Pictoria Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; Hayato Aketori, Representative Director & CEO; hereinafter "Pictoria"), a company that creates IP through technology centered on AI characters, is pleased to announce its selection for "Menu 6: Development Platform Construction Support" under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's (METI) FY2025 Supplementary Content Industry Growth Investment Support Project "IP360 -Toward 20 Trillion Yen-".
URL for METI's selection results: https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/mono_info_service/contents/2026/saitaku/list.html
▷About the Selected Project
"IP360 -Toward 20 Trillion Yen-" aims to promote the overseas expansion and revenue maximization of Japanese content. "Menu 6: Development Platform Construction Support," for which Pictoria was selected, supports the construction of development platforms that utilize advanced technologies such as AI, XR, and blockchain to contribute to the high quality, innovative production, and improved productivity of content.
Through this support project, Pictoria will build a development platform that enables everything from the creation of AI characters to their autonomous operation. By combining Pictoria's cultivated AI dialogue infrastructure, memory and personalization functions utilizing conversation logs, synthesized voice technology specialized for character expression, and operational functions supporting autonomous distribution, we will advance the construction of a system where AI characters can naturally interact with users and continuously develop content.
▷Comment from Hayato Aketori, Representative Director & CEO of Pictoria Inc.
We are extremely pleased that our "AI Character Development Platform" has been selected for METI's "IP360 -Toward 20 Trillion Yen-".
Through the development and operation of AI characters, including the AI VTuber "Tsumugi Nen," Pictoria has been exploring the potential for AI not only to respond according to a script but also to think, converse, stream, and deepen relationships with fans on its own.
We believe that AI characters have the potential to expand not only how content is created but also how IP itself operates. If characters can act continuously, remember individual users, and communicate with voice and emotion, new development opportunities will arise even for IP that has not been fully utilized until now.
Through this selection, we will accelerate the creation of a foundation for the continuous development and operation of AI characters. We will establish an environment where IP holders and creators can deploy characters at a lower cost and on a continuous basis, and implement new entertainment experiences driven by AI characters from Japan into society.
About Pictoria Inc.
KEY FIGURES
Pictoria Inc., with its mission "Creating a Future to Root For," creates IP through technology centered on AI.
We will globally disseminate our VTuber-related business since our founding, our AI character business utilizing the latest AI technology, and our self-developed and jointly developed IP businesses.
Company Overview
・Company Name: Pictoria Inc.
・Location: Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
・Representative: Hayato Aketori, Representative Director & CEO
・Year Founded: December 2017
・Official Website: https://pictoria.co.jp/
・Official X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/Pictoria_Inc
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- Source: PR TIMES
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