LegalTech
Tokyo-based IP-focused AI software company offering the IPGenius knowledge platform, MyTokkyo.Ai patent AI and a virtual data room, with an AM invention-extraction workflow launched in October 2026.
- CEO / Founder
- Tomoyuki Hirai (平井 智之)
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- $3.3M
- Latest Round
- Venture Round
Technology & Products
Key Products
IPGenius (AI IPGenius on IDX) knowledge platform; MyTokkyo.Ai patent AI agent; Tokkyo.Ai IP portal; LegalTech VDR; keiyaku.ai IP contract CLM; LegalSearch case-law search; Additive Manufacturing cross-process invention-extraction workflow (Oct 2026)
Technical position · AMPulse analysis
Integrated generative AI + RAG + VDR architecture with permission-based document access; industry-specific workflow templates and prompt libraries.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Organizes dispersed R&D, quality and patent records on a permission-controlled AI/RAG/VDR platform to support invention extraction and prior-art/FTO preparation.
How They Differentiate
Focus on Japanese corporate R&D and IP workflows with secure VDR-based governance and industry-specific workflow templates, rather than general patent search alone.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
R&D, IP, quality assurance and technology planning departments of mid-to-large manufacturers, universities and startups in Japan
Industry Verticals
Additive manufacturing, materials, pharma/healthcare, cosmetics, electronic materials, semiconductors, fusion energy, M&A/restructuring
Competitors
Patsnap (Eureka); Questel; Clarivate
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Cumulative funding of ¥493M (about $3.3M); capital ¥493M including capital reserve (Oct 2026).
Major Milestones
Founded March 2021; CEO transition to Tomoyuki Hirai in October 2025; ¥114M raise in July 2026 (cumulative ¥493M); launched AM invention-extraction workflow on IPGenius in October 2026.
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Funding rounds
- Venture Round¥114M2026-07Source