ABEJA, Inc.
Category: AI in Analytics & BI
Japanese enterprise AI platform company providing AI-driven digital transformation (DX) solutions for core business processes, retail analytics, and LLM business implementation. ABEJA, Inc. was founded in 2012. The company is led by Yousuke Okada. Based in Tokyo, Japan. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $45.5M. Latest round: IPO. Key investors include SOMPO Light Vortex, Google, SBI, Hulic, Inspire Investment, NTT Docomo, NVIDIA.
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $45.5M
Value proposition
Helps large enterprises operationalize AI/ML by providing an end-to-end enterprise platform (ABEJA Platform) that automates core business processes, plus retail analytics and LLM implementation services, enabling continuous revenue growth through AI-driven DX.
Products and solutions
ABEJA Platform (enterprise AI/DX platform), ABEJA Insight for Retail (store/customer behavior analytics), ABEJA LLM Series (LLM business implementation), AI governance consulting, DX talent development support.
Unique value
Japan's leading enterprise AI platform that combines deep-learning expertise with operational DX execution, offering both one-time transformational services and subscription-based operational services backed by a strong research lab.
Target customer
Large enterprises and regional businesses in Japan (retail, manufacturing, finance/banking, logistics) seeking AI-driven digital transformation.
Industries served
Retail, Manufacturing, Finance/Banking, Logistics, Insurance
Technology advantage
Deep learning/computer vision expertise (founder's CG background), proprietary ABEJA Platform for automating core business processes, retail analytics via computer vision, and LLM business implementation (ABEJA LLM Series) with AI governance consulting.
How they differentiate
Unlike research-heavy peers like Preferred Networks, ABEJA focuses on practical enterprise DX implementation with a subscription/transformational hybrid model, deep retail analytics via computer vision, and strong corporate alliances (SOMPO, NTT Docomo).
Main competitors
Preferred Networks, Clarifai, ViSenze, RetailNext, SENSY
Key partnerships
SOMPO Holdings (capital & business alliance, 21.9% stake since 2021), Tochigi Bank (DX/AI business collaboration, May 2026), FUJISOFT (AI agent software development collaboration, Mar 2025), NTT Docomo (shareholder), Google (investor), NVIDIA (Series B investor)
Notable customers
Tochigi Bank, SOMPO Holdings, Fujisoft, NTT Docomo
Major milestones
Founded Sep 2012, Series C $38M (2018), Google joined Series C (2018), SOMPO capital & business alliance (2021), IPO on TSE Growth Market June 13, 2023 (ticker 5574), Tochigi Bank DX/AI collaboration (May 2026), Acquired MONO BRAIN (AI governance/security) for full subsidiary + absorption merger (announced Jul 15, 2026; effective Sep 1, 2026), NEDO VTLA manufacturing vision-tactile dataset project participation (Jul 2026), NEDO/CODAS privacy-first AI / industry-specific LLM project (Aug 2026)
Growth metrics
FY2025 (ended Aug 2025) revenue ¥3.585B (~$24.1M), op. profit ¥446M; FY2026 Q3 YTD revenue ¥3.369B (+25.1% YoY), op. profit ¥567M; FY2026 full-year guidance raised (Jul 2026) to ~¥4.55B sales; TTM revenue ~$27.5M (as of Feb 2026); employees ~133 (Aug 2025 official) / ~144 (PitchBook); 200+ clients.
Market positioning
One of Japan's leading publicly-listed enterprise AI/DX platform companies, serving 200+ clients with a focus on retail analytics and enterprise AI implementation.
Geographic focus
Japan (primary), with ASEAN expansion (Singapore subsidiary)
Patents and IP
Public patent portfolio: ~15 granted and ~8 pending applications (PitchBook: 28 total docs). Recent activity includes plant/work-management support systems (e.g. JP-7861946-B2; WO-2025248771-A1 work management support; action-based support systems WO-2025158591-A1 / WO-2025159193-A1).
About Yousuke Okada
Ex-IT startup engineer; specialized in CG from high school (AIT Meiden / 愛工大名電), Minister of Education Award for CG; founded ABEJA Sep 2012; board member of Japan Deep Learning Association (JDLA) since 2017; board member of AI Robot Association (AIRoA) since 2025; author of "How to Implement AI in Business".
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