Alt
Alt Inc. (株式会社オルツ) is a Tokyo-based AI company founded in 2014 that built P.A.I. (Personal Artificial Intelligence) and AI GIJIROKU meeting-minutes software. After 2025 accounting fraud triggered civil rehabilitation and TSE delisting, it is restructuring and pivoting toward BNB Chain's Agent Survival Pack.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2014
- HeadquartersRoppongi, Japan
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingSoftware
What Alt does
Alt Inc. (株式会社オルツ) is a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence company founded in November 2014, headquartered in Roppongi, Minato-ku. The company built its identity around Personal Artificial Intelligence (P.A.I.), positioned as a personal AI technology platform, and commercialized AI GIJIROKU, an AI-powered meeting transcription and minutes service sold primarily to enterprise customers and via distribution partners in Japan. The company also offered AI consulting services to organizations exploring AI adoption. Headcount is 51-100 and the prior public listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (ticker 260A) was used as a growth capital channel.
The business model was historically subscription-based paid accounts for AI GIJIROKU, with distribution partners as a key sales channel. In April 2025, a third-party committee investigation confirmed that some paid-account sales recorded from distribution partners involved accounts not actually used, constituting inappropriate accounting. This triggered board approval on July 30, 2025 to file civil rehabilitation proceedings with the Tokyo District Court, TSE delisting on August 31, 2025, and the October 9, 2025 arrest and October 29, 2025 indictment of former executives and the corporate entity under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. The rehabilitation plan was approved December 24, 2025, finalized February 2, 2026, and a 100% capital reduction to 1 yen was implemented March 31, 2026.
Operationally under court-supervised restructuring, Alt announced a new service offering on September 15, 2025 and, on May 26, 2026, joined BNB Chain's Agent Survival Pack as one of six AI infrastructure providers enabling autonomous AI agents to settle operational costs on-chain via the x402 protocol using BNB or BEP-20 tokens. This pivot toward AI-agent payment infrastructure on BNB Smart Chain represents the post-restructuring strategic direction, replacing the prior Japan-centric SaaS and consulting revenue base.
Alt firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Alt
- Legal name
- 株式会社オルツ (alt Inc.)
- Website
- https://alt.ai
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2014
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Alt Inc. (株式会社オルツ) is a Tokyo-based AI company founded in 2014 that built P.A.I. (Personal Artificial Intelligence) and AI GIJIROKU meeting-minutes software. After 2025 accounting fraud triggered civil rehabilitation and TSE delisting, it is restructuring and pivoting toward BNB Chain's Agent Survival Pack.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Alt industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Personal AI Software
- NAICS
- Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- AI & Automation in Customer Service (Chatbots, Agent Assist) (EDABACAO), Voice Assistants & Voice UI (VUI) (HDAAAFAD), AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI)
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Where Alt is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Roppongi
- HQ country
- Japan
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices1 record
Markets served
Alt business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- AI GIJIROKU Subscription: The company's primary revenue-generating product was AI GIJIROKU, a paid account-based AI meeting minutes service. Revenue was generated through paid accounts, though the business model was disrupted by accounting fraud involving inflated sales figures from distribution partners.
- AI Infrastructure / Agent Payment Services: Alt AI participates in BNB Chain's Agent Survival Pack ecosystem as one of six AI infrastructure providers, enabling autonomous AI agents to settle operational payments on-chain. Revenue derived from agent payment infrastructure services.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels2 records
Alt product offering
Product offeringCore offering
alt Inc. develops and sells P.A.I. (Personal Artificial Intelligence), an AI software platform built around a personal AI concept since 2014, and AI GIJIROKU, an AI-powered meeting minutes and transcription service. The company historically provided AI consulting to clients exploring AI adoption, and is now positioned as an AI infrastructure provider enabling autonomous AI agents to settle operational payments on BNB Smart Chain via the x402 protocol.
Product overview
Alt Inc. (株式会社オルツ) is a Japanese AI company founded in November 2014 to develop personal artificial intelligence. The company offers AI products including P.A.I. (Personal Artificial Intelligence) as its core offering and AI GIJIROKU, an AI-powered meeting minutes service. The company also provided AI consulting services to clients exploring AI adoption. The company underwent civil rehabilitation proceedings in 2025 due to accounting irregularities, and its stock was delisted in August 2025.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- P.A.I. (パーソナル人工知能 / Personal Artificial Intelligence)
- AI GIJIROKU (AI Meeting Minutes)
Quantifiable outcome
- BNB Chain claims 34,000–39,000 agents deployed, leading over Ethereum and Base in ERC-8004 agent deployments
Companies that use Alt
Customer profileSegments1 record
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Alt technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
Alt partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- BNB ChaincoreBNB Chain selected Alt AI as one of six AI infrastructure providers in its Agent Survival Pack, enabling autonomous AI agents to pay operational costs directly on BNB Smart Chain using BNB or BEP-20 tokens via the x402 protocol. BNB Chain positions itself as a potential default settlement layer for the AI agent economy, with over 150,000 ERC-8004 agents deployed as of April 2026. Alt AI's participation in this ecosystem provides on-chain payment infrastructure for AI agents.
- BNB Chain Ecosystem Partners (Bankr, Pieverse, WorldClaw, B.AI, AEON)minorAlt AI operates alongside five other AI infrastructure providers (Bankr, Pieverse, WorldClaw, B.AI, and AEON) within BNB Chain's Agent Survival Pack. All six partners simultaneously launched on-chain incentive programs requiring no additional registration, with $5 in BNB rewards for the first 1,000 eligible wallets.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Alt competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Replika: Personal AI companion product designed for individual users, comparable to Alt's P.A.I. vision of consumer-facing personal artificial intelligence with conversational interface.
- Inflection AI: Developer of Pi, a personal AI assistant aimed at individual users — closely comparable to Alt's P.A.I. in personal AI positioning, consumer-facing design, and conversational AI modality.
- Fireflies.ai: AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings — overlapping directly with AI GIJIROKU in product category, customer base (knowledge workers and enterprises), and recurring subscription model.
- Otter.ai: AI-powered meeting transcription and note-taking service for businesses, directly comparable to Alt's AI GIJIROKU product in functionality, target customer (enterprise meeting participants), and SaaS delivery model.
Regional players
- Sakana AI: Tokyo-based AI research company developing foundational models and agentic AI — a regional Japanese AI peer operating with similar talent pool access and customer base in Japan's enterprise AI market.
- Preferred Networks: Leading Japanese AI company developing deep learning and AI infrastructure, comparable as a regional peer operating in the same Japanese AI market with broader enterprise AI offerings rather than Alt's consumer/agent focus.
Broad incumbents
- Gong.io: Revenue intelligence platform with AI-powered meeting capture and conversation analytics — adjacent to AI GIJIROKU's meeting transcription capability but oriented toward sales-conversation intelligence rather than general meeting notes.
- Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft's integrated AI assistant for productivity suites that includes meeting transcription, summarization, and personal AI capabilities — competing broadly with both AI GIJIROKU and P.A.I. as part of a much larger platform offering.
Emerging players
- Nevermined: Decentralized payment and settlement infrastructure for autonomous AI agents — directly comparable to Alt's role in BNB Chain's x402-based agent payment infrastructure for AI agent operational costs.
- Skyfire: Crypto payment network purpose-built for AI agents to autonomously transact and pay for services — overlapping with Alt's Agent Survival Pack participation in enabling on-chain agent commerce.
Market position
Strengths3 records
Weaknesses3 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights4 records
Customer concentration
Alt social profiles
Digital presenceAlt financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Alt leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
Alt funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds3 records
Investors11 records
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Alt M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Alt
What does Alt do?
alt Inc. develops and sells P.A.I. (Personal Artificial Intelligence), an AI software platform built around a personal AI concept since 2014, and AI GIJIROKU, an AI-powered meeting minutes and transcription service. The company historically provided AI consulting to clients exploring AI adoption, and is now positioned as an AI infrastructure provider enabling autonomous AI agents to settle operational payments on BNB Smart Chain via the x402 protocol.
Is Alt a public or private company?
Alt is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Alt founded?
Alt was founded in 2014. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Alt based?
Alt is headquartered in Roppongi, Japan, in the Asia region.
How does Alt make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. AI GIJIROKU Subscription is the primary driver. The others are AI Infrastructure / Agent Payment Services.
Who are Alt's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Replika, Inflection AI, Fireflies.ai and Otter.ai. Regional players are Sakana AI and Preferred Networks. Broad incumbents are Gong.io and Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365. Emerging players are Nevermined and Skyfire.
Does Alt have an API?
No public API is recorded for Alt.
What industry is Alt in?
Alt's product category is Personal AI Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAEANAJ, AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs), with a secondary code of EDABACAO, AI & Automation in Customer Service (Chatbots, Agent Assist). Its NAICS code is 5132 and its SIC code is 7372.