Cinnamon is pleased to announce that Mr. Tsuyoshi Niinami will be appointed as an advisor on February 1, 2019, in order to further strengthen our management structure and expand our overseas business.

■On appointment of Mr. Tsuyoshi Niinami as advisor

Mr. Niinami is active on the front lines of the world as one of Japan's leading corporate executives. We hope that Cinnamon will be able to leverage the AI currently provided by Cinnamon to improve business productivity, promote work style reforms, and further promote global expansion by receiving advice derived from Mr. Niinami's extensive knowledge and experience. have become.

Cinnamon will continue to promote business expansion measures so that companies that are having trouble improving business productivity and reforming work styles can utilize Cinnamon's AI solutions. We will strive to create a world where people can eliminate unnecessary tasks and concentrate on creative work.

■Comment from Tsuyoshi Niinami

"The AI industry is revolutionizing society, but it is human power that will make advanced technology truly useful for society. Humans must utilize AI to realize more creative work and more vibrant lives. I sympathize with Cinnamon's vision of realizing this kind of world, and have decided to accept the role of advisor. ”

■Profile of Mr. Takeshi Niinami

Mr. Takeshi Niinami

President and Representative Director of Suntory Holdings. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1959. Obtained Harvard MBA in 1991. Joined Mitsubishi Corporation in 1981. In 2002, he became Lawson's representative director and president. Current position since October 2014. Served as vice representative secretary of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. Secretary of the New Economy Federation. Vice-chairman of the Japan Business Federation Council. Member of the Economic and Fiscal Policy Council since September 2014. Member of the World Economic Forum International Business Council. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations' Global Board of Advisors.

[Cinnamon Co., Ltd. Company Profile]

Company name: Cinnamon Co., Ltd.

URL: https://www.cinnamon.is

Address: 6th floor, MTP Higashiazabu Building, 1-9-16 Higashiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Established: October 2016

Representative: Mirai Hirano, Representative Director and CEO

■Business content: Artificial intelligence product business, artificial intelligence consulting business

Cinnamon provides proprietary artificial intelligence engines centered on the AI OCR "Flax Scanner" that reads documents like a human, and has a track record of providing it to many major domestic companies. doing. We also have an artificial intelligence research institute in Vietnam and have succeeded in acquiring a large number of AI engineers.

Since introducing "Flax Scanner" in April 2017, we have had business negotiations with over 200 companies and have provided top-class technology in Japan in the AI OCR field.

In addition, through the artificial intelligence chatbot ``Scuro Bot'' and the recommendation engine ``Lapis Engine,'' we will respond to inquiries, set interview times, offer job offers at human resources companies, and contract rates for rental properties. We provide matching algorithms that enhance the

Furthermore, we recently pre-launched the development of specialized voice recognition technology "Rossa Voice" and have begun demonstration experiments.

■Overview of main product “Flax Scanner”

Most of the business documents used on a daily basis are unstructured and require human effort to incorporate into business systems, resulting in a lot of waste in white-collar work. Cinnamon uses an artificial intelligence document reading engine to fundamentally reform white-collar work. A variety of documents can be supported, including PDFs, Word files, and paper documents such as printed and handwritten documents. Currently, we provide engines to many major companies, including those in the financial and insurance industries.

【Features】

By enabling AI to understand various business documents and import them into a database, white-collar work efficiency will be drastically improved.

1) Can be read even if the format is unspecified

2) Handwritten character reading accuracy is 99.2% in research data and 95-98% in real data.

3) Automatic correction of read data by building a unique database

4) Compatible with both on-premises and cloud, and can be constructed according to the customer's security policy

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