Alpaca.Lab Inc. Changes Company Name to 'AIRCLE Inc.'
Alpaca.Lab Inc., operator of the designated driver dispatch platform 'AIRCLE', announced it will change its name to 'AIRCLE Inc.' on April 2, 2026, renewing its mission to resolve structural issues in the designated driving industry.
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Alpaca.Lab Inc. (Location: 1111-1 Minami-Uehara, Nakagusuku-son, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa; CEO: Ikuma Tanahara), which operates the designated driver dispatch platform 'AIRCLE', announces that it will change its company name to AIRCLE Inc., effective April 2, 2026.
Background and Purpose
Since our founding, we have been tackling social issues under the mission of 'Establishing standards for problem-solving from Okinawa, a prefecture with advanced challenges.' However, as we advanced our business, we came to a profound realization: the designated driving industry itself is a social issue fraught with structural complexities. Transforming the entire industry requires a level of difficulty akin to redesigning a social system, going far beyond mere service improvement.
The environment surrounding the drivers who support mobility is deeply entrenched with structural distortions—namely 'inefficiency, uncertainty, and unfairness'—which are issues that cannot be resolved through individual effort alone. The burden of these distortions is currently concentrated on the drivers who form the backbone of the service.
That is precisely why we have made it our mission to tackle these structural distortions head-on. To demonstrate our resolve, we made the decision to 'select and concentrate', clarifying the core of our business and changing our company name to match our service name.
Renewal of Vision and Mission, and a New Promise
In conjunction with the name change, we have redefined our VISION and MISSION.
VISION: A society where drivers are freed from structural distortions and can handle their work and lives more freely.
The inefficiency, uncertainty, and unfairness surrounding the drivers who support mobility are social issues born from structural distortions that cannot be overcome by individual effort.
- Enabling efficient working styles through platformization.
- Ensuring that efforts are fairly evaluated and recorded as achievements.
- Allowing individuals to choose working styles that suit them, regardless of employment type.
We aim for a society where all drivers can handle their own working styles and lives more freely.
Background and Purpose
Since our founding, we have been tackling social issues under the mission of 'Establishing standards for problem-solving from Okinawa, a prefecture with advanced challenges.' However, as we advanced our business, we came to a profound realization: the designated driving industry itself is a social issue fraught with structural complexities. Transforming the entire industry requires a level of difficulty akin to redesigning a social system, going far beyond mere service improvement.
The environment surrounding the drivers who support mobility is deeply entrenched with structural distortions—namely 'inefficiency, uncertainty, and unfairness'—which are issues that cannot be resolved through individual effort alone. The burden of these distortions is currently concentrated on the drivers who form the backbone of the service.
That is precisely why we have made it our mission to tackle these structural distortions head-on. To demonstrate our resolve, we made the decision to 'select and concentrate', clarifying the core of our business and changing our company name to match our service name.
Renewal of Vision and Mission, and a New Promise
In conjunction with the name change, we have redefined our VISION and MISSION.
VISION: A society where drivers are freed from structural distortions and can handle their work and lives more freely.
The inefficiency, uncertainty, and unfairness surrounding the drivers who support mobility are social issues born from structural distortions that cannot be overcome by individual effort.
- Enabling efficient working styles through platformization.
- Ensuring that efforts are fairly evaluated and recorded as achievements.
- Allowing individuals to choose working styles that suit them, regardless of employment type.
We aim for a society where all drivers can handle their own working styles and lives more freely.