ZEALS Co., Ltd.
April 1, 2014
100 million JPY
Providing conversational AI agents for customer service, including omakase.ai, Voice, and ZEALS AI Agent.
Certified under ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (JIS Q 27001:2023), the international standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).
Received the SOC 2 Type II attestation report, which evaluates internal controls based on the Trust Services Criteria established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
Tokyo Office
Arco Tower 6F, 1-8-1 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064, Japan
US Office
164 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107
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1-8-1 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064, Japan
ZEALS AI Agency Co., Ltd.
Teppei Fukuyama, Representative Director
April 1, 2026
100 million JPY
info@zeals-ai-agency.com
Planning, operation, research, development, and sales of AI-driven services, as well as advertising agency services, among others.
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HISTORY
The ZEALS Journey
Relocated our office to Shinagawa, Tokyo.
Launched Japan's first marketing-specific chatbot service (now Chat Commerce®).
Began development of conversational AI in our robotics business.
2025
Launched Omakase AI Voice, securing the #1 Daily Product spot on Product Hunt.
Generated over 10,000 AI agents within just three months of Omakase AI's launch.
Apr
Representative Director & CEO Masahiro Shimizu published a note article, "The Results of Our 100 Million JPY Recruitment Campaign and a Look Back on Omakase.ai."
Aug
Jan
2024
Nov
Dec
2023
Selected as one of the "10 innovations" at CES 2023, one of the world's largest tech conferences.
Jan
Launched a joint proof-of-concept (PoC) with Matsuo Lab to utilize Generative AI in Chat Commerce®.
Apr
Held a dialogue on Generative AI with McKinsey & Company.
Apr
Hosted "ZEALS SUMMIT," a conference themed around "Chat Commerce® x Generative AI."
Sep
2022
Raised 5 billion JPY in funding from JIC VGI, Z Venture Capital, Japan Post Capital, Salesforce Ventures, and others.
May
Established our US entity.
Sep
2021
Raised 1.8 billion JPY in funding from Z Venture Capital, Dentsu Group, Hakuhodo DY Group, and others.
Apr
Relocated our office to Meguro, Tokyo.
Aug
2020
Oct
2019
Raised 350 million JPY in funding from Fujita Fund and others.
Apr
Sep
2018
Raised 420 million JPY in funding from JAFCO and FreakOut.
Jan
Selected for Forbes "30 Under 30 Asia."
Mar
Hosted the "iNTERFACE SHIFT 2018" conference.
Dec
2017
Relaunched our chatbot-driven conversational advertising service as "fanp."
May
Jul
2016
May
2015
May
2014
Founded Zeals Co., Ltd. (now ZEALS Co., Ltd.) in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Apr
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