[April Dream] Solving Japan's Challenges of Declining Birthrate and Population Decline with AI and Productivity Improvement - Ragate Inc.'s Dream

Our Dream: Building a Japan that defies the declining birthrate with AI x Productivity Improvement

Japan's population is projected to shrink to approximately 87 million by 2070. A decrease in the workforce would seemingly lead to a contraction of the economy.

However, we have a different answer. Even if the population decreases to 80% of its current size, if per capita productivity increases by 1.5 times, the overall GDP will expand.

Ragate's dream is to dramatically boost the productivity of companies across Japan by correctly utilizing AI, thereby overcoming the structural challenges of a declining birthrate and population decline.

Building Japan's Future While Selling Pickaxes

Since our founding in 2017, with the mission of 'democratizing cutting-edge technology,' we have steadily built up a track record, one by one, since an era when many companies were still unaware of cloud technology and serverless architecture.

Now that AI has rapidly spread, it is often compared to a 'gold rush.' Ragate certainly sells pickaxes: supporting the construction of technical infrastructure centered on AWS, formulating AI utilization strategies, and system development.

However, what we have aimed for is not just to sell pickaxes. We work together with clients to figure out where to dig for gold, demonstrate the business value that will be created after excavation as ROI, and continue to support clients' businesses to succeed even after striking gold. That is Ragate's approach.

Productivity over Scale. An Era Where SMBs Can Beat Big Companies

Until now, in the SI and consulting markets, company size and number of employees were absolute competitive advantages. No matter how much small and medium-sized businesses honed their technical skills, they could not overcome the wall of sheer volume.

But now, that structure is changing.

In organizations that have truly cultivated productivity improvement through AI as a capability, a world where a team of 10 people can achieve results equivalent to 100 people is becoming a reality.

If that happens, opportunities will arise for SMBs to directly compete with large corporations. Ragate's goal is to deliver that 'how to ride' to companies across Japan. Instead of selling the illusion that AI can solve everything, we design, implement, and establish truly meaningful technology utilization starting from the client's management challenges.

Towards Japan's No.1 Technology Partner

In fiscal year 2022, Ragate received the 'Rising Star Partner of the Year – Japan' award at the AWS Partner Summit.