CEO Message

We commit to leverage our customer's productivity with the state-of-the-art AI(machine learning NLP) and try to boost human's evolution.With the network of 10,000 machine learning engineers "Team AI",we build and sell our machine translation software "Kiara" to the global market.

Founder & CEO Daisuke Ishii

Aug 2011

Started as a self-employement

Jun 2013

Started cross-border E-Commerce consulting to Enigmo

Nov 2014

Established Jenio Inc. in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Apr 2015

Got accepted by One Traction (Silicon Valley startup bootcamp)

Jan 2017

Raised 13 million JPY ($130,000) through third-party allotment at Seed Stage to Shigeki Taguchi and Probizmo Inc.

Jun 2017

Graduated from TECH LAB PAAK, Recruit Holdings' entrepreneurship training program (Batch 8)

Feb 2018

Raised 30 million JPY ($300,000) through third-party allotment to Shigeki Taguchi

Aug 2018

Got accepted by Y Combinator Startup School(startup bootcamp)

Aug 2018

Raised 30 million JPY ($300,000) through a third-party allotment of new shares to En Japan and angel investors.

Dec 2018

Graduated from 500Startups Kobe program (startup bootcamp, batch3)

Went to Y Combinator final interview in MoutainView, the U.S.(but did not make it)

Aug 2019

Launched Kiara Translator in Slack app store and joined Slack global conference in San Francisco

Aug 2019

Raised 20 million JPY ($200,000) through third-party allotment to angel investors.

Mar 2020

Raised 10 million JPY ($100,000) through a third-party allotment to Shigeki Taguchi.

Jul 2020

Raised 30 million JPY ($300,000) through a third-party allotment to Kingdom Inc., and angel investors. (→ News)

Sep 2020

Changed the company name from Jenio Inc. to Kiara Inc.

Got accepted by 500Startups Singapore(startup bootcamp, batch2) via Tokyo gov

Ex-Amazon Japan Vice President Ken Kasegawa joined as a Strategic Advisor

Our CEO explained the activities of Team AI and the AI talent market on "Abema Prime" (TV Asahi).

Jan 2021

A book "Corona vs. AI: Tackling Infectious Diseases with the Latest Technology" (Shoeisha) was released

Ranked #2 in the global category in the Slack App Store（→ Blog）

Feb 2021

Finnish COO Tuomas Peltonen joined

Our CEO appeared at Gov-Zero Clubhouse in Taiwan

New Book Ranked No. 2 in Category at Kinokuniya Web

Contributed to an interview with Minister Audrey Tan for ASCII Web

Trial distribution of translated news for foreigners in the wake of the Fukushima Earthquake.

Selected for Google Cloud for Startup Program

Tadachiyo Osada, former senior managing director of Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. joins Kiara as a strategic advisor.（→ Blog）

Mar 2021

Started translating local news to protect our friends in Myanmar.

Started open research on AI translation for Burmese (Myanmar)

Sep 2021

Started DX (AI & App development) contract business（→ Blog）

Corporate Name

Kiara Inc. （株式会社キアラ）

Former name of the company before Sep 2020 was Jenio Inc.（株式会社ジェニオ）

CEO

Daisuke Ishii （石井 大輔）

Capital

120 million JPY（$1,200,000）including capital reserve

Founded

11/4/2014

Shareholders

Daisuke Ishii, Taguchi Office, Kingdom, Inc., Angel Investors

Description of Business

AI Software Research and Development AI (Artificial Intelligence) research community operation

Client List

Softbank, DeNA, Recruit Holdings, Fujitsu, Fuji Xerox, LINE, AI startups and 150 other companies

Awards and Successes

500Startups Kobe(U.S.), Y Combinator Startup School(U.S.), One Traction(U.S.), Recruit Tech Lab Paak, Tokyo Innovation Plan, Tokyo Accelerator DKC Award

Correspondent Banks

Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank, Ebisu Branch, Seibu Shinkin Bank, Shibuya Higashi Branch

Services

Kiara Translator

Team AI

Resources

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Books/TV

Company

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