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KiAI CEO, Kazumasa Oba, Featured in Startup League Member Interview, Discussing Our Vision and AI Platform "KiAI" Initiatives

~Aiming for "Democratization of Information" and Providing Accurate Real-time Data on the Global South~

KiAI Inc. (Headquarters: Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan; CEO: Kazumasa Oba) is pleased to announce the publication of an interview featuring CEO Kazumasa Oba in the “2025 ICT Startup League Member Interview” series on the Startup League website.

In the article, Mr. Oba details the background of founding KiAI, motivated by the challenge of “information disparity” in emerging and developing countries (the Global South) that he observed during his experience as an economist at the World Bank Group. He elaborates on “KiAI,” our intelligence platform that utilizes proprietary AI technology to collect and analyze local information in real-time.

Furthermore, the article introduces our initiative to support overseas expansion by realizing the “democratization of information” under the vision “Global Return for Everyone,” thereby providing accurate, usable data for business, including for SMEs.