FRONTEO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereinafter FRONTEO) will inform you that from April 2023, 4, the in-house developed AI engine and some product names have been changed.In the new name, from the perspective of more clearly presenting FRONTEO's unique design concept, the AI ​​engine name has been unified from the conventional individual name of each algorithm to "KIBIT (reading: Kibit)", and the same name will be used for each product name. We will work to further strengthen our brand power and penetrate the market.

[Design concept of FRONTEO]
　FRONTEO combines the in-house developed AI engine with the Japanese word "subtlety", which means the subtle movements of the human mind, and "bit", which means the smallest unit of information. ” was named KIBIT with the determination to grow. From the beginning of development, FRONTEO researchers have consistently believed that human thought processes and judgments have an excellent ability to appropriately process information including "ambiguity". We have built an algorithm that makes it possible with a mathematical approach and have used it as the core technology of the AI ​​engine.As a result, our products equipped with KIBIT have a simple structure, and in a general computer environment that does not require a supercomputer, etc., we can achieve high-speed and high-precision analysis, enabling experts to make advanced judgments and work. is supporting

[History of AI engine and product name change]
　Based on this design concept, FRONTEO mainly uses “Landscaping” and “Illumination Forest” for the product groups of the legal tech AI business and the business intelligence business, “Concept Encoder” with the characteristics required in the life science AI business, economic security In addition to creating unique algorithms such as “Looca Cross” for business, we have developed and provided AI system solutions equipped with them, contributing to the business activities and problem solving of client companies and organizations.
　In order to further pursue FRONTEO's AI design concept and promote customer recognition, we will unify and change the name as follows.

*Please see the following for an introduction video of the AI ​​engine “KIBIT”.
　URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCG52ymoRDE

　FRONTEO will continue to use KIBIT to develop advanced information analysis technology under the corporate philosophy of "realizing Bright Value: providing solutions that do not overlook risks and opportunities buried in records and realizing fairness in the information society." By making full use of our business, we will contribute to solving social issues and realizing a fair world where we can find necessary and appropriate information.

■ About FRONTEO　URL:https://www.fronteo.com/
FRONTEO is a data analysis company that provides various AI solutions and services using the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT". Based on the philosophy of "providing solutions that do not overlook risks and opportunities buried in records and realizing fairness in the information society," extract meaningful and important information from vast amounts of text data and complex networks. Our strengths are natural language processing and network analysis technologies that support the advanced judgment of experts.We are developing businesses in the areas of legal tech AI, business intelligence, life science AI, and economic security, and contributing to solving various corporate and social issues. Founded in August 2003, listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth) on June 8, 2007.The company operates in Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan.Acquisition of first-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license, notification of controlled medical device sales business.Capital 6 thousand yen (as of March 26, 3,034,846).

* FRONTEO, KIBIT, Landscaping, conceptencoder, Looca Cross, WordSonar, liGALILEO, Amanogawa, Cascade Eye, Mekiki, WordATLAS, Seizu Analysis are registered trademarks of FRONTEO Co., Ltd. in Japan.