ZENKIGEN Signs OEM Business Alliance Agreement with Link and Motivation
AI tech company ZENKIGEN has signed an OEM business alliance agreement with organizational and HR consulting firm Link and Motivation. This deepens their capital and business alliance from February 2026, aiming to create a seamless service from recruitment to organizational development.
📋 Article Processing Timeline
- 📰 Published: May 14, 2026 at 21:00
- 🔍 Collected: May 14, 2026 at 12:32
- 🤖 AI Analyzed: May 14, 2026 at 14:32 (1h 59m after Collected)
ZENKIGEN Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Hibiki Nozawa; hereinafter ZENKIGEN), an AI tech company, announces that it has signed an OEM business alliance agreement with Link and Motivation Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Chairman and CEO: Yoshio Ozasa; hereinafter Link and Motivation).
This agreement marks a move into a more concrete business co-creation phase, originating from the capital and business alliance agreement signed by both companies in February 2026.
■ Overview
ZENKIGEN, with its core recruitment DX service "harutaka" implemented by over 1,000 companies and holding over 15 million interview data points, has been working to achieve fair, data-driven selection processes by providing reference information that supports human decision-making, utilizing its proprietary AI models, generative AI, and LLMs.
As a pioneer in organizational and HR consulting, Link and Motivation has realized many corporate transformations. Furthermore, by developing "Motivation Cloud," which has one of the largest databases in Japan, it now comprehensively supports corporate human capital management through both consulting and cloud services.
Since their capital and business alliance in February 2026, both companies have engaged in close dialogue at each layer of sales collaboration and product design. They are advancing their collaboration while respecting each other's expertise and culture under the common vision of "providing seamless support from recruitment to organizational development." This OEM business alliance agreement is positioned as an important milestone built on this relationship of trust.
They will continue to build a good long-term relationship as strategic partners and work together to create new value.
■ Future Outlook
Together with its valued partners who share the same aspirations, ZENKIGEN will contribute to the creation of a society where people and companies can reach their full potential by providing optimized recruitment experiences to more applicants and companies.
■ Company Overviews
Link and Motivation Inc.
Representative: Chairman and CEO, Yoshio Ozasa
Location: 15F, Kabukiza Tower, 4-12-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Capital: 1,380.61 million JPY
Securities Code: 2170 (Tokyo Stock Exchange, Prime Market)
Founded: April 2000
Business Content:
・Organizational Development Division (Consulting & Cloud Business, IR Support Business)
・Individual Development Division (Career School Business, Cram School Business)
・Matching Division (ALT Placement Business, Recruiting Business)
・Venture Incubation
URL: https://www.lmi.ne.jp/
ZENKIGEN Inc.
Representative: Hibiki Nozawa
Location: 21F, Shiroyama Trust Tower, 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Established: October 2017
Business Content:
・Planning and development of the recruitment DX service "harutaka"
・Operation of the joint research institution "ZENKIGEN Lab" with partners
URL: https://zenkigen.co.jp/
■ About ZENKIGEN Inc.
Founded in October 2017 with the vision of "contributing to the creation of a society where people and companies can reach their full potential through technology." As an AI tech company, it provides the recruitment DX service "harutaka," which optimizes the entire recruitment process by utilizing proprietary AI models, generative AI, and LLMs. It offers a total solution from recruitment strategy planning to review, with an implementation record of over 1,000 companies and approximately 15 million video data points (as of May 2025). Through joint research with Professor Yasuhiro Hattori of Kobe University, a pioneer in "recruitment studies," it is also working on fundamental HR DX by combining quantitative and qualitative data in interviews.
This agreement marks a move into a more concrete business co-creation phase, originating from the capital and business alliance agreement signed by both companies in February 2026.
■ Overview
ZENKIGEN, with its core recruitment DX service "harutaka" implemented by over 1,000 companies and holding over 15 million interview data points, has been working to achieve fair, data-driven selection processes by providing reference information that supports human decision-making, utilizing its proprietary AI models, generative AI, and LLMs.
As a pioneer in organizational and HR consulting, Link and Motivation has realized many corporate transformations. Furthermore, by developing "Motivation Cloud," which has one of the largest databases in Japan, it now comprehensively supports corporate human capital management through both consulting and cloud services.
Since their capital and business alliance in February 2026, both companies have engaged in close dialogue at each layer of sales collaboration and product design. They are advancing their collaboration while respecting each other's expertise and culture under the common vision of "providing seamless support from recruitment to organizational development." This OEM business alliance agreement is positioned as an important milestone built on this relationship of trust.
They will continue to build a good long-term relationship as strategic partners and work together to create new value.
■ Future Outlook
Together with its valued partners who share the same aspirations, ZENKIGEN will contribute to the creation of a society where people and companies can reach their full potential by providing optimized recruitment experiences to more applicants and companies.
■ Company Overviews
Link and Motivation Inc.
Representative: Chairman and CEO, Yoshio Ozasa
Location: 15F, Kabukiza Tower, 4-12-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Capital: 1,380.61 million JPY
Securities Code: 2170 (Tokyo Stock Exchange, Prime Market)
Founded: April 2000
Business Content:
・Organizational Development Division (Consulting & Cloud Business, IR Support Business)
・Individual Development Division (Career School Business, Cram School Business)
・Matching Division (ALT Placement Business, Recruiting Business)
・Venture Incubation
URL: https://www.lmi.ne.jp/
ZENKIGEN Inc.
Representative: Hibiki Nozawa
Location: 21F, Shiroyama Trust Tower, 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Established: October 2017
Business Content:
・Planning and development of the recruitment DX service "harutaka"
・Operation of the joint research institution "ZENKIGEN Lab" with partners
URL: https://zenkigen.co.jp/
■ About ZENKIGEN Inc.
Founded in October 2017 with the vision of "contributing to the creation of a society where people and companies can reach their full potential through technology." As an AI tech company, it provides the recruitment DX service "harutaka," which optimizes the entire recruitment process by utilizing proprietary AI models, generative AI, and LLMs. It offers a total solution from recruitment strategy planning to review, with an implementation record of over 1,000 companies and approximately 15 million video data points (as of May 2025). Through joint research with Professor Yasuhiro Hattori of Kobe University, a pioneer in "recruitment studies," it is also working on fundamental HR DX by combining quantitative and qualitative data in interviews.