COMPANY

Corporate Mission

Leading the Future of RETAIL

What do you get when you combine a wise animal with a new intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence + OWL = AWL

Like the creature, AWL solutions watch over brick and mortar shops. They complement our eyes and brains, working together with people to improve in-house productivity, raise efficiency, and create added value

As AI evolves, so has the way we work.
Our exploration in forming leading AI solutions has led us to a different perspective, one where the people who work day in and day out in brick and mortar stores are not viewed as a “cost”, but rather a valuable asset. Our goal, is to always be on the look out for the right combination of STORE × PEOPLE × TECHNOLOGY and continue to create new value throughout our lifetime.

About AWL

Together with multinational members from 20 countries, AWL develops and offers AI camera solutions to solve issues and enhance value at retail stores. Through capital alliance with "SATUDORA", a drug store chain in Hokkaido, AWL has been conducting Proof-of-concept in the actual SATUDORA stores, and developing various AI features for store operations in a competitive price.

About AWL VIETNAM CO., LTD.

AWL Vietnam, AWL's 100%-owned subsidiary.
Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) alumni across the world have gathered back to Hanoi, Vietnam and are engaged in our mid-and-long term research and development.

About AWL AI INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

AWL AI India, AWL's 100%-owned subsidiary. Indian Institutes of Technology alumni have gathered to Bengaluru, India and are engaged in our mid-and-long term research and development.

Corporate History

2016
  • June

    • Established AI TOKYO LAB & Co. in Chuo-ku, TOKYO

2017
  • May

    • Moved Head Office to Kudan-kita, Chiyoda-ku

    • Formed capital alliance with SATUDORA HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.

  • August

    • Changed Corporate Name in Japanese also to AI TOKYO LAB & Co.

  • October

    • Established "AI HOKKAIDO LAB" in Hokkaido University as AI R&D site

    • Joint development of Smartphone Applications with Toyota Motor Corporation

2018
  • June

    • "AI Engineer Training Courses" held with The Graduate School of Project Design

    • Developed "Sapporo AI Human Resources Development Programs" with Sapporo City

  • July

    • AI TOKYO LAB's "AI Engineer Courses" certified as "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's the 4th Industrial Revolution Skill Course"

  • December

    • Established R&D site, "AI TOKYO LAB Vietnam" as 100%-owned subsidiary in Hanoi, Vietnam

2019
  • February

    • Spin-off, AI contracted development business and AI education business to newly established companies

    • Changed company name to AWL, Inc.

    • New company named "AI TOKYO LAB Co., Ltd.", and transferred all shares to COCON Inc.

  • April

    • Changed name from “AI TOKYO LAB VIETNAM CO., Ltd.” to “AWL VIETNAM CO., LTD.” a 100%-owned subsidiary at Hanoi, Vietnam

  • September

    • Transferred to New Management Organization, changed major shareholders and built new partnership with SATUDORA HD

    • Appointed new Directors.

2020
  • February

    • Raised Total JPY 810 Million in the Series A Round

  • June

    • Moved Head Office to Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku (current location)

  • October

    • Begin International Joint Research with Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

2021
  • March

    • Established Sapporo Head Office (Started dual Head Office structure)

  • June

    • Raised Total JPY 2.0 Billion in the Series B Round

2022
  • March

    • Established AWL AI INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED in Bengaluru, India.

  • November

    • Formed capital and business alliance with Safie Inc.

    • Raised funds from TOHOKU University Venture Partners Co., Ltd.

2023
  • August

    • Formed capital and business alliance with Canon Marketing Japan Inc.

Corporate Profile

Company name
AWL, Inc.
Capital
100,000,000 yen
President, Representative Director and CEO (Founder）
Muneharu Kitade
Director and CTO
Yasuhiro Tsuchida
Director
Shinichi Togawa
Non-executive Director
Hiroki Tomiyama
Outside Director
Joanne Lin
Outside Director
Tetsuharu Furuta
Outside Director
Masataka Ebina
Senior Technical Advisor
Hidenori Kawamura (Professor, Hokkaido University, "Sapporo AI Lab" Lab Director)
Technical Advisor
Biplab Banerjee Ph.D (Engineering)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Katsuhito Izuhara
Auditor (Attorney)
Fumimaro Kumagai
Auditor (Accountant)
Naoyuki Matsuoka
Number of employees
76(2024/10/01)
Tokyo Head Office
#434 Shin-Tokyo Building 4F, 3-1 Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan
Sapporo Head Office
1-20 Kita 8-jo Higashi 4-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, 060-0908, Japan
Vietnam Office
AWL VIETNAM CO., LTD
R904A, 9th floor, Sun Red River Building, 23 Phan Chu Trinh St., Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
President : Jun Miki
India Office
AWL AI INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
NASSCOM Centre of Excellence for IoT & AI KEONICS, 29A E, 27th Main, 7th Cross, Sector 1, HSR Layout Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102
CEO: Alok Bishoyi

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Tokyo Head Office (Tokyo)

#434 Shin-Tokyo Building 4F, 3-1 Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan
Direct access to JR, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi-Line "Tokyo Station"/3 minutes walk from Tokyo Metro Yurakucho-Line "Yurakucho Station"

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Sapporo Head Office (Hokkaido)

1-20 Kita 8-jo Higashi 4-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, 060-0908, Japan

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Vietnam Office

R904A, 9th Floor, Sun Red River Building, 23 Phan Chu Trinh Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam

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India Office　

NASSCOM Centre of Excellence for IoT & AI KEONICS, 29A E, 27th Main, 7th Cross, Sector 1, HSR Layout Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102

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