PeopleX
PeopleX is a Tokyo-based AI-native HR platform company (founded April 2024) selling AI Interview, AI Roleplay, AI Meeting, and AI Skill Intelligence products to mid-to-large Japanese enterprises, with cumulative group support of 3,000+ companies and ¥2.37 billion in total funding.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2024
- HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What PeopleX does
PeopleX (株式会社PeopleX) is a Tokyo-based AI-native HR technology company founded in April 2024 by Daichi Tachibana, formerly a business leader at CloudSign (弁護士ドットコム). The company sells a unified platform — branded as the PeopleX AgenticHR Platform — that spans the full HR lifecycle: candidate screening (AI Interview), employee development (AI Roleplay), organizational diagnostics (AI Meeting), capability evaluation (AI Skill Intelligence and AI Aptitude Assessment), and management support (AI Boss / AI上司). Underpinning the products are three proprietary technology pillars — Conversation AI, Character AI (digital human interviewers and role-play characters), and Assessment AI™, a multimodal evaluation model that analyzes voice tone, text content, and video (facial expressions, gestures) across 16 dimensions to remove evaluator bias. The platform is positioned as differentiated from traditional HR SaaS by introducing agentic AI that autonomously identifies HR challenges and proposes solutions across hiring, development, and retention flows.
The company serves primarily mid-to-large Japanese enterprises across diverse verticals including retail (Seven-Eleven, Aeon, Welcia, BicCamera), manufacturing (JFE, SUBARU, JX Metals), finance (Osaka Shinyin), IT/internet (CyberAgent, GMO Internet, SCSK), transportation (JR West Japan), and government/healthcare (Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital Organization). Cumulative group support実績 (track record) is stated at 3,000+ companies. Revenue is generated primarily through annual SaaS subscriptions with custom enterprise pricing, supplemented by AX (AI Transformation) consulting services, a separate AI Boss subscription, and an emerging AI Copilot product for employment agencies. Distribution is sales-led with consultation-based engagement, supported by a partner/reseller network, free trials for AI Interview, and an extensive event and webinar program including the flagship HR Momentum conference (2,500+ attendees). The company has raised approximately ¥2.37 billion in total funding (including ¥760 million in debt financing in June 2025) from investors including Angel Bridge, GO, One Capital, First Light Capital, and World Innovation Lab.
PeopleX firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- PeopleX
- Legal name
- 株式会社PeopleX
- Website
- https://peoplex.jp
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2024
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- PeopleX is a Tokyo-based AI-native HR platform company (founded April 2024) selling AI Interview, AI Roleplay, AI Meeting, and AI Skill Intelligence products to mid-to-large Japanese enterprises, with cumulative group support of 3,000+ companies and ¥2.37 billion in total funding.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
PeopleX industry classification
Industry- Product category
- HR Technology Software
- NAICS
- Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Training (611420), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration) (HDAAAFAC)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Workplace Automation & Self-Service (RPA for IT, Chatbots, Virtual Agents) (BPAEAIAI), Digital Employee Experience (DEX) & IT Experience Management (ITXM) Platforms (HDAEALAL), AI & Automation in Customer Service (Chatbots, Agent Assist) (EDABACAO)
Keywords
Where PeopleX is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tokyo
- HQ country
- Japan
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices1 record
Markets served
PeopleX business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- SaaS Subscriptions: PeopleX generates primary revenue through SaaS subscriptions for its AI HR platform services including AI Interview, AI Roleplay, AI Meeting, and Skill Intelligence. Pricing is customized per customer based on usage scale and features.
- AX Consulting Services: PeopleX provides AI Transformation (AX) consulting services for HR departments, offering HR strategy formulation, diagnosis, and AI implementation support. This represents an emerging professional services revenue stream.
- AI Boss Service: Additional subscription-based revenue from the AI Boss management support system, billed annually with initial setup fees.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Custom enterprise pricing |
| Freemium | Pay-as-you-go | Free trial available |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels6 records
PeopleX product offering
Product offeringCore offering
PeopleX provides an AI-native HR platform offering conversational AI-powered services including AI Interview, AI Roleplay, AI Meeting, and AI Skill Intelligence for recruiting, employee development, and organizational management. The platform combines proprietary Assessment AI™ technology with character AI and conversational AI to automate hiring screening, skills training, 1-on-1 meetings, and HR strategy formulation for Japanese enterprises.
Product overview
PeopleXは、AIネイティブなHRプラットフォームを提供する企業で、「地球上で働くすべての人への支援を通して成功に導く（People Success）」をパーパスに揭げる。製品ポートフォリオは 크게5つのシリーズで構成：(1)採用支援AIシリーズ: PeopleX AI面接（24時間对话型AI面接）、AI面接 for アルバイト向け版本；(2)活躍支援AIシリーズ: AIロープレ（研修用対話型ロールプレイング）、AI面談（员工面談・1on1支援）；(3)評価支援AIシリーズ: AIスキルインテリジェンス（能力評価）、AI適性検査；(4)营业支援AIシリーズ: AIセールス（会议同席AI支援）；(5)中核プラットフォーム: AgenticHRプラットフォーム（AI自律型HR課題解決プラットフォーム）。これらのサービスはAssessment AI™（独自对话評価技術）、Conversation AI、Character AIという3つの基盤技術で支えられ、相互に連携して採用→面談→ロープレのデータの-flowを実現している。HR Operator（AI上司）、AI Copilot for 人材紹介、人事AXコンサルティング、HR LIBRARYなどの追加サービスも展開。支援実績は3,000社以上に上る。
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- PeopleX AI面接: 24時間対応可能な対話型AI面接サービス。デジタルヒューマンを活用し、新卒・中退・パート・アルバイト採用まで対応。
- PeopleX AIロープレ
- PeopleX AI面談
- PeopleX AIスキルインテリジェンス
- PeopleX AgenticHRプラットフォーム
- PeopleX AI Copilot for 人材紹介
- PeopleX AI上司
- PeopleX AI適性検査
Products and services
- PeopleX AI Interview (AI面接) 24/7 conversational AI interview service using digital human technology. Supports new graduate, mid-career, and part-time hiring, achieving evaluation standardization and reducing interview workload for HR teams.
- PeopleX AI Roleplay (AIロープレ) 24/7 conversational AI roleplay training service for various job types and scenarios (sales, customer service, etc.). Provides immediate evaluation and improvement suggestions to develop result-oriented talent while reducing trainer workload.
- PeopleX AI Meeting (AI面談) AI-driven 1-on-1 meeting and career interview service. Extracts employee honest feedback through AI dialogue and visualizes organizational challenges and improvement proposals.
- AI Skill Intelligence (AIスキルインテリジェンス) Skill intelligence system that evaluates individual capabilities from multiple angles through AI dialogue. Provides total and detailed scores across 16 evaluation dimensions in report format.
- PeopleX AgenticHR Platform AI-driven HR platform where AI autonomously identifies HR challenges and proposes solutions. Integrates AI Interview, AI Roleplay, and AI Meeting with other HR SaaS platforms to visualize HR issues and recommend appropriate solutions via AI agents.
- PeopleX AI Boss (HR Operator / AI上司) AI-powered management support service that visualizes employee work behavior from communication tool data, automates data collection, analysis, and reporting to support management decision-making.
- PeopleX AI Copilot for Employment Agencies (AI Copilot for 人材紹介) AI agent service that automates recruitment agency operations from initial candidate contact, job recommendations, document support, interview preparation, through to entry management, maximizing career advisor candidate-facing time.
- PeopleX AI Aptitude Assessment (AI適性検査) Conversational AI aptitude assessment service that extracts candidate personality and aptitude through dialogue at lower cost and burden than traditional assessments, evaluating 17 indicators of communication and capability.
- PeopleX AI Interview for Part-Time Jobs (AI面接 for アルバイト) AI interview service specialized for part-time and side-job hiring in retail and service industries, reducing hiring workload for multi-store enterprises with 24/7 availability.
- PeopleX AI Sales (AIセールス) AI agent service that joins online meetings to support sales activities in real time, providing situational support during customer negotiations.
- HR AX Consulting Service (人事AXコンサルティングサービス) AI Transformation (AX) consulting service for the HR domain, providing end-to-end support from HR strategy formulation and diagnosis through AI introduction, implementation, and adoption support.
- PeopleX AI Sales
- PeopleWork Career-success HR SaaS platform supporting employee growth and success through comprehensive HR services.
- PeopleAgent HR support service leveraging AI agent technology for HR operations.
Quantifiable outcome
- Interview dropout rate reduced from 25% to under 10%
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use PeopleX
Customer profileNamed customers23 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
PeopleX technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability12 records
Feature9 records
PeopleX partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- EmpowerX (株式会社EmpowerX)coreEmpowerX founder Ohno brings sales acceleration expertise. Joint sessions on practical AI adoption in sales organizations, contrasting successful and unsuccessful AI implementation cases.
- Grand Central (株式会社Grand Central)minorPartnership on breaking sales organization dependency through AI Roleplay. Grand Central provides sales methodology and systematization expertise to enhance PeopleX AI training programs.
- EmpowerX (株式会社EmpowerX)coreStrategic partnership for sales organization training. EmpowerX brings ABM and sales acceleration expertise to complement PeopleX AI Roleplay for comprehensive sales development solutions.
- Jecc (株式会社ジェック)coreJecc, with 60+ years of organizational change consulting experience, partners with PeopleX for AI-powered organizational transformation. Joint sessions on using AI for real organizational diagnostics and employee development.
- Shikigaku (株式会社識学)minorJoint seminar comparing organizational management approaches - Shikigaku's structural management theory vs PeopleX's AI-driven individual assessment - exploring reproducibility in hiring and training.
- Jecc (株式会社ジェック)coreJecc has been supporting organizational and personnel development for about 30 years. Joint programs focus on ROI-focused training design, internalization strategies, and role definition for AI-human collaboration in development.
- Jecc (株式会社ジェック)coreLong-standing co-development partnership for training programs. Jecc consultants with 30 years of HR development expertise collaborate on AI Roleplay training methodology and 18-month new graduate development programs.
- Jecc (株式会社ジェック)coreJoint presentation on 18-month new graduate development programs combining AI interview data with OJT. Jecc provides training program design expertise.
- Jecc (株式会社ジェック)coreOngoing co-marketing relationship including joint seminar programs on AI-powered HR transformation topics.
- AlgomaticcoreCo-presenting at Startup HR Conference 2025 on AI agents and generative AI bringing innovation to HR/recruitment processes. Partnership focused on AI agent technology application in HR domain.
- HaulcoreCo-presenting at Startup HR Conference 2025 on AI agents and generative AI bringing innovation to HR/recruitment processes.
- LAPRAS (株式会社LAPRAS)minorCo-hosting offline exchange event for engineer recruitment. LAPRAS provides engineer recruitment platform with AI matching capabilities.
- PeopleX Management ConsultingcoreInternal management consulting division providing AI-powered organizational and management development services, including 'AI上司' system for management support.
- Fullette (株式会社フルート)minorCo-presenting seminar on hiring, retention, and development strategies. Fullette provides industrial counseling and 1on1 expertise.
- AndL (アンドエル)minorCo-presenting seminar with focus on career consulting and health management advisory services.
- Digital Arrow Partners (株式会社Digital Arrow Partners)minorCo-presenting on recruitment marketing and identifying overlooked talent through AI interviews.
- SaleSeed (株式会社SaleSeed)minorAI SDR/BDR company developing phone call automation. Joint seminar on maximizing win rates through AI-human collaboration in sales.
- Nexway (株式会社ネクスWAY)minorJoint seminar on retail store operations DX. Nexway provides headquarters-store information coordination optimization solutions complementary to PeopleX AI for hiring and training.
- HireRoo (株式会社ハイヤールー)minorJoint panel on AI transforming recruitment processes. HireRoo operates casual matching platform and provides engineering recruitment expertise.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights8 records
PeopleX competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- HireVue: US-based AI video interview and assessment platform. HireVue is the most direct global comparable to PeopleX's AI Interview and Assessment AI — both use conversational AI with multi-modal (video/audio/text) evaluation for hiring, and target large enterprise customers.
- Talent Palette (by ONE): Japanese talent management and assessment platform. Direct domestic competitor to PeopleX for mid-market and enterprise talent evaluation, also offering AI-driven skill and aptitude assessment.
- HRBrain: Japanese HR-tech platform offering talent management, evaluation, and AI-powered HR analytics. Directly comparable to PeopleX as a Japan-focused HR platform; notably, PeopleX's AI Interview business unit head previously led sales at HRBrain.
- SmartHR: Leading Japanese HR cloud platform for employment management and HR documentation, increasingly expanding into talent management. While more HCM-focused, competes with PeopleX for the same Japanese enterprise HR-tech budget.
- Sapia (formerly PredictiveHire): AI-powered conversational interview and assessment platform. Closely matches PeopleX's AI Interview and Assessment AI in using chat-based AI evaluation for high-volume hiring with bias-reduction claims.
Broad incumbents
- Workday: Global HCM/HRIS incumbent with growing AI-native features for recruiting and employee development. Competes with PeopleX at large Japanese enterprises and could bundle AI interview/roleplay features into its existing HR suite.
- Eightfold AI: Global talent intelligence platform using AI for recruiting, development, and management. Overlaps with PeopleX's AgenticHR platform and Skill Intelligence across the entire talent lifecycle; serves much larger enterprises with deeper funding.
- Modern Hire (acquired by HireVue): Pre-hire assessment and interviewing platform now part of HireVue. Comparable to PeopleX's AI Interview and AI Aptitude Assessment products in combining conversational AI with structured evaluation for enterprise hiring.
Emerging players
- LAPRAS: Japanese engineer recruiting platform with AI matching. Listed as a PeopleX partner for engineer recruitment events; adjacent offering serving the same Japanese talent acquisition market with AI-native technology.
- Paradox (Olivia): Conversational AI recruiting assistant (chatbot "Olivia") for high-volume hiring. Closely comparable to PeopleX's AI Interview and AI Copilot for Employment Agencies — automating candidate interactions via natural conversation.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
PeopleX social profiles
Digital presencePeopleX compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance3 records
PeopleX financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
PeopleX leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
PeopleX funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds4 records
Investors8 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
PeopleX M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about PeopleX
What does PeopleX do?
PeopleX provides an AI-native HR platform offering conversational AI-powered services including AI Interview, AI Roleplay, AI Meeting, and AI Skill Intelligence for recruiting, employee development, and organizational management. The platform combines proprietary Assessment AI™ technology with character AI and conversational AI to automate hiring screening, skills training, 1-on-1 meetings, and HR strategy formulation for Japanese enterprises.
Is PeopleX a public or private company?
PeopleX is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was PeopleX founded?
PeopleX was founded in 2024. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is PeopleX based?
PeopleX is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, in the Asia region.
How does PeopleX make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. SaaS Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are AX Consulting Services and AI Boss Service.
Who are PeopleX's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are HireVue, Talent Palette (by ONE), HRBrain, SmartHR and Sapia (formerly PredictiveHire). Broad incumbents are Workday, Eightfold AI and Modern Hire (acquired by HireVue). Emerging players are LAPRAS and Paradox (Olivia).
Does PeopleX have an API?
No public API is recorded for PeopleX.
What industry is PeopleX in?
PeopleX's product category is HR Technology Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAAAFAC, Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration), with a secondary code of BPAEAIAI, Workplace Automation & Self-Service (RPA for IT, Chatbots, Virtual Agents). Its NAICS code is 541511 and its SIC code is 7371.