As the continued lead investor, Global Brain (GB) has made investments in ARAYA (CEO: Ryota Kanai), a Japan-based AI startup aiming to develop systems with Artificial Consciousness technologies, through its GB-VI Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership (GB-VI), 31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund I (31VENTURES) and KDDI Open Innovation Fund III (KOIF). GB will continue leveraging its resources to support ARAYA by assisting its business developments, including but not limited to building partnership/alliances with its potential clients. ## About ARAYA

Location: Tokyo, Japan

CEO: Ryota Kanai

Founded: December, 2013

URL: https://www.araya.org/

## About GB-VI

Name: GB-VI Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership

General Partner: Global Brain Corporation

Fund Size: 20 Billion JPY

## About 31VENTURES

Name: 31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund I

General Partner: Global Brain Corporation

Fund Size: 5 Billion JPY

## About KOIF

Name: KDDI Open Innovation Fund III

General Partner: Global Brain Corporation

Fund Size: 20 Billion JPY

## About GB

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Representative: Yasuhiko Yurimoto

Founded: January, 1998

URL: https://globalbrains.com/

Global Brain has invested in ARAYA, an AI Startup aiming to develop the world first Artificial Consciousness and related technologies such as edge AI and autonomous agent technologies