NEWS

2023/03/07

alt Inc. announces strengthening of business headquarters
Accelerating solutions to clients' issues and the social implementation of AI

alt Inc.(https://alt.ai/en/), a Japan based developer of AI Clone and Personal Artificial Intelligence (P.A.I.®️) (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Kazutaka Yonekura), pleased to announce the appointment of six new Business Executive Officers (BEOs) and managers to strengthen its revenue base and respond to more sophisticated client needs.

alt is pleased to welcome six new members to our team. Each brings deep knowledge and experience in their respective field, which will be invaluable as alt further strives to solve our clients' problems and implement AI in society.

【New Member Introductions】

Daisuke Inagaki

New Business Development Department BEO

After graduating from Keio University's Faculty of Economics and Boston University's Graduate School of Business (MBA), Daisuke worked for the Industrial Bank of Japan, Boston Consulting Group, Nomura Research Institute, and Amazon Japan, where he held a wide range of positions from strategy/financial consultant to director of marketing and business development/head of business. In a project related to the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (AMBI), as the country leader for Indonesia, he worked with the central bank and other related institutions and companies to help expand the size of the local currency bond market in the country. Daisuke joined alt in December 2022 after serving as COO and CFO at an Internet company.

■ At alt, he will be responsible for building business for AI Buyer and EC related business.

Atsushi Okabe

New Business Development Department BEO

Atsushi led alliance business and new business development as COO/CHRO at DMM.com, an IT company. He focused on M&A, alliance business, and developing new business such as medical DX. Atsushi also served as the director of the executive office, general manager of healthcare business, CEO of DMM Online Clinic, and vice-chairman of DMM's medical corporation. He previously worked in the retail, insurance, and real estate industries, where he was involved in the establishment and management of joint ventures.

■ At alt, Atsushi has implemented AI in a wide range of industries, including medical/healthcare, entertainment, and real estate.

Junya Iizuka

New Business Development Department BEO

In 2005, Junya joined Genesys Japan K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Genesys, Inc. At Genesys, he was involved in the design and implementation of a large-scale contact center. He then joined Salesforce Inc. In 2017, he joined LINE Corporation, where he was involved in the planning and implementation of official LINE accounts and the launch and business promotion of the AI business LINE CLOVA. From telephone to social and AI, Junya has developed new businesses based on technology and service design, in particular relating to communication, and has provided consulting services to more than 300 clients. He actively promotes the social implementation of AI cloning technology and P.A.I.
■ At alt, Junya has been involved in the implementation of generative AI across the communication industry, as well as in a wide range of consulting services.

Tomoaki Kako

New Business Development Department BEO

After joining Lehman Brothers as a new graduate, Tomoaki was engaged in marketing and sales of derivatives products. Following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, he moved to Barclays Capital Securities Japan Limited, and then to Morgan Stanley, where he worked as the Head of Flow Structured Product Sales in the Equity Division, after a stint at Mitsubishi Corporation. He gained experience at the forefront of the market, including developing new clients, lecturing at workshops for securities firms, coordinating with domestic and overseas stakeholders on new product development, Japan's first ETN listing, derivatives pricing, and trade execution. He was involved in natural gas projects in Indonesia and Iraq, and worked on cost control, EPC contract negotiations, profiling, and various negotiations and coordination with organizations like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tomoaki joined alt in January 2023 after being impressed by P.A.I. He has been working at alt for over 20 years.
■ At alt, Tomoaki has been working on DX and a number of other AI x Finance projects that can solve pains and improve efficiency in a wide variety of financial industries.

Tatsuya Kawaguchi

Manager, AI SaaS Business Department, Business Division

After university, Tatsuya began his career at a regional bank. He worked as a corporate loan sales representative in the Sales Promotion Department and Head Office Sales Department, and was engaged in management support services such as financing and business matching for small- and medium-sized companies. Later, after working as a manager at a human resource development and business efficiency support venture, he became the leader of the enterprise sales team at a speech analytics startup, where he led the business as a top salesperson and was also involved in sales enablement. He joined alt in February 2023.
■ At alt, Tatsuya is in charge of overall enterprise sales for voice-to-text services, including AI GIJIROKU.

Yu Kuniyasu

AI Solutions Division

AI DX Consultant and Business Development Manager

In 2012, Yu joined Internet Initiative Japan Inc. He has promoted engineering, service development, sales strategy planning, and new business development in Japan, North America, and Asia. In Vietnam, he was the product manager of the first local IaaS cloud service and achieved business turnaround. After earning his MBA at IE Business School in Spain (Final Exam Venture Lab 1st Place), he joined ABEJA Corporation, where he was responsible for consulting and supporting the execution of clients' AI strategies and new businesses.
■ At alt, Yu provides consulting services for business development and social implementation of Web3, DAO, and generative AI, as well as all kinds of consulting services.

■ About alt Inc.

Founded in November 2014, alt is a venture company that "aims to free people from unproductive labor" by creating P.A.I.®️ (Personal Artificial Intelligence) and AI clones. We also develop and provide SaaS products such as AI GIJIROKU, which utilizes speech recognition technology derived from the development of AI dialogue engines. 3.5 billion yen was raised in a Series D funding round in June 2022, bringing our total amount raised to 6.2 billion yen.
https://alt.ai/en/

<For inquiries from the press>
alt Inc., Public Relations, Misako Nishizawa
TEL: 03-6455-4677 e-mail: press@alt.ai