Liveness Knowledge and Electric Sheep Partner to Jointly Support System Renewal through AI-Driven Development and Transformation into AI-Driven Development Organizations
Liveness Knowledge Inc. and Electric Sheep Inc. have announced a business alliance to jointly provide services for system renewal through AI-Driven Development, consulting for transformation into AI-Driven Development organizations, and AI coaching for executives. This initiative aims to support Japanese companies in enhancing their business adaptability amidst population decline and IT/AI talent shortages.
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Liveness Knowledge Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: George Yoshida; hereinafter referred to as 'Liveness Knowledge') and Electric Sheep Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Takuo Kihira; hereinafter referred to as 'Electric Sheep') are pleased to announce a business alliance to jointly provide AI-driven contract development, consulting for transformation into AI-driven development organizations, and AI coaching for executives to companies aiming for business reform and development organization transformation through AI.
Key Points of this Alliance
Item | Content
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Alliance Area | Contract development through AI-driven development / Consulting for transformation into AI-driven development organizations / AI coaching for executives
Target Customers | Japanese companies aiming for existing system renewal, AI-driven development of development organizations, and strengthening decision-making capabilities in the AI era (regardless of industry or scale)
Roles of Both Companies | Liveness Knowledge = Transformation design from management/business side / Electric Sheep = Implementation through AI-driven development
Background of Alliance | Securing 'business adaptability' becoming a management agenda in an era of population decline and IT/AI talent shortage
Common Philosophy | Centering on people, and maximizing the power of technology on that basis
Background of Alliance – How to maintain business adaptability in an era of population decline and talent shortage
Japanese companies are currently at a structural turning point. Due to the shrinking workforce from population decline and intensified competition for IT/AI talent, the previous methods of recruiting people and sustaining businesses are no longer viable.
The business environment is changing faster than ever, and competitors are starting to move with AI as a prerequisite. The question is not superficially 'whether to introduce AI', but whether one's business can respond to changes and continuously create a competitive advantage with limited personnel.
The evolution of generative AI is making it a reality to 'achieve several times the business transformation with the same number of people as before'. What separates victory from defeat is not whether or not to use AI, but whether one's business and organization itself can be rebuilt based on AI.
In this context, the following challenges are becoming apparent in workplaces responsible for promoting business, development, and transformation:
* Want to embark on existing system renewal, but conventional development only creates 'black boxes' and does not become an asset that can continuously respond to business changes in-house.
* Have an in-house development team, but the transition to AI-driven development is not progressing, and limited personnel cannot fully support business growth.
* Have partially started utilizing AI, but have not reached a level that can be converted into a competitive advantage.
This is not a problem of development methods, but a common agenda for management and the field: how to maintain business adaptability and competitive advantage in an era where the workforce cannot be increased. To address this issue, Liveness Knowledge, which designs transformation from the management and business side, and Electric Sheep, an engineering group capable of implementing AI-driven development, have joined forces to build a system that provides both 'transformation design' and 'implementation through AI-driven development'.
Roles of Both Companies
Electric Sheep Inc. – An Engineering Team for the AI Era
Electric Sheep is a small but elite engineering group centered around four co-founders who have long led development as colleagues in mega-ventures.
* **Takuo Kihira, Representative Director:** A serial entrepreneur with two business sale experiences at DeNA and SmartNews. Has entrepreneurial experience in San Francisco and is internationally recognized for his work in the low-layer domain of JavaScript. Has numerous experiences in writing technical books and speaking at technical conferences.
* **Fumiya Chiba, Co-founder:** A specialist in refactoring systems developed with priority on speed in startups into sustainable designs. In his previous role, he led an engineering organization including English-speaking engineers as an engineering manager.
* **Atsushi Komiya, Co-founder:** A backend specialist covering a wide range from large-scale algorithmic systems like advertising distribution to user-facing web services, and front-end with TypeScript/Vue.js.
* **Takashi Hirai, Co-founder:** Engaged in client-side design and development in the entertainment industry, from console games to web services. Excels in user-oriented design and building simple systems by narrowing down requirements.
Since the dawn of generative AI, they have incorporated AI into their in-house product development (e.g., Slack translation app "TellYa") and have practiced an AI-driven development style using the latest AI coding environments such as Claude Code in their own development. Despite being a small elite group, they have internalized workflows for AI-based design, coding, review, testing, and documentation generation, achieving development that combines significantly higher productivity and maintainability compared to conventional methods.
Key Points of this Alliance
Item | Content
---|---
Alliance Area | Contract development through AI-driven development / Consulting for transformation into AI-driven development organizations / AI coaching for executives
Target Customers | Japanese companies aiming for existing system renewal, AI-driven development of development organizations, and strengthening decision-making capabilities in the AI era (regardless of industry or scale)
Roles of Both Companies | Liveness Knowledge = Transformation design from management/business side / Electric Sheep = Implementation through AI-driven development
Background of Alliance | Securing 'business adaptability' becoming a management agenda in an era of population decline and IT/AI talent shortage
Common Philosophy | Centering on people, and maximizing the power of technology on that basis
Background of Alliance – How to maintain business adaptability in an era of population decline and talent shortage
Japanese companies are currently at a structural turning point. Due to the shrinking workforce from population decline and intensified competition for IT/AI talent, the previous methods of recruiting people and sustaining businesses are no longer viable.
The business environment is changing faster than ever, and competitors are starting to move with AI as a prerequisite. The question is not superficially 'whether to introduce AI', but whether one's business can respond to changes and continuously create a competitive advantage with limited personnel.
The evolution of generative AI is making it a reality to 'achieve several times the business transformation with the same number of people as before'. What separates victory from defeat is not whether or not to use AI, but whether one's business and organization itself can be rebuilt based on AI.
In this context, the following challenges are becoming apparent in workplaces responsible for promoting business, development, and transformation:
* Want to embark on existing system renewal, but conventional development only creates 'black boxes' and does not become an asset that can continuously respond to business changes in-house.
* Have an in-house development team, but the transition to AI-driven development is not progressing, and limited personnel cannot fully support business growth.
* Have partially started utilizing AI, but have not reached a level that can be converted into a competitive advantage.
This is not a problem of development methods, but a common agenda for management and the field: how to maintain business adaptability and competitive advantage in an era where the workforce cannot be increased. To address this issue, Liveness Knowledge, which designs transformation from the management and business side, and Electric Sheep, an engineering group capable of implementing AI-driven development, have joined forces to build a system that provides both 'transformation design' and 'implementation through AI-driven development'.
Roles of Both Companies
Electric Sheep Inc. – An Engineering Team for the AI Era
Electric Sheep is a small but elite engineering group centered around four co-founders who have long led development as colleagues in mega-ventures.
* **Takuo Kihira, Representative Director:** A serial entrepreneur with two business sale experiences at DeNA and SmartNews. Has entrepreneurial experience in San Francisco and is internationally recognized for his work in the low-layer domain of JavaScript. Has numerous experiences in writing technical books and speaking at technical conferences.
* **Fumiya Chiba, Co-founder:** A specialist in refactoring systems developed with priority on speed in startups into sustainable designs. In his previous role, he led an engineering organization including English-speaking engineers as an engineering manager.
* **Atsushi Komiya, Co-founder:** A backend specialist covering a wide range from large-scale algorithmic systems like advertising distribution to user-facing web services, and front-end with TypeScript/Vue.js.
* **Takashi Hirai, Co-founder:** Engaged in client-side design and development in the entertainment industry, from console games to web services. Excels in user-oriented design and building simple systems by narrowing down requirements.
Since the dawn of generative AI, they have incorporated AI into their in-house product development (e.g., Slack translation app "TellYa") and have practiced an AI-driven development style using the latest AI coding environments such as Claude Code in their own development. Despite being a small elite group, they have internalized workflows for AI-based design, coding, review, testing, and documentation generation, achieving development that combines significantly higher productivity and maintainability compared to conventional methods.