Selected as a startup member of NEXs Tokyo, a startup support program hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Lazuli Inc., which develops and provides the cloud-based product master “Lazuli PDP” leveraging AI technology (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Seigen Hagiwara; hereinafter “Lazuli”), has been selected as a startup member of “NEXs Tokyo,” a startup support program hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

“NEXs Tokyo” is a Tokyo Metropolitan Government support program that promotes collaboration between startups and venture companies across Japan and various organizations. Regarding startup members, Tokyo-based companies that aim to expand their business across Japan and globally are named “JAMP,” while regional companies based outside Tokyo that aim to accelerate their business in the Tokyo metropolitan area and globally are named “DIVE.” “NEXs Tokyo” offers three distinctive forms of support: a “community” as a place for growth and collaboration, a “collaborative business creation program” that generates business collaborations nationwide, and an “overseas expansion support program” that provides basic knowledge and know-how for all aspects of overseas expansion.

In addition, it collaborates not only with players essential to startup business expansion and acceleration, such as venture capital (VC), media, and large corporations, but also with local governments, support organizations, universities, financial institutions, and others across Japan that are difficult to encounter in a normal business environment.

Lazuli decided to apply this time, aiming to secure new clients for “Lazuli PDP,” which it develops and provides, by going through “NEXs Tokyo,” in which various manufacturers participate as partner members supporting startups. In addition, we will implement an intensive program to organize strategy design and expansion processes for Lazuli's overseas expansion goals. With this selection, collaboration with companies in each region will also become possible, and we will continue to advance further business expansion while receiving support from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

＜About Lazuli PDP＞

“Lazuli PDP(Product Data Platform)” is a product data platform that centrally manages product information scattered across multiple external databases and processes and generates data into an easy-to-use format according to its intended use. Using AI, it matches and consolidates diverse product master data held by retailers and manufacturers, and assigns meta tags and links based on product benefits and features. This information is stored in Lazuli's product information database and provided to users through “Lazuli PDP”.

＜About Lazuli Inc.＞

Lazuli Inc. is a startup founded in July 2020. By leveraging advanced AI technology and the cloud, it is developing and providing SaaS that allows anyone involved in business to access product information from around the world, as an AI product master. As products are manufactured, distributed, and sold, the data related to products is currently not smoothly synchronized between companies or even within the same company. We believe this is one of the major factors hindering DX. To solve this, Lazuli develops and provides Lazuli PDP, a SaaS-based cloud product master that makes product information easily accessible to people engaged in business.

https://corporate.lazuli.ninja/

About NEXs Tokyo: https://www.nexstokyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/