Dinii Hosts Inaugural 'Restaurant AI Summit' to Create a New Standard in Restaurant Management
Dinii held the first 'Restaurant AI Summit' in Tokyo and Osaka, gathering 240 attendees to share success stories of restaurant management automation and profit improvement using AI.
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Dinii Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo / CEO: Kazuki Otomo / hereinafter, Dinii), which provides "Dinii Mobile Order" and "Dinii POS Register" that contribute to increasing sales for restaurants, held the "1st Restaurant AI Summit" to co-create a new standard for restaurant management on Monday, April 20, 2026 in Tokyo, and Thursday, April 23, 2026 in Osaka.
About the "Restaurant AI Summit"
This event, held with the objective of "Paradigm shift in the restaurant industry through AI," was the first large-scale event for Dinii. It was held across two days, April 20 and April 23, 2026, at venues in Tokyo and Osaka. A total of approximately 240 restaurant managers, industry professionals, and partner companies participated in both venues. It served as a place to co-create a new standard for the restaurant industry by presenting future blueprints and actual success cases regarding the next-generation restaurant x AI envisioned by Dinii.
The restaurant industry today is facing various challenges, including severe labor shortages, soaring prices, and changing consumer behaviors. By utilizing AI, we challenge ourselves to fundamentally shift the paradigm and carve out the future of the industry, maximizing the value of "hospitality" that only humans can provide.
In the guest sessions, which were the highlight of the summit, 5 restaurant executives who are pioneering the use of AI in tandem with Dinii took the stage, engaging in passionate discussions about the transformation AI brings to the frontlines of dining.
Motonari Miyazaki, CEO of Pay it Forward Inc., and Toshiya Matsui, Director of double Inc., discussed the theme of "AI for Headquarters Automation." They talked about initiatives to completely automate recruitment operations with AI, including integrating with recruitment media to automatically calculate hiring costs and handling detailed interactions like schedule adjustments with candidates.
Motonari Miyazaki, CEO of Pay it Forward Inc. (Center); Toshiya Matsui, Director of double Inc. (Right)
In the session themed "AI for Sales and Profit Increase," Masatoshi Fujinuma, CEO of PERFECT BEER Inc., and Hironobu Sone of IFREA Inc. took the stage. They introduced initiatives where AI automatically aggregates daily PL data and proposes improvement actions to achieve monthly budgets.
Hironobu Sone, CEO of IFREA Inc. (Right); Masatoshi Fujinuma, CEO of PERFECT BEER Inc. (Second from right)
At the Osaka venue, Yuhi Minamoto, CEO of casual Inc., spoke about "AI Connecting Headquarters and Stores." He discussed initiatives where AI replaces the heavy burden of checking and recording daily reports, such as sales and customer traffic, completely automating these tasks which become increasingly difficult during store expansion.
Yuhi Minamoto, CEO of casual Inc. (Center)
In the participant survey conducted after the event, we received many voices of high expectation regarding the future the restaurant industry brought by restaurant x AI, such as: "I felt that using Dinii's AI might change the way people work at the storefront and headquarters," "The way AI and the restaurant industry were connected was very easy to understand, and I felt a bright future," "I could see the organizational structure we need to build when everything is implemented," and "I was excited and wanted to utilize various functions immediately."
The "Restaurant AI Summit" went beyond Dinii's existing goal of realizing an All in One Restaurant Cloud, serving as a starting point to define a new standard for the restaurant industry using AI.
Rather than viewing AI merely as a means for efficiency, we will elevate it to an engine that maximizes the value of "hospitality" that only humans can provide, which is the true strength of the dining experience.
Dinii will strive to become the "dining" infrastructure for everyone, accelerating the paradigm shift in restaurant management and contributing to the sustainable development and future creation of the restaurant industry.
About Dinii Inc.
With the mission to make "dining" more fun and interesting, Dinii Inc. aims to become the dining infrastructure for everyone, developing and providing an All in One Restaurant Cloud specialized for restaurants. From mobile ordering and ID-POS to CRM for sales improvement, employee management tools, and mobile payments, we solve every challenge in restaurant management. By deeply engaging with the restaurant industry and developing products with a profound understanding of stores, employees, and customers, we support restaurant management with the power of technology and dramatically change the value of the customer experience at restaurants.
Company Overview
Company Name: Dinii Inc.
Representative: Kazuki Otomo, CEO
Established: June 20, 2018
Location: East
About the "Restaurant AI Summit"
This event, held with the objective of "Paradigm shift in the restaurant industry through AI," was the first large-scale event for Dinii. It was held across two days, April 20 and April 23, 2026, at venues in Tokyo and Osaka. A total of approximately 240 restaurant managers, industry professionals, and partner companies participated in both venues. It served as a place to co-create a new standard for the restaurant industry by presenting future blueprints and actual success cases regarding the next-generation restaurant x AI envisioned by Dinii.
The restaurant industry today is facing various challenges, including severe labor shortages, soaring prices, and changing consumer behaviors. By utilizing AI, we challenge ourselves to fundamentally shift the paradigm and carve out the future of the industry, maximizing the value of "hospitality" that only humans can provide.
In the guest sessions, which were the highlight of the summit, 5 restaurant executives who are pioneering the use of AI in tandem with Dinii took the stage, engaging in passionate discussions about the transformation AI brings to the frontlines of dining.
Motonari Miyazaki, CEO of Pay it Forward Inc., and Toshiya Matsui, Director of double Inc., discussed the theme of "AI for Headquarters Automation." They talked about initiatives to completely automate recruitment operations with AI, including integrating with recruitment media to automatically calculate hiring costs and handling detailed interactions like schedule adjustments with candidates.
Motonari Miyazaki, CEO of Pay it Forward Inc. (Center); Toshiya Matsui, Director of double Inc. (Right)
In the session themed "AI for Sales and Profit Increase," Masatoshi Fujinuma, CEO of PERFECT BEER Inc., and Hironobu Sone of IFREA Inc. took the stage. They introduced initiatives where AI automatically aggregates daily PL data and proposes improvement actions to achieve monthly budgets.
Hironobu Sone, CEO of IFREA Inc. (Right); Masatoshi Fujinuma, CEO of PERFECT BEER Inc. (Second from right)
At the Osaka venue, Yuhi Minamoto, CEO of casual Inc., spoke about "AI Connecting Headquarters and Stores." He discussed initiatives where AI replaces the heavy burden of checking and recording daily reports, such as sales and customer traffic, completely automating these tasks which become increasingly difficult during store expansion.
Yuhi Minamoto, CEO of casual Inc. (Center)
In the participant survey conducted after the event, we received many voices of high expectation regarding the future the restaurant industry brought by restaurant x AI, such as: "I felt that using Dinii's AI might change the way people work at the storefront and headquarters," "The way AI and the restaurant industry were connected was very easy to understand, and I felt a bright future," "I could see the organizational structure we need to build when everything is implemented," and "I was excited and wanted to utilize various functions immediately."
The "Restaurant AI Summit" went beyond Dinii's existing goal of realizing an All in One Restaurant Cloud, serving as a starting point to define a new standard for the restaurant industry using AI.
Rather than viewing AI merely as a means for efficiency, we will elevate it to an engine that maximizes the value of "hospitality" that only humans can provide, which is the true strength of the dining experience.
Dinii will strive to become the "dining" infrastructure for everyone, accelerating the paradigm shift in restaurant management and contributing to the sustainable development and future creation of the restaurant industry.
About Dinii Inc.
With the mission to make "dining" more fun and interesting, Dinii Inc. aims to become the dining infrastructure for everyone, developing and providing an All in One Restaurant Cloud specialized for restaurants. From mobile ordering and ID-POS to CRM for sales improvement, employee management tools, and mobile payments, we solve every challenge in restaurant management. By deeply engaging with the restaurant industry and developing products with a profound understanding of stores, employees, and customers, we support restaurant management with the power of technology and dramatically change the value of the customer experience at restaurants.
Company Overview
Company Name: Dinii Inc.
Representative: Kazuki Otomo, CEO
Established: June 20, 2018
Location: East