Making the effects of AI investment and the state of development organizations a common language for management and the field. Launching new feature "Development Capital Score (Alpha Version)" to measure development capabilities in the AI era with three indicators

Findy Inc. (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Yuichiro Yamada, hereinafter "the Company"), a provider of engineering platforms, today announced the launch of "Development Capital Score (Alpha Version)," a new feature that visualizes the state of development organizations in the AI era on its AI-era development capital platform "Findy Team+" which connects management and development teams. This feature is based on the new concept of "Development Capital in the AI Era" advocated by the Company in May 2026, and visualizes whether AI investment is accumulating as the true strength of the development organization across three axes: Speed, Quality, and Control. The aim is to enable management and development teams to discuss the effects of investment and the state of development organizations based on the same grounds, using these common indicators. A beta version is scheduled for release at the end of September 2026, aiming to improve the validity and measurement accuracy of the indicators, including the visualization of important qualitative indicators.

◆ Background: The Need for a "Common Language" to Bridge the Gap Between Management and Development Teams

In recent years, with the widespread adoption of generative AI and AI agents, AI implementation has accelerated across all development processes, from specification to implementation, review, and verification, leading to a significant increase in output.

However, both management and development teams are facing the following challenges:

Management Challenges

Despite continuous investment in AI, the return on that investment is unclear. It is difficult to make appropriate decisions for AI promotion due to a lack of transparency regarding the organization's actual state.

Field Challenges

While focusing on process improvement, it is difficult to prove that these improvements are accumulating as an enhancement of "organizational strength." The prioritization of improvements is subjective, and there is a lack of objective grounds to explain the validity of investments to management.

To address these challenges, the Company launched the "Development Capital in the AI Era" formulation project in May 2026, redefining development productivity as a management asset directly linked to corporate competitiveness. The new "Development Capital Score (Alpha Version)" feature of "Findy Team+", the first step of this project, quantitatively visualizes the organizational state from three perspectives: Speed, Quality, and Control. It functions as a "common language" for management and the field to engage in dialogue and make rapid decisions based on the same indicators.

Three Perspectives Constituting Development Capital in the AI Era

Perspective

What to Observe

Speed

Are we able to build, release, and learn quickly?

Captures the speed of the change and learning cycle, including not only implementation but also review, CI, deployment, and observation of results.

Quality

Are we progressing without rework?

Captures whether value is being delivered continuously, minimizing rework, rollbacks, incidents, and degradation of maintainability.

Control

Can we predict and control changes?

Captures whether the organization can handle the scope of changes, verification, approval, rollback, and complexity.

◆ Overview of New Feature

In the alpha version, indicators previously visualized in "Findy Team+" (DevOps analysis, cycle time analysis, project investment analysis, etc.) are categorized into the three axes of Speed, Quality, and Control, allowing users to get an overview of the development organization's current status as a score. In addition to organizational-level visualization, detailed situations for each team can also be grasped.

Display Items

Overview

Development Capital Score

Visualizes the current position across the three axes of Speed, Quality, and Control using a radar chart. Allows for an at-a-glance understanding of the organization's strengths and challenges.

Score Trend Graph

Tracks monthly changes. Quantitatively confirms whether AI investments and various improvement actions are accumulating as organizational assets.

Breakdown by Indicator

Dives deeper into the three indicators from the following perspectives. Provides grounds for initiating dialogue with the field based on specific issues:

・Speed

・Speed of building

・Speed of releasing

・Speed of learning

・Quality

・Low rate of rework

・Production quality

・Continuous maintainability

・Control

・Control of structure

・Control of process

・Control of complexity

Team Monitoring List

Compares the three-axis scores of each team across the board. Supports appropriate decision-making on which departments to prioritize resource allocation.

(Image: Development Capital Score (Alpha Version) Dashboard)

Display Items

Overview

Team-based Development Capital Score and Trend Graph

Visualizes the current status and past changes for each team. Understands the team's position within the organization and makes appropriate decisions on which areas to prioritize for improvement.

Indicator Graphs

Lists detailed metrics for each of the three perspectives. Highlights specific issues that can lead to immediate action in the development field, such as "stagnation in reviews" or "high rework rate."

(Image: Visualization screen of team-based Development Capital Score)

◆ Future Development

Future development plans are as follows, aiming for further accuracy improvement and value provision:

Verification through Corporate Collaboration

Confirm the validity of indicators based on actual data and operational realities.

Provision of Beta Version

The beta version, scheduled for announcement by the end of September 2026, will enhance indicator validity and measurement accuracy, including the visualization of important qualitative indicators. Comparison with benchmarks from other companies will also be supported.

Utilization in "Findy Team+ Award" (Scheduled for December 8, 2026)

Visualize and recognize excellent initiatives in development capital.

◆ What is the AI-era Development Capital Platform "Findy Team+" Connecting Management and Development Teams?

"Findy Team+" is an AI-era development capital platform that connects management and development teams. It covers everything from consulting to support for building the foundation for AI utilization to data visualization of development status and return on investment, supporting everything from development site improvements to management decisions.

The Company has been advocating the concept of "Development Capital" since May 2026, viewing software development capabilities in the AI era as a management asset. By combining engineers' "human capital" with "technological capital" such as AI investment, it strengthens the development organization as a "management asset" that supports corporate growth. Currently, it is introduced in approximately 1,400 companies (including trials), from startups to large corporations.

Findy Team+ Official Website: https://jp.findy-team.io/

Findy Team+ Lab (featuring case studies and seminar information): https://jp.findy-team.io/blog/

Download Findy Team+ Service Materials: https://jp.findy-team.io/download/service-document/

Apply for a Free Findy Team+ Demo: https://jp.findy-team.io/download/demo/

◆ About Findy Inc.

Established in 2016, the Company operates under the vision of "Creating a platform for engineers who take on challenges," addressing the issues faced by individuals and organizations in the IT engineer domain. Currently, we offer five services: the IT/Web engineer recruitment service "Findy," the high-skill freelance engineer introduction service "Findy Freelance," the AI-era development capital platform "Findy Team+" that connects management and development teams, the development tool review site "Findy Tools," and the tech conference platform "Findy Conference." The cumulative number of registered users across our services is approximately 290,000, and they are used by approximately 5,400 companies, from startups to large corporations, both domestically and internationally. (※)

Furthermore, based on our founding principle of "Reclaiming Japan as a Technological Nation," we expanded into India in 2024 and are currently deploying "Findy Team+" in South Korea and Taiwan. Our goal is to increase software development-driven innovation originating from Japan, which is the source of corporate growth, and to foster as many Japanese IT companies as possible that are competitive in the global market, starting with our own aspiration to become a globally competitive company.

Company Name: Findy Inc.

Location: 5F, Art Village Osaki Central Tower, 1-2-2 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

Representative: Yuichiro Yamada, Representative Director

Corporate Website: https://findy.co.jp/

(※) This is the cumulative number of companies and registered users across the five services: Findy Recruitment, Findy Freelance, Findy Team+, Findy Tools, and Findy Conference. If one company or individual is registered for multiple services, they are counted multiple times according to the number of services they are registered for, and this also includes companies that have introduced Findy Team+ on a trial basis.