Cinnamon is part of the Nomura Accelerator Program ``VOYAGER'' (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Representative Executive Officer, President and Group CEO: Koji Nagai, hereinafter referred to as ``Nomura Holdings'').http://accelerator.nomura.co.jp/) We would like to inform you that it has been selected. With the theme of "creating services that can lead tomorrow's business and work styles," we develop services that improve productivity for white-collar workers.

As a social issue in Japan, companies are faced with the dilemma of a decline in national productivity and an increase in overtime hours, and companies are being asked to "how to create added value."

Through this accelerator program, Cinnamon's AI technology, which is owned by Nomura Holdings and Nomura Research Institute, Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Shingo Konomoto, hereinafter referred to as "Nomura Research Institute") Utilizing the system, we promote optimization of communication, task management, and knowledge sharing, which are essential for team activities.

By utilizing Cinnamon's document reading engine, chatbot, and recommendation engine, we will develop services that reform the way people work and improve productivity.

With the theme of "improving white-collar work efficiency," Cinnamon has built a foundation as an AI platform and has been working on the development of various products that promote business improvement. Through this program, we will work on further technological development with the aim of ``creating services that can lead tomorrow's business and workforce.''​

About Nomura Accelerator Program (VOYAGER)

Nomura's accelerator program ``VOYAGER'' is a program in which partner companies (Nomura Group, Nomura Research Institute, Nomura Real Estate Group) submit recruitment themes based on social issues and related business issues that they seriously want to solve. This is a program that aims to develop new businesses with venture companies that sympathize with these goals. We plan to share the various assets of partner companies and utilize our extensive network to conduct test marketing for new business development during the program period. Through the program, we will consider business alliances and investments with participating companies.

Click here for the press release by Nomura Holdings

Announcement of companies participating in the second phase of the Nomura Accelerator Program “VOYAGER”

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/jp/news/nr/holdings/20180316/20180316.pdf