ailead

What ailead does

ailead (株式会社ailead) is a Tokyo-headquartered, privately-held enterprise software company that operates an AI agent platform for conversation data. The platform automatically captures meetings, sales calls, and interviews via calendar integrations with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Dialpad, and in-person recording, then transcribes and structures the dialogue into business schemas (topics, agreements, concerns, next actions) using proprietary NLP and speaker diarization. Its three product layers are the core ailead conversation platform, the 'AIエージェント' (AI agents) for autonomous task execution including Salesforce/ATS writes, and 'aileadIntelligence' as the underlying analysis engine.

The company sells via a direct enterprise field sales motion targeting Japanese organizations, primarily those with 1,000+ employees, supplemented by a content marketing engine of 552+ blog articles, whitepapers, and 500+ customer case studies. Revenue is generated through annual, quote-based subscription contracts across sales, recruitment/HR, management, and 1on1 use cases, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Customer concentration is distributed across manufacturing, IT/SaaS, HR, real estate, advertising, and consulting verticals, with named enterprise logos including TOPPAN Holdings, CyberAgent, En Japan, Konica Minolta, Medley, Leopalace21, Hakuhodo DY ONE, and BIPROGY.

ailead is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified (since June 14, 2022), holds ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring Leader status in both Sales Enablement and SFA Tool categories, and was selected for the Zaikai BEST AI 100 in June 2026. The company is founder-led under Representative Director Sugiyama Daiki (杉山大幹), has not disclosed any venture funding rounds or external investors, and currently reports a headcount of 1-10 against a 500+ enterprise customer base, suggesting a highly automated, capital-efficient operating model concentrated in Japan.

Name

ailead

Legal name

株式会社ailead

Website

https://ailead.app

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ailead is a Tokyo-based enterprise software company that provides an AI agent platform which automatically captures, transcribes, and structures sales, recruitment, and meeting conversations, then autonomously writes insights to CRM and ATS systems. It serves primarily large Japanese enterprises across sales, HR, and management functions via annual subscription contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Enterprise AI Agent Platform Subscription: Subscription-based revenue model for enterprise AI agent platform that structures conversation data and automates business tasks. Pricing appears to be subscription-based with enterprise pricing tiers. The company does not publicly disclose specific pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ailead is an enterprise AI agent platform that automatically collects conversation data from sales calls, interviews, and meetings via calendar integrations with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Dialpad, and Zoom Phone. It transcribes and structures the dialogue using AI (extracting topics, agreements, concerns, and next actions), then deploys AI agents that autonomously execute downstream business tasks including Salesforce CRM updates, evaluation report generation, and follow-up task creation. The platform is used by enterprise sales, HR/recruitment, and management teams in Japan.

Product overview

ailead is an enterprise AI agent platform (エンタープライズAIエージェント基盤) that processes conversation data from sales calls, interviews, and meetings. The platform consists of three integrated layers: (1) the core ailead platform for conversation data collection and structuring, (2) the AIエージェント (AI Agents) for autonomous business task execution, and (3) aileadIntelligence as the AI-powered analysis engine. Together, these products automatically collect dialogue data via calendar integrations (Zoom, Teams, Meet), transcribe and analyze conversations using NLP and speaker separation, structure data into business schemas (topics, agreements, concerns, next actions), and autonomously execute tasks including CRM updates in Salesforce, evaluation report generation, and follow-up automation. The platform supports cross-departmental use in sales, recruitment/HR, and management, with enterprise-grade security (ISO 27001) and governance controls.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ailead (Enterprise AI Agent Platform) Core enterprise AI agent platform that automatically collects conversation data from sales calls, interviews, and meetings via calendar integrations (Zoom, Teams, Meet, Dialpad, Zoom Phone), transcribes and structures dialogue into business schemas (topics, agreements, concerns, next actions), and enables AI agents to autonomously execute business tasks including Salesforce CRM updates, evaluation report generation, and next action creation. Built for enterprise sales, HR/recruitment, and management teams in Japan with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 governance controls.
• ailead AIエージェント (AI Agents) AI agents that autonomously execute business tasks after conversations end, including updating Salesforce CRM records, generating evaluation reports, creating follow-up tasks, and writing structured data back to SFA/CRM and ATS systems. Designed for enterprise sales, HR/recruitment, and management workflows in Japan.
• aileadIntelligence AI-powered intelligence layer that powers conversation analysis across the platform, extracting topics, agreements, concerns, and next actions from dialogue and structuring data into business schemas for downstream automation.

Quantifiable outcome

• SFA input work reduced by approximately 90% through automatic CRM updates
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Cloud Partner providing integration with Google Calendar and Google Meet for automatic meeting/call collection and recording.
• ZoomcoreTechnology or IntegrationZoom Developer Partner providing deep integration for automatic recording and analysis of Zoom meetings and calls. Enables seamless data collection from Zoom Webinars, Zoom Phone, and Zoom Meetings.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partner for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 (including Outlook calendar) enabling automatic meeting capture and analysis.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationCRM integration partner enabling automatic reflection of conversation data and insights into Salesforce CRM systems, automates task creation and follow-ups.
• SlacksupportingTechnology or IntegrationChat integration partner for team communication and workflow automation with Slack.
• DialpadsupportingTechnology or IntegrationPhone integration partner enabling automatic recording and analysis of Dialpad calls.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aileadinc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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