AIONA Inc., the developer of "REVY"—an AI agent supporting design operations in the manufacturing sector—has raised a total of 140 million yen in its seed round through a third-party allotment of shares and debt financing from financial institutions. The round was led by ON&BOARD Inc.
AIONA is addressing the critical challenges facing Japan's manufacturing industry, such as the retirement of skilled workers and severe labor shortages, by offering AI-driven solutions. By having AI analyze and leverage accumulated "past technical documents," "drawings," and even "tacit knowledge" from the design floor, the company aims to realize "AI-driven design" that allows engineers to focus on higher-level decision-making and creative tasks. Their flagship AI agent, "REVY," cross-functionally supports a wide range of design operations—including Quality Function Deployment (QFD), derivative design selection, FMEA/DRBFM, and design review—while featuring capabilities to accumulate the rationale behind decisions made during these processes as organizational knowledge.
The newly raised funds will primarily be allocated to strengthening the product development structure for "REVY." AIONA has designated the coming year as a priority development period, aiming to accelerate talent acquisition and feature development. Starting with support for individual design tasks, AIONA ultimately aims to expand its service offerings to cover the entire design process.
Investors participating in this round are as follows:
*In addition to the above, debt financing was executed by The Aichi Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Bank, Ltd.