Bakuraku Business Card Launches 'AI Token Advisor' to Visualize AI Service Usage and Costs
LayerX Inc. has launched 'AI Token Advisor,' a new feature for its 'Bakuraku Business Card.' It helps companies visualize their AI service usage and costs to support proper expense management.
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LayerX Inc. (HQ: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yoshinori Fukushima; hereinafter 'LayerX') has launched 'AI Token Advisor' for its 'Bakuraku Business Card' to support the management of AI service usage and costs.
https://bakuraku.jp/card/
The use of AI is expanding into various corporate operations, including information organization, development support, and business automation. As AI services diversify, their use is spreading from individual departments and employees to a company-wide business infrastructure.
According to the 'Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide 2026V1' released by IDC Japan in March 2026, the domestic AI market spending is projected to grow 2.9 times from 2.3725 trillion yen in 2025 to 6.8897 trillion yen in 2029. As AI adoption in companies expands, the importance of properly tracking and managing AI-related expenditures is increasing. *
However, the more AI is utilized, the more complex expenditure management becomes for companies. AI services tend to spread on a departmental or individual basis, and it's an area where the use of multiple services and fluctuating costs based on usage are common. This makes it difficult to grasp 'who is using which tool to what extent' from billing amounts alone, and to judge the cost impact from usage data alone.
Against this backdrop, 'Bakuraku Business Card' will offer the 'AI Token Advisor' to support not only payment management for AI services but also the understanding of actual usage. By allowing payment information and usage status to be checked together, we support the creation of an environment where companies can promote AI utilization while properly grasping costs, without having to stop it.
*Source: IDC Japan, 'Domestic AI Market to Grow About 3-fold in the Next 4 Years: Domestic AI Market Spending to Approach 7 Trillion Yen in 2029' (March 18, 2026)
'AI Token Advisor' Feature Overview
'AI Token Advisor' supports the understanding of AI service usage and cost management.
This feature allows you to check AI service usage by user, tool, and model. You can also view the usage fees for multiple AI tools on a single screen and search by conditions such as year/month, user, and tool. It also supports CSV output for internal analysis and confirmation as needed.
In AI utilization, it is important not only to control costs but also to check whether sufficient results are being obtained for the expenditure and to connect this to the selection of appropriate tools and models. As a first step, 'AI Token Advisor' visualizes AI service usage and costs, creating a state where companies can easily grasp the status of their AI utilization.
In the future, based on the visualized usage and cost data, we aim to expand the functionality to allow companies to grasp fluctuations and trends in usage fees, check the cost-effectiveness of their AI utilization, and review their choice of tools and models according to their needs.
'AI Token Advisor' will be offered sequentially to customers using 'Bakuraku Business Card' upon application.
Apply First
Expansion of AI-related Expenditures as Seen in 'Bakuraku Business Card' Usage Data
Payments for AI services on 'Bakuraku Business Card' increased approximately 205-fold from Q2 2023 to Q1 2026. As AI utilization expands organizationally, it becomes increasingly important to grasp not only the total expenditure but also the services being used, the users, the purposes, and the background of cost fluctuations.
*Index with Q2 2023 target AI service payment amount as 1. Compiled based on 'Bakuraku Business Card' payment data.
LayerX believes that with the expansion of AI utilization in companies, it will become increasingly important to not just manage AI-related expenditures, but also to understand what results are being obtained for that spending. We will continue to support the creation of an environment where companies can promote AI utilization while properly grasping costs, without having to stop it.
AI Token Advisor Application
What is Bakuraku Business Card?
It is a corporate AI business card that makes work before and after use easier. It automates statement reconciliation and journalizing, and also streamlines internal controls and evidence management. By reducing petty cash and smoothing the payment-to-expense-reimbursement flow, it makes life easier not only for accounting staff but for all employees. With same-day additional issuance, a credit limit実績 of over 500 million yen, and the ability to specify amounts for each card, you can use it with peace of mind.
https://bakuraku.jp/card/
What is Bakuraku?
Bakuraku is a suite of tools for approvals, expense reimbursement, corporate cards, invoice reception, invoice issuance, time and attendance management, payroll calculation, and more.
https://bakuraku.jp/card/
The use of AI is expanding into various corporate operations, including information organization, development support, and business automation. As AI services diversify, their use is spreading from individual departments and employees to a company-wide business infrastructure.
According to the 'Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide 2026V1' released by IDC Japan in March 2026, the domestic AI market spending is projected to grow 2.9 times from 2.3725 trillion yen in 2025 to 6.8897 trillion yen in 2029. As AI adoption in companies expands, the importance of properly tracking and managing AI-related expenditures is increasing. *
However, the more AI is utilized, the more complex expenditure management becomes for companies. AI services tend to spread on a departmental or individual basis, and it's an area where the use of multiple services and fluctuating costs based on usage are common. This makes it difficult to grasp 'who is using which tool to what extent' from billing amounts alone, and to judge the cost impact from usage data alone.
Against this backdrop, 'Bakuraku Business Card' will offer the 'AI Token Advisor' to support not only payment management for AI services but also the understanding of actual usage. By allowing payment information and usage status to be checked together, we support the creation of an environment where companies can promote AI utilization while properly grasping costs, without having to stop it.
*Source: IDC Japan, 'Domestic AI Market to Grow About 3-fold in the Next 4 Years: Domestic AI Market Spending to Approach 7 Trillion Yen in 2029' (March 18, 2026)
'AI Token Advisor' Feature Overview
'AI Token Advisor' supports the understanding of AI service usage and cost management.
This feature allows you to check AI service usage by user, tool, and model. You can also view the usage fees for multiple AI tools on a single screen and search by conditions such as year/month, user, and tool. It also supports CSV output for internal analysis and confirmation as needed.
In AI utilization, it is important not only to control costs but also to check whether sufficient results are being obtained for the expenditure and to connect this to the selection of appropriate tools and models. As a first step, 'AI Token Advisor' visualizes AI service usage and costs, creating a state where companies can easily grasp the status of their AI utilization.
In the future, based on the visualized usage and cost data, we aim to expand the functionality to allow companies to grasp fluctuations and trends in usage fees, check the cost-effectiveness of their AI utilization, and review their choice of tools and models according to their needs.
'AI Token Advisor' will be offered sequentially to customers using 'Bakuraku Business Card' upon application.
Apply First
Expansion of AI-related Expenditures as Seen in 'Bakuraku Business Card' Usage Data
Payments for AI services on 'Bakuraku Business Card' increased approximately 205-fold from Q2 2023 to Q1 2026. As AI utilization expands organizationally, it becomes increasingly important to grasp not only the total expenditure but also the services being used, the users, the purposes, and the background of cost fluctuations.
*Index with Q2 2023 target AI service payment amount as 1. Compiled based on 'Bakuraku Business Card' payment data.
LayerX believes that with the expansion of AI utilization in companies, it will become increasingly important to not just manage AI-related expenditures, but also to understand what results are being obtained for that spending. We will continue to support the creation of an environment where companies can promote AI utilization while properly grasping costs, without having to stop it.
AI Token Advisor Application
What is Bakuraku Business Card?
It is a corporate AI business card that makes work before and after use easier. It automates statement reconciliation and journalizing, and also streamlines internal controls and evidence management. By reducing petty cash and smoothing the payment-to-expense-reimbursement flow, it makes life easier not only for accounting staff but for all employees. With same-day additional issuance, a credit limit実績 of over 500 million yen, and the ability to specify amounts for each card, you can use it with peace of mind.
https://bakuraku.jp/card/
What is Bakuraku?
Bakuraku is a suite of tools for approvals, expense reimbursement, corporate cards, invoice reception, invoice issuance, time and attendance management, payroll calculation, and more.