LOOV

What LOOV does

LOOV (株式会社LOOV), which rebranded its flagship Video Agent service to TALKsmith on April 1, 2026, is a Tokyo-headquartered (Shibuya, established April 2022) AI software company that automates personalized business presentations and explanations for Japanese B2B sales, marketing, customer success, and HR teams. The platform serves 200+ corporate customers as of September 2025 across recruiting, real estate, telecommunications, education, staffing, BPO, e-commerce, and energy sectors, with named enterprise deployments including LINE Yahoo, Ichinen Holdings (handling 200+ new-graduate briefing sessions annually), Nattoku Housing, Field Serve Japan, Sora Project, and Digital Grid.

The TALKsmith platform is built around proprietary AI capabilities that constitute the product rather than augment it: real-time two-way dialogue during video playback (text or voice queries answered by an AI grounded in uploaded materials), AI-driven scenario auto-generation from PDF and existing MP4 inputs, branching personalization that adapts content flow to viewer attributes and selections, AI-generated digital human presenters with realistic facial expressions and lip-sync, and AI presentation material generation for PowerPoint outputs. The technology is protected by Japanese Patent #7620958 (granted January 24, 2025) covering personalized video information processing and lead capture. Multimodal AI capabilities span video, audio, and text; integrations include Notta (transcription-based scenario generation) and HubSpot (CRM viewing-data sync). A research arm, 聞きパLab, publishes studies on explanation effectiveness. The product suite comprises TALKsmith for Sales, TALKsmith for Marketing, TALKsmith for CS, and TALKsmith for HR.

LOOV operates a SaaS subscription revenue model with quote-based annual contracts and no publicly disclosed pricing tiers. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales (with demonstrations at Japan DX Week, HR EXPO, Eight EXPO, and BOXIL EXPO), a self-serve onboarding path, and a partner referral program launched November 2024 paying up to ¥450,000 per successful introduction. The company has raised cumulative funding above ¥840M (~$5.5M USD) across four rounds from December 2022 to April 2026, with investors including One Capital, HAKOBUNE, Global Brain Corporation, Innovation Hayate V Capital, Archetype Ventures, and Mizuho Capital. ARR grew approximately 340% year-over-year as of April 2025. The company holds ISO 27001 certification and maintains a flexible workforce of approximately 50 members (8-9 full-time plus contractors) under a fully remote operating model.

Name

LOOV

Legal name

株式会社LOOV（LOOV.inc）

Website

https://loov.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LOOV (rebranded to TALKsmith in April 2026) is a Tokyo-based AI Video Agent platform that automates personalized business presentations and explanations for Japanese B2B sales, marketing, customer success, and HR teams. It serves 200+ enterprise customers and has raised over ¥840M in cumulative funding through Series A.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Video Sales Enablement Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Motion Picture and Video Production (512110)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Short-Form Video Creation, Editing & Templates Apps (MPACAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise/Workplace Short-Form Video Platforms (Internal Comms & Training) (MPACAHAL), Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration) (HDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• AI video presentations
• Sales automation platform
• Personalized video marketing
• Customer success software
• HR recruitment automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Meguro

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

Revenue model

1. Video Agent SaaS Subscription: SaaS subscription model for TALKsmith (formerly LOOV) Video Agent platform. Provides access to interactive personalized video creation, AI features, and analytics dashboard. Multiple plans for Sales, CS, and HR use cases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

LOOV operates an AI-powered Video Agent platform (branded TALKsmith since April 2026) that automatically creates personalized video presentations adapting content based on viewer attributes and responses. The platform enables 24/7 automated sales pitches, marketing engagement videos, customer success explanations, and HR/recruitment communications without requiring specialized video production skills.

Product overview

LOOV operates as a Video Agent platform that has been rebranded to TALKsmith (as of April 2026). The core platform uses AI to automate personalized video presentations that adapt to viewer attributes and responses. The portfolio consists of TALKsmith as the unified platform, with four vertical solutions: TALKsmith for Sales, TALKsmith for Marketing, TALKsmith for CS, and TALKsmith for HR. Supporting capabilities include real-time AI dialogue interaction, digital human generation, AI scenario auto-generation, and AI presentation material generation. The company also operates 聞きパLab., a research initiative studying communication effectiveness. The platform targets businesses seeking to automate repetitive explanation and presentation tasks across sales, marketing, customer success, and HR functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TALKsmith for Sales: 営業パーソン向けのVideo Agent。AI×甚么で営業の「話す」を再現し、24時間365日プレゼンを届ける。
• TALKsmith for Marketing
• TALKsmith for CS
• TALKsmith for HR

Products and services

• TALKsmith (formerly LOOV Video Agent) AI-powered Video Agent SaaS platform that automatically creates personalized video presentations adapting content based on viewer attributes and responses. Enables 24/7 automated sales, marketing, customer success, and HR communications. Targets enterprise and mid-market B2B companies in Japan.
• TALKsmith for Sales Vertical-specific Video Agent plan for sales teams that reproduces a salesperson's presentation via AI and video, delivering 24/7 personalized pitches to prospects based on their interests and attributes.
• TALKsmith for Marketing Video Agent solution for marketing teams that embeds human-like AI presentations into landing pages, whitepapers, ads, and seminars to maximize engagement across touchpoints.
• TALKsmith for CS Customer Success Video Agent that automates repetitive explanations and adoption-promotion tasks — tool usage, initial setup, and update explanations — 24/7 with consistent quality.
• TALKsmith for HR HR Video Agent that automates company briefings, culture introductions, and recruitment communications — enabling 24/7 personalized candidate experiences from casual interviews through formal screening.

Quantifiable outcome

• ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) growth of 340% YoY as of April 2025
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability9 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Notta (NottA)coreTechnology or Integration · 2 October 2025Collaboration with Notta, AI transcription service provider. Integrates Notta's voice recognition and transcription capabilities to automatically record meeting content, analyze top performer techniques, and generate Video Agents with one click for various business scenarios.
• Sales MarkercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 November 2024Strategic partnership with Sales Marker, provider of intent-based sales SaaS. Combines Sales Marker's customer targeting capabilities (520万 enterprise database and intent data) with LOOV's personalized video presentations. Enables customer-centric sales DX by reaching prospects at optimal timing with personalized content.
• soraプロジェクト (Sora Project)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 July 2024Business strategy partnership with sora project, a B2B-focused inside sales and marketing outsourcing company. Combines sora project's telemarketing and inside sales services with LOOV's Video Agent for enhanced customer support and lead generation.
• ニューピークス (New Peaks)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2024Strategic business partnership with New Peaks, combining their high-rich video content production with LOOV's personalized video technology. Jointly support B2B companies' sales and marketing DX initiatives through integrated solution.
• TimominorGTM or Marketing Partner · 14 February 2024Co-hosted seminar partnership with Timo, specializing in Account-Based Marketing (ABM). Joint webinar on maximizing effective sales conversations and increasing ARR 3x in one year.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Synthesia: Enterprise AI video generation platform enabling text-to-video with digital avatars. Most direct competitor to TALKsmith's AI video agent approach for business presentations.
• HeyGen: AI video generation platform with avatar-based presentation and personalization features. Closely competes in the AI sales/marketing video space with similar creator tooling.
• Tavus: AI personalized video platform that clones the user's face and voice for sales outreach and customer engagement. Directly overlaps TALKsmith's sales/marketing personalization use case.
• D-ID: AI digital human platform for creating talking avatar videos from text/script. Comparable to TALKsmith's digital human generation capability for business presentations.
• Colossyan: AI video generation platform focused on workplace training, corporate communications, and explainer videos — overlapping with TALKsmith's CS/HR use cases.
• Vidyard: Video messaging and sales enablement platform for personalized sales videos, with analytics and CRM integrations. Adjacent competitor in the sales video personalization category.
• Sendspark: Personalized video platform for sales outreach enabling users to record customized videos at scale. Direct overlap with TALKsmith's sales-focused personalized video agent.
• Bonjoro: Personalized video messaging tool for sales and customer success teams to send tailored videos to customers. Competes in the same sales/CS personalization category as TALKsmith.

Emerging players

• Hour One: AI video generation platform using photorealistic virtual presenters for business communications. Comparable digital human video capability targeting enterprise presentations.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Copilot / Viva Sales: Microsoft's productivity suite increasingly embeds AI-powered video/presentation features across Teams, Viva, and PowerPoint. Represents the broad incumbent threat to standalone AI presentation tools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xnote.com/loov
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/loovinc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors6 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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