PUENTE Shifts to Comprehensive AI Consulting for Integrating Real-Time Collaborative AI into Business Operations

PUENTE Inc. (Head office: Tokorozawa, Saitama; President and CEO: Kazuo Hoshina) has decided to shift its business policy as of May 12, 2026, to become a comprehensive AI consultancy that integrates real-time collaborative AI into business operations. The company will establish a new position focused on designing and implementing collaborative AI that works alongside business processes based on multimodal AI, and will redesign its three core pillars as AI agent development, SaaS-based new business development, and MCP server development. The new direction will be reflected gradually in new consultations and new projects. The axis of AI evolution is clearly shifting from the previous focus on increasing intelligence, or improving IQ, toward increasing the density of collaboration with humans. As multimodal AI, which handles images, audio, and text simultaneously, becomes commoditized, leading companies are moving toward interaction models that do not process listening, seeing, speaking, thinking, and acting sequentially, but instead carry them out in parallel. PUENTE sees this trend as the rise of AI that accompanies humans in their work. Based on multimodal AI, the company will provide comprehensive AI consulting services for designing, implementing, and operationally integrating collaborative AI that works alongside corporate business processes. PUENTE’s three axes of value are as follows. First, AI that sees, hears, and senses context. Multimodal AI will be embedded into business operations to understand screens, audio, and situations simultaneously, intervening at the necessary moment. Second, business integration through MCP. Starting from Puente MCP Hub (puentemcp.com), AI will be able to directly operate internal systems, public APIs, and SaaS. Third, automated AI agent implementation with human-review quality assurance. Multi-agent systems using Claude, Codex, and Gemini will rapidly design and implement AI agents, while the development team ensures quality through human review. PUENTE has redesigned its former three pillars of AI offshore development, SaaS-based new business development, and MCP server development into the new pillars of AI agent development, SaaS-based new business development, and MCP server development. PUENTE’s essential value is to design and implement AI agents and embed them into business operations. The company will compete not on cost advantage, but on its comprehensive capabilities in AI agent development. Existing services will also evolve. Puente MCP Hub, covering legal, tax, and labor AI, will evolve into a service delivered through a real-time collaborative UI. Puente Micro SaaS Store, a platform for launching SaaS in one day, will add a collaborative AI layer that understands screens, audio, and context. Subsidy AI, which has 40 registered companies and 151 registered subsidies, will evolve into collaborative diagnostics that detect application mistakes and intervene immediately. KEN→RINGO, a six-language AI language coach, will evolve into a collaborative coach that detects pronunciation, facial expressions, and hesitation. M&A Portal, which supports AI financial analysis and due diligence for small and medium-sized enterprises, will evolve into a collaborative M&A portal that senses situations and intervenes. For existing customers and partners, ongoing projects will continue under the existing quality standards and structure. The new positioning will be reflected gradually in new consultations and new projects. Questions and consultation requests should be submitted through the company’s inquiry channel. Kazuo Hoshina, President and CEO and Senior AI Engineer, commented: “The turning point where AI evolves from ‘AI that answers questions’ to ‘AI that works alongside business operations’ is happening right now. PUENTE aims to capture this trend and become a bridge to the AI agent era as a comprehensive AI consultancy that designs and implements AI agents working alongside your company’s operations.” Company overview: PUENTE Inc.; Representative: Kazuo Hoshina, President and CEO; Address: Art Base A-202, 2-2951-44 Higashisayamagoka, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-1106, Japan. Business areas include comprehensive AI consulting for integrating real-time collaborative AI into business operations, AI agent development, SaaS-based new business development, and MCP server development. Website: https://www.puentework.com.