Global Brain Invests in Pictoria Inc., Developing AI-Powered IP Creation Business
Canon MJ MIRAI Fund, operated by Global Brain, has invested in Pictoria Inc., which specializes in AI-powered IP creation. Pictoria provides end-to-end services from AI character personality design to operation, helping businesses resolve labor shortages and enhance customer engagement. The investment recognizes Pictoria's strong IP worldview reproducibility and engagement generation capabilities.
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Global Brain Corporation (hereinafter, Global Brain), operating the Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund (hereinafter, Canon MJ MIRAI Fund), is pleased to announce its investment in Pictoria Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo / hereinafter, Pictoria), which develops AI-powered IP creation businesses.
Under the mission of "Creating a future to root for," Pictoria aims to realize a world where AI characters with unique personalities can act freely. The company consistently provides processes such as AI character personality design, voice synthesis, character design, and operation. Since the release of the AITuber 'Tsumugi Nen' in 2020, the company has accumulated practical conversational data and operational know-how obtained from many fans through live streaming and other activities. Leveraging this expertise, they also offer content for corporate clients that supports the improvement of user experience and engagement through interactive communication.
The company's AI characters are being widely adopted in various scenarios and industries, including customer service and guidance in stores, online promotions, and inbound customer support. They are utilized for solving diverse corporate challenges, such as alleviating severe labor shortages, supplementing specialized skills like advanced product knowledge and multilingual support, and collecting honest customer feedback that is easier to elicit from non-human entities, leading to the creation of new added value.
Global Brain highly evaluated Pictoria's engagement generation capability, which encourages spontaneous user communication, and its high reproducibility in faithfully preserving the worldview of IP, leading to this investment decision. Through this investment, Global Brain will actively support Pictoria's goal of "realizing a society that delivers interactive experiences to people," while promoting the utilization of Pictoria's AI characters by more companies and IP holders.
### About Pictoria
- Company Name: Pictoria Inc.
- Location: 4th Floor, Dai-35 Kowa Building, 1-14-14 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Representative: Hayato Aketo
- Establishment Date: December 2017
- Business Activities: Planning, development, and operation of AI characters
- URL: https://www.pictoria.co.jp/
### About Canon MJ MIRAI Fund
- Registered Name: Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Investment Limited Partnership
- Unlimited Liability Partner: Global Brain Corporation
### About Global Brain
- Company Name: Global Brain Corporation
- Location: 2-17-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- Representative: Representative Director and President, Yasuhiko Yurimoto
- Establishment Date: January 1998
- Business Activities: Venture Capital Business
- URL: https://globalbrains.com
Under the mission of "Creating a future to root for," Pictoria aims to realize a world where AI characters with unique personalities can act freely. The company consistently provides processes such as AI character personality design, voice synthesis, character design, and operation. Since the release of the AITuber 'Tsumugi Nen' in 2020, the company has accumulated practical conversational data and operational know-how obtained from many fans through live streaming and other activities. Leveraging this expertise, they also offer content for corporate clients that supports the improvement of user experience and engagement through interactive communication.
The company's AI characters are being widely adopted in various scenarios and industries, including customer service and guidance in stores, online promotions, and inbound customer support. They are utilized for solving diverse corporate challenges, such as alleviating severe labor shortages, supplementing specialized skills like advanced product knowledge and multilingual support, and collecting honest customer feedback that is easier to elicit from non-human entities, leading to the creation of new added value.
Global Brain highly evaluated Pictoria's engagement generation capability, which encourages spontaneous user communication, and its high reproducibility in faithfully preserving the worldview of IP, leading to this investment decision. Through this investment, Global Brain will actively support Pictoria's goal of "realizing a society that delivers interactive experiences to people," while promoting the utilization of Pictoria's AI characters by more companies and IP holders.
### About Pictoria
- Company Name: Pictoria Inc.
- Location: 4th Floor, Dai-35 Kowa Building, 1-14-14 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Representative: Hayato Aketo
- Establishment Date: December 2017
- Business Activities: Planning, development, and operation of AI characters
- URL: https://www.pictoria.co.jp/
### About Canon MJ MIRAI Fund
- Registered Name: Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Investment Limited Partnership
- Unlimited Liability Partner: Global Brain Corporation
### About Global Brain
- Company Name: Global Brain Corporation
- Location: 2-17-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- Representative: Representative Director and President, Yasuhiko Yurimoto
- Establishment Date: January 1998
- Business Activities: Venture Capital Business
- URL: https://globalbrains.com