Haven AI Partners Forms Strategic Partnership with AI Startup Recursive

Haven AI Partners Inc., led by CEO Yudai Yamada, and Recursive Inc., led by Co-Founder & CEO Tiago Ramalho, both based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, have entered a strategic partnership. This alliance aims to accelerate the integration and application of AI within Japanese enterprises. Haven, founded in 2025 with a mission to foster AI-driven value creation in Japan, addresses the challenges faced by over 10,000 small and medium-sized IT companies in the country regarding business succession and growth. Haven's strategy involves a 'buy-and-build' model, acquiring and integrating IT service providers to facilitate their transition to AI-native operations. Recursive specializes in AI solution design and development, holding a technical partnership with OpenAI since 2025 to adapt global AI advancements for the Japanese market. The partnership will leverage Haven's established business foundation and client network, combined with Recursive's cutting-edge AI technology and OpenAI collaboration, to offer comprehensive AI implementation support, from conceptualization to operation, primarily for Japanese SMBs. This initiative seeks to enhance the industrial competitiveness of Japan by transforming IT service and contract development companies into leading technology groups through AI solutions.