What DriveX does

DriveX (株式会社DriveX) is a Tokyo-based AI company founded in February 2022 that builds software and consulting services for Japanese manufacturers and other field-industry operators. Its flagship product, Smart Production Planning (スマート生産計画), is an AI-powered Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) platform that ingests equipment capacity, personnel availability, material constraints, process routing, changeover times, priorities, and delivery dates — alongside factory-specific tacit rules expressed in natural language — and outputs optimized production plans on a Gantt-chart editor with real-time re-planning when disruptions occur. The platform integrates with existing ERP, MES, MRP, Excel, and CSV systems without requiring large-scale master-data overhaul. Reported customer outcomes include an 80% reduction in planning man-hours, a 20% reduction in overtime, and a 5% increase in production volume, with stated use cases spanning mass-assembly factories (electronics, automotive parts), process factories (food, chemicals), and multi-process factories (metal products, industrial machinery).

The company is also developing IntegratorX, a cross-system AI knowledge platform that connects disparate enterprise data sources — including on-premise systems, Google Workspace content, and legacy non-SaaS data — behind a security/audit-log layer and exposes AI-powered search, summarization, chatbot, meeting-minutes, and a natural-language Agent Builder for autonomous task execution. DriveX augments its SaaS products with AI Transformation (AX) consulting and a New Business Development service that helps enterprise clients commercialize new AI-enabled products; engagements include Mitsubishi Electric's MelBridge Translation Signage (April 2026), Tokyu Property's MABLs community platform (March 2026), and the wellreco hair-analysis lifestyle service (August 2024).

The business model combines subscription SaaS (Smart Production Planning and IntegratorX, priced on a customized per-factory basis with a PoC option) and professional services (AX consulting, new-business co-creation). Go-to-market is sales-led, combining direct enterprise field sales targeted at Japanese manufacturing executives with channel distribution through Solekia Corporation (formalized April 2026) and thought-leadership events such as the Qiita AI Summit. The company has raised approximately 50 million yen from Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. (a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed electronics company acting as anchor client) and angel investors in October 2025, and operates with 36 employees including contractors from its Tokyo headquarters.

Name

DriveX

Legal name

株式会社DriveX

Website

https://drivex.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DriveX is a Tokyo-based AI company founded in 2022 that builds AI-powered production planning software (Smart Production Planning) and an enterprise AI knowledge platform (IntegratorX) for Japanese manufacturers, capturing factory-specific tacit knowledge to optimize scheduling and integrate with existing ERP/MES systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Manufacturing AI Software

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

Keywords

• AI production planning
• Manufacturing AI software
• Enterprise AI platform
• AI knowledge management
• AI transformation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. スマート生産計画 SaaS (Smart Production Planning): Subscription-based AI SaaS for manufacturing production planning. Sold directly to manufacturing enterprises with implementation services included. Pricing is customized per factory, reflecting complex deployment requirements.
2. IntegratorX: AI knowledge platform sold as SaaS to enterprises for cross-system data integration and AI-powered knowledge management. Partially funded by anchor client Kaga Electronics for AI transformation initiatives.
3. AIコンサルティング (AI Consulting): AI Transformation (AX) consulting services including AI training, workshops, AI adoption coaching, business goal clarification, and current-state analysis. Provided alongside or separately from SaaS products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DriveX develops and sells AI software platforms for Japanese manufacturers, anchored by Smart Production Planning, an AI-powered Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) SaaS that generates optimal production schedules considering equipment, personnel, materials, processes, changeovers, and site rules. Its secondary platform, IntegratorX, is an enterprise AI knowledge platform enabling cross-system data integration, semantic search, AI chatbots, and autonomous AI agents. DriveX also offers AI Transformation (AX) consulting and New Business Development services that accompany its software.

Product overview

DriveX is a manufacturing and field industry-focused AI company offering two core platforms: Smart Production Planning (スマート生産計画) - an AI-powered APS system for production scheduling optimization, and IntegratorX - an enterprise AI infrastructure platform for cross-system data integration and knowledge utilization. The portfolio includes add-on services: AI Consulting for AI Transformation support, and New Business Development services combining entrepreneurial expertise with AI. The company specializes in connecting tacit knowledge and factory decision-making to AI-driven production planning for the manufacturing sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• スマート生産計画: AI-powered production planning platform for manufacturing that optimizes schedules by considering equipment, personnel, materials, processes, changeover, and deadlines.
• IntegratorX

Products and services

• Smart Production Planning (スマート生産計画) AI-powered Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) SaaS for manufacturing. Integrates equipment capacity, personnel, materials, processes, changeovers, priorities, deadlines, and site-specific rules to generate optimal production schedules, with real-time re-planning and tacit knowledge registration. Reports outcomes of 80% reduction in planning time, 20% overtime reduction, and 5% production volume increase for target manufacturing clients.
• IntegratorX Cross-company AI infrastructure platform enabling secure enterprise-wide data integration and AI-powered knowledge utilization. Provides connectors, authentication/authorization, data isolation, and audit logging to connect disparate internal systems, non-structured data, and legacy systems for AI-powered search, summarization, AI chatbot and meeting minutes, and autonomous AI agent execution.
• AI Consulting (AIコンサルティング) AI Transformation (AX) consulting services including generative AI training, use case workshops, AI utilization support, business goal clarification, current state analysis, and roadmap/milestone development. Supports enterprise-level AI maturity advancement from level 2 to level 3, typically billed as professional services.
• New Business Development (新規事業創出) Business creation and acceleration services combining entrepreneur expertise with AI capabilities. Provides hypothesis generation, expert interviews, PoC design, KPI setup, initial sales, and growth strategy. Designed to enable 3+ verifications/pivots within 3 months through high-speed PDCA cycles, with prior engagements including support for Mitsubishi Electric's MelBridge translation signage and Tokyu Property's SHIBUYA MABLs community platform.

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability8 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 April 2026DriveX supported the launch of Mitsubishi Electric's new business 'MelBridge Translation Signage' — a multilingual real-time translation signage solution addressing language barriers in Japanese manufacturing sites. DriveX provided business launch support as a case study example of DriveX's new business co-creation capabilities.
• Solekia Corporation (ソレキア株式会社)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2026Solekia Corporation and DriveX entered into a business partnership for AI Transformation (AX) solutions. Solekia distributes DriveX's AI solutions, hosts AI seminars featuring DriveX executives, and provides AI consulting support to joint customers.
• Tokyu Property Corporation (東急不動産株式会社)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026DriveX supported the concept, planning, and development of Tokyu Property's 'MABLs (Shibuya Making A Better Life Space)' community platform — a digital-first community platform connecting people in the Shibuya area.
• Inter Texture Corporation (株式会社インターテクスチャード)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 February 2026DriveX delivered a 3-session 'AI Practical Utilization Training' program covering generative AI fundamentals through autonomous AI agent construction.
• Red Vision Co., Ltd. / wellrecoflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024DriveX led the idea generation, business planning, and product development for 'wellreco' — Japan's first hair analysis + functional food supplement + lifestyle support service. DriveX took the project from concept to commercial launch.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Asprova: Japanese-headquartered Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) vendor widely deployed in Japanese discrete and process manufacturing. Directly comparable to DriveX's Smart Production Planning in target customer (Japanese factories), product category (production scheduling), and go-to-market, making it the most relevant domestic direct peer.
• AIMMS: Supply chain planning and APS vendor with optimization-based production scheduling offerings (SCPlatform/AIMMS SC). Directly comparable to DriveX's Smart Production Planning in applying mathematical optimization and what-if analysis to factory scheduling problems.
• Blue Yonder (Ortems): Blue Yonder acquired Ortems, a direct APS vendor for discrete and process manufacturers. Offers comparable factory scheduling capabilities to Smart Production Planning with deeper enterprise integrations; competes head-to-head for the same production planning budgets.
• PlanetTogether (Aptean): PlanetTogether, now part of Aptean, offers APS software targeting mid-market and enterprise manufacturers. Directly comparable to Smart Production Planning in production scheduling for complex factory constraints, with an established North American and growing international presence.
• Glean: Enterprise AI search and knowledge platform that connects structured and unstructured data across internal systems for AI-powered search and agents. Directly comparable to DriveX's IntegratorX in cross-system enterprise AI/RAG and agentic execution on top of company data.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Digital Industries Software (Opcenter APS): Global incumbent offering Opcenter APS as part of its broader Manufacturing Execution Systems portfolio. Competes with Smart Production Planning in factory scheduling, but as a much larger vendor with integrated MES, PLM, and digital-twin capabilities rather than a focused AI-native APS.
• SAP (IBP / PP/DS): Global ERP incumbent whose Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) products target manufacturing production planning at large enterprises. Overlaps with Smart Production Planning in scheduling, but as part of a much broader enterprise software suite rather than a focused AI offering.
• OMP: Supply chain planning vendor offering production scheduling and APS capabilities for process and discrete manufacturers. Comparable to Smart Production Planning in factory-level scheduling, but as part of a broader supply chain planning suite serving global enterprises.
• Yokogawa Electric: Japanese industrial automation and control vendor with growing AI offerings for manufacturing operations. Comparable to DriveX as a Japan-headquartered supplier into Japanese factories, though Yokogawa is a much broader incumbent spanning control systems, MES, and operational AI.

Emerging players

• Kore.ai: Enterprise AI agent and conversational AI platform with secure integration across enterprise data sources. Comparable to IntegratorX's agent-builder and cross-system enterprise AI capabilities, with broader enterprise traction but less manufacturing-specific tacit-knowledge specialization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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