Cinnamon AI has implemented a third-party allotment of capital with Okamura Co., Ltd., a leading company in the office furniture industry, as the underwriter, and has entered into a capital and business alliance.
Through this, we will strengthen and promote Okamura's DX strategy, and aim to create new value for the office furniture industry from a broad perspective, including the development of new businesses and services, and consideration of generative AI-related field operations. Masu.

　

◇ Co-creation between Cinnamon AI and Okamura
This capital and business alliance will promote various DX initiatives such as improving customer experience value and streamlining business operations based on Okamura's DX strategy using advanced AI solutions (AI consulting and AI products) provided by Cinnamon AI. It is something to do.

As an example of a specific initiative, Okamura's ``business DX'' initiative, which aims to improve the efficiency of business processes, includes a project to improve the efficiency of cost estimation work using AI. Within the project, we are using Cinnamon AI's image recognition technology to verify technology that automatically recognizes furniture such as desks, chairs, and cabinets from office layout drawings. Okamura's DX strategy is "Business DX," which aims to improve the experiential value of society and customers and create new business, and "Business DX," which aims to improve the efficiency of business processes and improve the experiential value of employees. We aim to promote initiatives and create new value.

■ Comment from Naoki Kono, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Okamura:
We are very happy to be able to work with Cinnamon AI.
Okamura aims to "realize a society where people can thrive," and by providing society with high-quality products and services, we are working to further improve corporate value and solve social issues.
In the DX area, we are working to strengthen the promotion of improving customer experience value and streamlining business operations based on our DX strategy. As part of this effort, we collaborated with Cinnamon AI in an effort to streamline business processes, and learned about their advanced AI technology.
We hope that by combining Cinnamon AI's advanced AI technology and ability to create new businesses with Okamura's knowledge of work styles, various developments will be born, such as the advancement of products and services and the creation of new businesses. I am. Through this co-creation, we will continue to create new ways of working for society.

■ Comments from Mirai Hirano, Cinnamon AI Representative Director and Co-CEO:
We are very happy about this capital and business alliance with Okamura.
Cinnamon AI has been promoting DX for large domestic companies based on our in-house developed AI engine and our unique AI strategy, Harvest Loop. Currently, the impact that AI is having on the world is tremendous, and as new services are being created one after another, attention is once again being focused on the value of knowledge held by companies and its utilization.
We at Cinnamon AI have the technology and know-how to utilize knowledge, and we look forward to co-creating new businesses that utilize AI. We also hope that our efforts through this partnership will lead to changes in work styles and productivity improvements across the industry in the future.

■Overview of Okamura Co., Ltd.
Company name: Okamura Co., Ltd.
URL: https://www.okamura.co.jp/
Location: 19th floor, Tenri Building, 1-4-1 Kitasai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Established: October 1945
Representative: Masayuki Nakamura, Representative Director, President and Executive Officer

Okamura Co., Ltd. strives to provide society with high-quality products and services in a variety of settings, including offices, educational, medical, research, and commercial facilities, and distribution centers. Our mission is to "contribute to society by creating an environment where people can thrive with rich ideas and reliable quality," and we aim to "realize a society where people can thrive." We strive to provide society with high-quality products and services that accurately meet customer needs, and work to further improve corporate value and resolve social issues.