May 08, 2019
Global Brain has invested in Allganize, Inc., Natural Language Understanding and Conversational AI startup, through its KDDI Open Innovation Fund III
Global Brain (hereinafter GB) has invested in Allganize, Inc. (hereinafter Allganize), Natural Language Understanding (hereinafter NLU) and Conversational AI startup through its KDDI Open Innovation Fund III（hereinafter “KOIF”）. This is the second investment from KOIF since its first investment made at the seed round in 2017.
With its deep learning-based, high-performance NLU technology, Allganize enables companies of all sizes to apply AI technology to develop their own AI systems and services. Alli.ai, their conversational AI and chatbot service, offers highly personalized customer experiences by recognizing the complex named entities and user intents of text from the data collected and analyzed from customers’ chat and voice messages using their proprietary NLU technology.
Yasuhiko Yurimoto, a CEO of Global Brain, stated, “GB confidently invested in Allganize because of its strong technological foundation in deep-learning, outstanding founders, and proven track-record of the management team.”
About Allganize
- Name
- Allganize, Inc.
- Location
- Oakland, CA
- Representative
- Changsu Lee
- Founded
- July, 2017
- Business
- AI Solution Business based on deep learning and high-performance NLU* technology *Note) NLU: subtopic of natural-language processing in artificial intelligence that deals with machine reading comprehension
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