bgrass Inc. and StarMine Inc. Begin Business Alliance in Recruitment AI + RPO Domain
bgrass Inc. and StarMine Inc. have formed a business alliance in the recruitment AI and RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) sectors. Amidst deepening labor shortages, this partnership combines bgrass's AI-ATS "FairPath" with StarMine's RPO expertise to enhance recruitment efficiency and fairness, promoting DX in corporate recruitment.
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- 📰 Published: April 23, 2026 at 22:00
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bgrass Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Da-Young Ham, hereinafter "bgrass"), which has a proven track record in comprehensive HR support, has commenced a business alliance with StarMine Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Masahiro Miyakawa, hereinafter "StarMine Inc.") to provide a next-generation RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) model utilizing the conversational AI-ATS "FairPath" (*1).
In recent years, with accelerating labor shortages, securing excellent human resources has become a critical management issue for companies across all industries. However, in actual recruitment settings, numerous routine tasks such as application responses, scheduling, and progress management overwhelm the resources of recruiters. This not only hinders essential tasks like candidate dialogue but also creates structural problems such as missed opportunities due to delayed responses and the intervention of unconscious bias.
To address these challenges, bgrass's AI technology from "FairPath" and StarMine Inc.'s extensive expertise in RPO will be integrated to fully deploy the next-generation "Recruitment AI + RPO." By combining autonomous task execution by AI with the judgment of professionals, this initiative aims to achieve both radical efficiency and fairness in recruitment operations, thereby promoting recruitment DX across all industries.
Future Outlook
Through this alliance, we aim to radically streamline recruitment operations and create an environment where recruiters can concentrate on candidate dialogue and decision-making.
bgrass will expand its AI's practical execution capabilities, accumulated in the recruitment domain, combined with human judgment, to all other domains (business areas) in the future, aiming to realize a society where every individual can choose and fulfill their "aspirations."
Comments from Both Companies
Masahiro Miyakawa (Representative Director, StarMine Inc.)
In the recruitment market, we believe that realizing fair selection, unaffected by attributes or preconceptions, directly links to a company's competitiveness. "FairPath," with bgrass's cultivated philosophy of DEI and its mechanism for objective evaluation by AI, was precisely the technology we were looking for.
Leveraging the know-how and completion capabilities that STARMINE has refined in recruitment support, we will provide a unique recruitment experience that combines the efficiency handled by AI with human judgment and accompanying support. We are very pleased to contribute to the realization of a recruitment market where diverse talent is fairly evaluated through this business alliance.
Da-Young Ham (Representative Director CEO / CTO, bgrass Inc.)
We aim to create a society where choices and opportunities are not narrowed by bias, making "fair evaluation" commonplace through systems and technology. "Recruitment" is a crucial entry point for achieving this. In this alliance, by combining the practical execution capabilities of "FairPath" AI with StarMine Inc.'s high expertise in RPO, we will review recruitment operations that tend to be person-dependent, aiming for both fairness and recruitment quality.
Through this alliance, we will establish a "new standard for recruitment" through human-AI collaboration, realizing a society where everyone can maximize their potential.
*1 About Recruitment AI "Conversational ATS - FairPath" (bgrass)
Recruitment AI "Conversational ATS - FairPath" is a service that supports a series of recruitment operations, from daily tasks like application responses, scheduling, and progress management, to understanding and visualizing selection data.
FairPath undertakes recruitment operations end-to-end, with AI at its core and human follow-up, supporting both the efficiency and fairness of the recruitment process.
* Click here for service details. → https://lp.fair-path.jp/
* Click here to request service materials or consultation. → FairPath Material Request Form
* Please refer to the past releases regarding the service below.
April 14, 2026 / Full-scale AI/DX support centered on fostering FDE talent and conversational AI-ATS "FairPath" ~ Developing new businesses where everyone can fairly challenge~
January 14, 2026 / bgrass Inc. fully enters the AI + RPO domain. "FairPath" beta version launched, achieving both recruitment efficiency and fairness ~ AI + RPO service that undertakes "the entire mechanism" of recruitment operations~
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About StarMine Inc.
StarMine Inc. is an HR solutions company with the mission of "a dedicated HR partner."
Since its establishment in 2017, it has broadly developed new graduate and mid-career recruitment consulting, RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), organizational development, and branding support. It consistently supports companies' recruitment challenges from strategy formulation to execution. Starting in 2025, it also launched agent services, offering a multifaceted approach.
In recent years, with accelerating labor shortages, securing excellent human resources has become a critical management issue for companies across all industries. However, in actual recruitment settings, numerous routine tasks such as application responses, scheduling, and progress management overwhelm the resources of recruiters. This not only hinders essential tasks like candidate dialogue but also creates structural problems such as missed opportunities due to delayed responses and the intervention of unconscious bias.
To address these challenges, bgrass's AI technology from "FairPath" and StarMine Inc.'s extensive expertise in RPO will be integrated to fully deploy the next-generation "Recruitment AI + RPO." By combining autonomous task execution by AI with the judgment of professionals, this initiative aims to achieve both radical efficiency and fairness in recruitment operations, thereby promoting recruitment DX across all industries.
Future Outlook
Through this alliance, we aim to radically streamline recruitment operations and create an environment where recruiters can concentrate on candidate dialogue and decision-making.
bgrass will expand its AI's practical execution capabilities, accumulated in the recruitment domain, combined with human judgment, to all other domains (business areas) in the future, aiming to realize a society where every individual can choose and fulfill their "aspirations."
Comments from Both Companies
Masahiro Miyakawa (Representative Director, StarMine Inc.)
In the recruitment market, we believe that realizing fair selection, unaffected by attributes or preconceptions, directly links to a company's competitiveness. "FairPath," with bgrass's cultivated philosophy of DEI and its mechanism for objective evaluation by AI, was precisely the technology we were looking for.
Leveraging the know-how and completion capabilities that STARMINE has refined in recruitment support, we will provide a unique recruitment experience that combines the efficiency handled by AI with human judgment and accompanying support. We are very pleased to contribute to the realization of a recruitment market where diverse talent is fairly evaluated through this business alliance.
Da-Young Ham (Representative Director CEO / CTO, bgrass Inc.)
We aim to create a society where choices and opportunities are not narrowed by bias, making "fair evaluation" commonplace through systems and technology. "Recruitment" is a crucial entry point for achieving this. In this alliance, by combining the practical execution capabilities of "FairPath" AI with StarMine Inc.'s high expertise in RPO, we will review recruitment operations that tend to be person-dependent, aiming for both fairness and recruitment quality.
Through this alliance, we will establish a "new standard for recruitment" through human-AI collaboration, realizing a society where everyone can maximize their potential.
*1 About Recruitment AI "Conversational ATS - FairPath" (bgrass)
Recruitment AI "Conversational ATS - FairPath" is a service that supports a series of recruitment operations, from daily tasks like application responses, scheduling, and progress management, to understanding and visualizing selection data.
FairPath undertakes recruitment operations end-to-end, with AI at its core and human follow-up, supporting both the efficiency and fairness of the recruitment process.
* Click here for service details. → https://lp.fair-path.jp/
* Click here to request service materials or consultation. → FairPath Material Request Form
* Please refer to the past releases regarding the service below.
April 14, 2026 / Full-scale AI/DX support centered on fostering FDE talent and conversational AI-ATS "FairPath" ~ Developing new businesses where everyone can fairly challenge~
January 14, 2026 / bgrass Inc. fully enters the AI + RPO domain. "FairPath" beta version launched, achieving both recruitment efficiency and fairness ~ AI + RPO service that undertakes "the entire mechanism" of recruitment operations~
┃Reference Information
About StarMine Inc.
StarMine Inc. is an HR solutions company with the mission of "a dedicated HR partner."
Since its establishment in 2017, it has broadly developed new graduate and mid-career recruitment consulting, RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), organizational development, and branding support. It consistently supports companies' recruitment challenges from strategy formulation to execution. Starting in 2025, it also launched agent services, offering a multifaceted approach.