Comix Inc. Expands Generative AI Support to Over 30 Companies Across Construction, Healthcare, and Manufacturing Sectors
Comix Inc. announced that over 30 companies have adopted its 'Generative AI Support Service.' The service helps SMEs in industries facing severe labor shortages, such as construction and healthcare, achieve low-cost business efficiency using Google Workspace and Gemini API.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often hesitate to introduce generative AI due to reasons such as 'lack of IT talent' or 'AI doesn't fit our business.' On the other hand, in fields such as construction, manufacturing, and healthcare/welfare, the use of generative AI for automating routine tasks and eliminating reliance on specific individuals is rapidly progressing against the backdrop of serious labor shortages.
Comix Inc. (Headquarters: Maruyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Akihiro Suzuki) is pleased to announce that the number of companies using its 'Generative AI Support Service' has exceeded 30, and business utilization is progressing in a wide variety of industries.
■ Background and Challenges
Currently, Japanese SMEs are facing serious labor shortages. According to a survey as of October 2025, 51.6% of companies feel a shortage of full-time employees, exceeding half for the fourth consecutive year. In the construction industry, the figure is extremely high at 72.4%, and the job-to-applicant ratio is also high at over 5 times, about 4 times the average for all industries, making securing human resources a structural challenge. Similarly, many companies in the manufacturing, medical, and welfare fields cite labor shortages as a management issue.
In this situation, generative AI is attracting attention as a trump card for business efficiency. Although 55.2% of all Japanese companies use generative AI in some form of business, the adoption rate among SMEs with fewer than 300 employees remains at around 10%, creating a large 'AI gap' with large corporations.
Many SME owners believe that 'it cannot be used in our industry' or 'it is impossible without someone knowledgeable about IT,' as reported cases of generative AI implementation are centered on large corporations and IT companies. However, what is important is not specialized knowledge of AI, but an inventory of 'which tasks are taking time.' As long as the business challenges are clear, AI application is independent of the industry.
■ Details of Services
1) Publication of Industry-Specific Implementation Examples
In our support track record, the business use of generative AI has been realized at sites in all industries, such as construction companies, accounting firms, and welfare facilities where IT personnel are absent.
- Construction Industry: Efficient site management by automatically reading PDF schedules and estimates (utilizing GAS and Gemini API).
- Residential Construction Industry: Achieving cross-departmental business automation from the analysis of design drawings to the company-wide introduction of Claude Code.
- Accounting and Tax Accountant Offices: Developed a simulator that inputs the experience and skills of certified public accountants and presents the optimal career path.
- Medical and Social Welfare Corporations: Streamlining indirect operations such as document preparation and information organization, and building a system that utilizes the existing Google Workspace environment.
- Manufacturing and Logistics: Utilizing AI for organizing order data and analyzing data related to delivery schedules and warehouse management.
2) Acceptance of Consultations for 'Generative AI Support Pack'
Based on our track record of implementation in multiple industries, we are accepting consultations for the 'Generative AI Support Pack' for SMEs. Support is designed on the premise that it can be introduced and operated even by companies without dedicated IT personnel, based on the following three pillars:
- Environment Construction: Adding low-cost AI functions without introducing new systems through a configuration of Google Workspace + GAS + Gemini API.
- Guideline Formulation: Conducting a business inventory survey to determine the priority of AI utilization from the challenges of all staff.
- Retention Training: Regular meetings (bi-weekly to once a month) where exclusive instructors accompany, providing hands-on training for staff and lectures on how to use AI.
■ Features and Strengths
- Support design starting from business inventory: Applicable to any industry because it starts from business challenges, not industry knowledge.
- Low-cost configuration utilizing existing environment: The monthly API cost is about several hundred yen, a cost structure that can be operated continuously even by SMEs.
- Accompanying support by exclusive instructors: Aiming for a 'state where the company can run on its own even after the support ends,' not just tool development and improvement.
- Subsidy utilization support: Supporting from the planning application to the receipt of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's 'Human Resource Development Support Subsidy,' reducing the hurdle for introduction.
■ Targeted Users and Use Cases
Targeted Users
- Management of SMEs: Those who want to obtain a reliable return on investment at a low cost to resolve labor shortages and excessive workloads.
- Field managers (construction management, factory managers, facility managers, etc.): Those who want to streamline routine tasks such as document preparation, data entry, and schedule management.
- Administrative departments: Those who want to improve the business processes of the entire company and increase productivity even in the absence of IT personnel.
Examples of Use Cases
- Indirect operations: Automatic reading and transcription of forms arriving in paper or PDF, automation of internal inquiry response, creation of minutes.
- Field operations: Analysis of drawings and specialized documents, automatic summarization of Q&A content occurring at the site, and accumulation of knowledge.
- Organizational strength enhancement: Staff themselves using AI
Comix Inc. (Headquarters: Maruyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Akihiro Suzuki) is pleased to announce that the number of companies using its 'Generative AI Support Service' has exceeded 30, and business utilization is progressing in a wide variety of industries.
■ Background and Challenges
Currently, Japanese SMEs are facing serious labor shortages. According to a survey as of October 2025, 51.6% of companies feel a shortage of full-time employees, exceeding half for the fourth consecutive year. In the construction industry, the figure is extremely high at 72.4%, and the job-to-applicant ratio is also high at over 5 times, about 4 times the average for all industries, making securing human resources a structural challenge. Similarly, many companies in the manufacturing, medical, and welfare fields cite labor shortages as a management issue.
In this situation, generative AI is attracting attention as a trump card for business efficiency. Although 55.2% of all Japanese companies use generative AI in some form of business, the adoption rate among SMEs with fewer than 300 employees remains at around 10%, creating a large 'AI gap' with large corporations.
Many SME owners believe that 'it cannot be used in our industry' or 'it is impossible without someone knowledgeable about IT,' as reported cases of generative AI implementation are centered on large corporations and IT companies. However, what is important is not specialized knowledge of AI, but an inventory of 'which tasks are taking time.' As long as the business challenges are clear, AI application is independent of the industry.
■ Details of Services
1) Publication of Industry-Specific Implementation Examples
In our support track record, the business use of generative AI has been realized at sites in all industries, such as construction companies, accounting firms, and welfare facilities where IT personnel are absent.
- Construction Industry: Efficient site management by automatically reading PDF schedules and estimates (utilizing GAS and Gemini API).
- Residential Construction Industry: Achieving cross-departmental business automation from the analysis of design drawings to the company-wide introduction of Claude Code.
- Accounting and Tax Accountant Offices: Developed a simulator that inputs the experience and skills of certified public accountants and presents the optimal career path.
- Medical and Social Welfare Corporations: Streamlining indirect operations such as document preparation and information organization, and building a system that utilizes the existing Google Workspace environment.
- Manufacturing and Logistics: Utilizing AI for organizing order data and analyzing data related to delivery schedules and warehouse management.
2) Acceptance of Consultations for 'Generative AI Support Pack'
Based on our track record of implementation in multiple industries, we are accepting consultations for the 'Generative AI Support Pack' for SMEs. Support is designed on the premise that it can be introduced and operated even by companies without dedicated IT personnel, based on the following three pillars:
- Environment Construction: Adding low-cost AI functions without introducing new systems through a configuration of Google Workspace + GAS + Gemini API.
- Guideline Formulation: Conducting a business inventory survey to determine the priority of AI utilization from the challenges of all staff.
- Retention Training: Regular meetings (bi-weekly to once a month) where exclusive instructors accompany, providing hands-on training for staff and lectures on how to use AI.
■ Features and Strengths
- Support design starting from business inventory: Applicable to any industry because it starts from business challenges, not industry knowledge.
- Low-cost configuration utilizing existing environment: The monthly API cost is about several hundred yen, a cost structure that can be operated continuously even by SMEs.
- Accompanying support by exclusive instructors: Aiming for a 'state where the company can run on its own even after the support ends,' not just tool development and improvement.
- Subsidy utilization support: Supporting from the planning application to the receipt of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's 'Human Resource Development Support Subsidy,' reducing the hurdle for introduction.
■ Targeted Users and Use Cases
Targeted Users
- Management of SMEs: Those who want to obtain a reliable return on investment at a low cost to resolve labor shortages and excessive workloads.
- Field managers (construction management, factory managers, facility managers, etc.): Those who want to streamline routine tasks such as document preparation, data entry, and schedule management.
- Administrative departments: Those who want to improve the business processes of the entire company and increase productivity even in the absence of IT personnel.
Examples of Use Cases
- Indirect operations: Automatic reading and transcription of forms arriving in paper or PDF, automation of internal inquiry response, creation of minutes.
- Field operations: Analysis of drawings and specialized documents, automatic summarization of Q&A content occurring at the site, and accumulation of knowledge.
- Organizational strength enhancement: Staff themselves using AI