Digirise Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Chaen Masahiro) is pleased to announce that it will hold an AI digital transformation promotion seminar for local governments and companies in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture.

This seminar, held in collaboration with the Kikuchi Region Business Attraction Promotion Project Council (Kikuchi City, Koshi City, Ozu Town, and Kikuyo Town) and Kumamoto Prefecture, aims to accelerate the digital transformation of the local economy.

◾️Seminar Program

In the first part, we will introduce specific success stories based on AI implementation cases at companies that Digirise Inc. has supported.

Examples of benefits of implementation:

• Manufacturing industry: Realized cost reduction of 11.52 million yen per year
• IT industry: Reduced work time by 831 TP3T, resulting in monthly cost savings of 280,000 yen
• Consulting industry: Achieved 108 hours of work efficiency improvement per month

Main improvement work:

• Sales department: preparing business negotiations, taking minutes, customer analysis
• Business planning: financial analysis, market research, business decision support
• Management department: document creation, personnel evaluation, contract confirmation

Through these case studies, we will explain specific methods for improving business operations through the introduction of AI and how to measure their effectiveness.

In the second part, Kentaro Shibato, Kumamoto Branch Manager of Job Antenna, will take to the stage and give a speech on the theme of "Matching with companies with Dagoii Kamo! - A job matching service specialized for Kumamoto."

◾️Event Overview

Date and Time	January 29, 2024 (Wednesday) 14:00~
place	Kikuchi City Central Community Center, 2nd floor, Large Training Room (872-1 Kumagatake, Kikuchi City, next to Kikuchi City Hall)
format	Hybrid format of in-person and online participation
subject	Local government officials, business managers, digital transformation promoters
Participation Fee	free
Organizer	Kikuchi Region Business Attraction Promotion Project Council

◾️Instructor profile

After studying abroad in an English-speaking country for a year as a student, he worked in corporate sales at a Japanese human resources consulting company in Shanghai, where he was involved in building personnel evaluation systems for over 100 companies.

After returning to Japan, he founded a social media marketing company. In 2022, he co-founded "Eatnsmile," the world's first eat-to-earn NFT game in Spain.

After returning to Japan, he developed several AI-related services, including the AI chatbot "AideX" and the AI language learning tool "AI Conversation."

He currently disseminates AI information on X and other platforms (with over 120,000 followers) and has appeared on TBS TV and ABEMA multiple times as an AI expert.

While serving as an advisor to GMO AI & Web3 Inc. and a council member of the Generative AI Utilization Promotion Association, in 2023 he founded Digirise Inc., which develops AI training for corporations and ChatGPT for businesses, and became its representative director. He also serves as a NewsPicks professional picker.

◾️Please feel free to contact us 

Digirise Inc. has contributed to the revitalization of local economies through AI solutions for local governments and businesses. Our AI implementation support services utilize the practical knowledge gained from promoting digital transformation in local governments and supporting businesses.

We propose optimal AI implementation and utilization methods to each local government and company while taking into consideration the characteristics of the region. Through our experience in supporting the implementation and utilization of AI in 200 companies and over 20,000 people, we have established a system that allows us to provide highly effective solutions that contribute to the development of the local economy.

We will continue to pursue AI trends that take advantage of the characteristics of Kumamoto Prefecture and each local government, and support local companies in solving their problems. After this seminar, we will continue to accept consultations regarding AI implementation and digital transformation. We will propose the best AI solution for your local government or company to develop the local economy.