Delivering industrial AI solutions powered by MakinaRocks’ proprietary platform — targeting Japan’s enterprise-focused generative AI market projected at 319.5 billion yen

“Rapidly delivering industrial AI solutions to accelerate Japan’s manufacturing transformation and become an indispensable partner to local manufacturers”

SEOUL/TOKYO, April 15, 2025 – MakinaRocks, South Korea’s leading AI company, has established a new foothold in Japan, one of the world’s largest manufacturing markets. The company announced today the opening of its Japan office in Tokyo as part of a broader strategy to accelerate its local business expansion.

The opening ceremony, held on April 14 at CIC Tokyo in Toranomon, brought together around 30 stakeholders, including officials from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Kiraboshi Bank, and leading partners such as Hitachi, KDDI, Movensys, and Fujikoshi.

Japan is rapidly fostering its AI sector as a national priority, expanding subsidies to attract global AI companies while manufacturers ramp up their investments. For example, Toyota and NTT jointly announced plans last year to invest 500 billion yen (approximately USD 3.4 billion) in AI software R&D. Hitachi has also expanded its investment in industrial software and AI, surpassing a market capitalization of over USD 100 billion in just two years.

MakinaRocks plans to establish a Japanese subsidiary with support from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to provide close, on-the-ground technical support to local manufacturers. The Japan operation will be led by Youngsin Huh, Chief Business Officer at MakinaRocks and a former executive at Accenture and IBM.

With a track record of deploying more than 5,000 industrial AI models and its proprietary enterprise AI platform Runway, MakinaRocks is targeting manufacturing AI market. Runway enables manufacturers to quickly develop and operate AI models for anomaly detection, optimization, industrial large language models (LLMs), and machine vision across large-scale production facilities.

MakinaRocks will also focus on the fast-growing enterprise-focused generative AI market, projected to reach 319.5 billion yen (approximately USD 2.2 billion) by 2025. The company plans to bring proven solutions from Korean manufacturing sites—such as intelligent information retrieval, PLC code analysis and generation, and PCB design automation—tailored to Japanese factories.

“While domestic AI companies in Korea are concentrating on large language model development and fine-tuning, Japanese manufacturers are prioritizing platform-based, customized solutions,” said Andre S. Yoon, CEO of MakinaRocks. “With MakinaRocks’ Compound AI technology—engineered to rapidly deliver industrial AI solutions through our platform—we aim to become an indispensable AI partner to Japan’s manufacturing sector.”