What DATAFLUCT does

DATAFLUCT (株式会社DATAFLUCT) is a Tokyo-based AI and data science company founded in 2019 that helps Japanese enterprises convert unstructured data — documents, PDFs, images, audio, and IoT streams — into production-grade AI assets. Its commercial offering is organized as a three-tier product portfolio under the Airlake brand: the Airlake Platform (a no-code, cloud-native AI data infrastructure that structures unstructured data and integrates with BI and generative AI tools), Airlake AI Models (bespoke predictive and optimization models for complex enterprise problems), and Airlake AI Agents (autonomous digital workers that learn organization-specific tacit knowledge and execute tasks). The firm operates exclusively in the Japanese market, selling through direct enterprise field sales to large corporates across six verticals — food, wholesale/retail, public/transportation, construction/real estate, manufacturing, and finance/IT/services — and lists over 40 enterprise customers including TAKENAKA, KAJIMA, TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, MS&AD, WELCIA, YAKULT, and TOBU RAILWAY.

The business model combines recurring subscription revenue (Airlake Platform, AI Agents) with professional services revenue (custom AI model development), priced on an enterprise quote basis rather than public list pricing. Go-to-market is field-sales-led with strong event-driven demand generation, evidenced by self-organized conferences (Data Cross Conference 2026), seminars, and a robust technical blog (tech.datafluct.com). The firm holds ISMS certification (IS 770269 / PM 770270), supporting enterprise procurement requirements. Capital structure includes venture funding from UTEC (The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, ~$2.77M in 2021), MSIVC (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, 2022), and Google for Startups (2022); the company remains private with 11-50 employees and headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Name

DATAFLUCT

Legal name

株式会社DATAFLUCT（データフラクト）

Website

https://datafluct.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DATAFLUCT is a Tokyo-based AI company founded in 2019 that provides a three-tier Airlake platform — data structuring, custom AI models, and autonomous AI agents — to Japanese enterprises across food, retail, manufacturing, construction, transportation, and finance verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise AI Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Platforms & Modern Data Stack Services (Lakehouse, DW, MDM) (BPAEAHAC), Data Lake Platforms (HDAEABAC), Data Strategy & Governance Services (BPAEAHAA)

Keywords

• Enterprise AI platform
• Unstructured data processing
• Custom AI models
• AI agent deployment
• Multimodal machine learning

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, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. AI Platform subscription: Cloud-native AI platform delivered as a subscription service, providing no-code unstructured data structuring, BI and generative AI integration.
2. Custom AI model development: Bespoke AI model development services targeting complex business challenges, delivered as tailored predictive and optimization solutions.
3. AI agent solutions: AI agents that learn and autonomously execute business tasks, representing a new category of digital labor deployed within client organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DATAFLUCT provides an enterprise AI platform that automatically structures unstructured data (documents, audio, images, IoT) using no-code tools, complemented by custom AI model development for complex prediction and optimization challenges, and autonomous AI agents that learn and execute tasks from tacit organizational knowledge. These services are delivered primarily to large Japanese corporations across multiple industries to accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

Product overview

DATAFLUCT offers a three-service AI portfolio consisting of Airlake platform, Airlake AI models, and Airlake AI agents. The platform provides no-code data structuring for unstructured data (documents, audio, images, IoT), AI models deliver custom prediction and optimization solutions, and AI agents enable autonomous task execution by learning tacit business knowledge. The services work together as a comprehensive AI ecosystem from data foundation to autonomous operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Airlake platform: AI Platform - AI data infrastructure that transforms unstructured data into assets, accelerating data utilization
• Airlake AI models
• Airlake AI agents

Products and services

• Airlake platform AI Platform for no-code structuring of unstructured data including documents, audio, images, and IoT data. Provides data foundation for autonomous AI agent operations and enables company-wide DX with BI and generative AI integration.
• Airlake AI models Custom AI model development service for high-precision prediction and optimization of complex business challenges. Develops prediction models utilizing diverse data that maintain high accuracy in production environments.
• Airlake AI agents AI agent service that learns tacit knowledge (field intuition, internal rules) that cannot be manually codified. Embodies core company expertise and autonomously executes tasks as a next-generation digital workforce.

Quantifiable outcome

• Production-ready AI models maintaining high accuracy in production environments for process optimization

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Multiple companies at Data Cross Conference 2026minorOthers · 24 June 2026DATAFLUCT organized the Data Cross Conference 2026 (July 7–8), an online event on AI implementation in business with contributions from 15 companies including sessions on contract management AI, sales AI, and AI governance. These are event contributors rather than formal commercial partnerships.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DataRobot: DataRobot provides an enterprise AI platform for building, deploying, and managing custom predictive models with no-code accessibility. Comparable to DATAFLUCT's AI Platform and AI Models offerings targeting business users without deep data science expertise.
• C3.ai: C3.ai is an enterprise AI application platform offering pre-built and custom AI models for industrial, manufacturing, and financial verticals — directly mirroring DATAFLUCT's vertical AI focus and custom model development model.
• Palantir Technologies: Palantir's Foundry/Gotham platforms offer enterprise data integration, custom AI models, and increasingly AI agents for autonomous execution. Directly comparable to DATAFLUCT's Airlake platform + AI models + AI agents portfolio targeting complex enterprise unstructured data workflows.
• dotData: dotData provides an AI/ML platform focused on automating feature engineering and predictive model development for enterprises. Comparable to DATAFLUCT's no-code AI Platform and AI Models offerings targeting data science automation.
• ABEJA: ABEJA is a Tokyo-based AI startup providing AI platform services, retail analytics, and digital transformation solutions to Japanese enterprises. Most direct Japanese peer to DATAFLUCT, with similar enterprise GTM and multimodal AI positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Snowflake: Snowflake offers a cloud data platform with native AI/ML features and marketplace for data products. Comparable to DATAFLUCT's data structuring and AI integration capabilities, serving enterprise customers seeking to operationalize structured and unstructured data.
• Databricks: Databricks provides the leading data lakehouse platform with custom ML model development and increasingly agentic AI capabilities. Overlaps with DATAFLUCT's data platform and AI model offerings, though Databricks operates globally and at vastly larger scale.
• Hitachi (Lumada): Hitachi's Lumada is a broad enterprise DX/IoT/AI platform serving Japanese manufacturers, transportation, and public sector customers — directly overlapping with DATAFLUCT's target verticals and AI-for-DX value proposition at much larger scale.

Emerging players

• Alteryx: Alteryx provides a no-code/low-code analytics automation platform with AI/ML capabilities for business users. Comparable to DATAFLUCT's no-code AI Platform positioning, though Alteryx is more analytics-focused while DATAFLUCT emphasizes unstructured data and AI agents.

Regional players

• Preferred Networks: Preferred Networks is a leading Japanese deep learning company developing custom AI models and platforms for industrial applications (manufacturing, transportation, healthcare). Comparable as a Japan-based AI platform and custom model developer targeting enterprise verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/datafluct

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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