and director. He is currently an Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Bizmates, Inc. and representative of Kuramoto International Law Office. Appointed as Audit & Supervisory Board Member of AI inside Inc. in May 2023. Attorney at law admitted to practice in Japan and New York, USA.