AIST Solutions Co. (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; president: Kiyoharu Osaka; hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) has made an investment in ZenmuTech, Inc. (head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; representative director & CEO: Zenichi Taguchi; hereinafter referred to as “ZenmuTech”), a company that has been certified as an AISol startup.
ZenmuTech is a startup that is making broad contributions to society through information security and the proactive use of confidential data based on proprietary secret sharing technology that breaks down data into meaningless data groups and secure computation technology that enables the processing of data in its meaningless state. A secure computation database platform known as QueryAhead has been developed and provided based on secure computation technology that enables computation processing without having to recover any encrypted data whatsoever, which is an outcome of research conducted by Chief Researcher Goichiro Hanaoka and others of the Cyber Physical Security Research Center at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; president: Kazuhiko Ishimura; hereinafter referred to as “AIST”). Through this investment, we will promote further collaboration with ZenmuTech and support the business growth of this partner together with AIST.
Overview of ZenmuTech, Inc.:
Representative director, president & CEO: Zenichi Taguchi
Head office: 8-17-5, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Established: March 2014
Description of business: Providing services, software, systems, and other data security-related solutions based on the use of proprietary secret sharing and secure computation technologies
Relevant information:
Website of ZenmuTech, Inc.: https://zenmutech.com/information/news/20240109/ (*external link)
News regarding the granting of AISol startup certification to ZenmuTech, Inc.:
https://www.aist-solutions.co.jp/english/news/page000129.html
Direct any inquiries you may have concerning this matter to the following:
Startup Department, Produce Business Division
email: aisol-startups-info-ml*aist-solutions.co.jp(replace * with @)