Intersect
Category: AI Agents
Japanese startup providing Askhub, a professional-service-integrated generative AI agent platform for enterprise knowledge management and DX. Intersect was founded in 2023. The company is led by Takuya Matsumoto. Based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $2.5M. Latest round: Pre-Series A. Key investors include ALPHA, SBI Investment, Skyland Ventures, Mizuho Capital.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $2.5M
Value proposition
One-stop SaaS platform letting enterprises deploy custom generative AI assistants and RAG-based knowledge search without in-house AI expertise, combined with hands-on professional/consulting services.
Products and solutions
Askhub (AI knowledge-management/agent platform using proprietary XAG search engine + RAG), DX Partners (generative AI-driven DX consulting for enterprises and public sector)
Unique value
Combines a self-serve generative AI SaaS platform with professional services delivery, enabling non-technical staff to build and operate custom AI assistants and enterprise search
Target customer
Japanese corporations and government organizations seeking to adopt generative AI for internal knowledge management and business process automation
Industries served
Cross-industry enterprise DX, professional services, public sector
Technology advantage
Proprietary XAG (探索システムXAG) retrieval/search architecture built for unstructured internal enterprise data, combined with RAG techniques for high-accuracy answers
How they differentiate
Focuses specifically on the Japanese enterprise market, pairing SaaS platform with professional-services delivery model to lower AI-adoption barriers for less tech-savvy organizations
Main competitors
Glean, Notion AI, Microsoft Copilot (enterprise knowledge search / AI agent platforms)
Major milestones
2023-04: Company founded in Tokyo, Released Askhub knowledge-management AI tool built on proprietary XAG search system, 2026-01: Raised ¥300M pre-Series A funding co-led by ALPHA and SBI Investment, bringing cumulative funding to ¥380M
Market positioning
Japan-focused vertical enterprise AI agent / knowledge management platform, positioned as accessible alternative to global tools like Glean for non-technical corporate users
Geographic focus
Japan
About Takuya Matsumoto
PhD candidate (withdrawn), Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; background in theoretical physics before pivoting to AI systems development.
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Official website: https://intersect.inc