{"id":7989,"date":"2025-03-21T10:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:01:29","slug":"umee-technologies-raises-300-million-yen-in-series-a-for-front-agent-conversational-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/tech\/ai\/umee-technologies-raises-300-million-yen-in-series-a-for-front-agent-conversational-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Umee\u30c6\u30af\u30ce\u30ed\u30b8\u30fc\u30ba\u3001\u4f1a\u8a71AI\u300c\u30d5\u30ed\u30f3\u30c8\u30a8\u30fc\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c8\u300d\u306e\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30baA\u30673\u5104\u5186\u3092\u8abf\u9054"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p><a href=\"https:\/\/umeecorp.com\/\" data-no-translation=\"\">Umee Technologies<\/a> Inc., which develops and provides &ldquo;Front Agent,&rdquo; a conversational AI that brings evolution to organizations, has completed a Series A round of funding of 300 million yen with the aim of accelerating recruitment to build a business team and strengthen product development. New investors in this round included Gree Ventures, Mizuho Capital, Shizuoka Capital, Cybozu, M-SOLUTIONS, Toyokumo, and Tasuki Holdings, and existing investor QXLV (Quantum Leap Ventures).<\/p><p>Front Agent, released in May 2023, has grown significantly, primarily through word of mouth, with over 150 companies adopting it, and we are also excited about the AI &#8203;&#8203;functions that we are developing every day.<\/p><p>\u3053\u306e\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u3092\u5c0e\u5165\u3057\u305f\u4f01\u696d\u3067\u306f\u3001\u55b6\u696d\u672a\u7d4c\u9a13\u306e\u65b0\u4eba\u304c\u308f\u305a\u304b1\u30f6\u6708\u3067\u30d9\u30c6\u30e9\u30f3\u306e2\u500d\u306e\u58f2\u4e0a\u3092\u8a18\u9332\u3057\u305f\u308a\u3001\u6162\u6027\u7684\u306bKPI\u3092\u9054\u6210\u3067\u304d\u3066\u3044\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u7d44\u7e54\u304cKPI\u3092\u9054\u6210\u3057\u305f\u308a\u3002\u3053\u308c\u3089\u306e\u4f01\u696d\u3067\u306f\u3001\u3053\u308c\u307e\u3067\u306e\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u30a2\u30d7\u30ed\u30fc\u30c1\u306b\u306f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3001\u300c\u7406\u89e3\u300d\u3068\u300c\u6210\u9577\u300d\u306b\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30ab\u30b9\u3057\u305f\u4eba\u9593\u9032\u5316\u306e\u7d20\u5730\u3092\u4f53\u611f\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p><p><strong>\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3082\u304a\u8aad\u307f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff1a <a class=\"p-url\" href=\"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/industrial-tech\/science\/qst-and-ntt-develop-ai-to-accurately-predict-plasma-confinement-magnetic-fields-in-fusion-reactors\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">QST\u3068NTT\u3001\u6838\u878d\u5408\u7089\u306e\u30d7\u30e9\u30ba\u30de\u9589\u3058\u8fbc\u3081\u78c1\u5834\u3092\u6b63\u78ba\u306b\u4e88\u6e2c\u3059\u308bAI\u3092\u958b\u767a<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Furthermore, we have begun development of a new business called &ldquo;AX (AI Transformation) &ndash; Pursuing the Value of Human Existence&rdquo;.<\/p><p>\u4eca\u56de\u8abf\u9054\u3057\u305f\u8cc7\u91d1\u306f\u3001\u4e3b\u306b\u5546\u54c1\u958b\u767a\u3001\u8ca9\u58f2\u62e1\u5927\u3001\u305d\u3057\u3066\u305d\u308c\u3089\u3092\u62c5\u3046\u65b0\u30e1\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u306e\u63a1\u7528\u306a\u3069\u306b\u6d3b\u7528\u3057\u3001\u4f1a\u793e\u306e\u63d0\u4f9b\u4fa1\u5024\u3092\u3055\u3089\u306b\u62e1\u5927\u3057\u3066\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p><p><strong>\u30bd\u30fc\u30b9 <a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000124.000096454.html\" data-no-translation=\"\">PRTimes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umee Technologies Inc., which develops and provides &ldquo;Front Agent,&rdquo; a conversational AI that brings evolution to organizations, has completed a Series A round of funding of 300 million yen with the aim of accelerating recruitment to build a business team and strengthen product development. 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