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Global Supply Chain Managers Use Kimaru.ai’s Decision Intelligence Agents to optimize inventory, reduce risk, and enhance operational efficiency. Supply chain disruptions, demand fluctuations, and logistical inefficiencies make inventory management increasingly difficult. Kimaru.ai enables supply chain managers to make data-driven decisions, ensuring optimal stock levels while mitigating risks associated with supply shortages, overstocking, and transportation delays. Supply chain managers must balance customer demand, supplier reliability, and inventory costs while navigating unexpected disruptions. Traditional inventory management approaches rely on static models that fail to account for real-time market changes. The result is excess inventory, stockouts, and reactive decision-making that impacts profitability and customer satisfaction. External factors such as inflation, global supply chain instability, and changing consumer behaviors further complicate forecasting. Without intelligent, dynamic systems, companies struggle to maintain efficiency and control over their operations. Kimaru.ai’s Decision Intelligence Agents process real-time data from multiple sources, including supplier networks, transportation systems, and market trends. This AI-driven approach enables supply chain managers to: - Accurately forecast demand to prevent stockouts and excess inventory. - Dynamically allocate inventory across warehouses and distribution centers. - Identify and mitigate risks before they impact the supply chain. - Improve collaboration between suppliers, logistics providers, and retailers. By augmenting inventory decision-making, Kimaru.ai reduces manual processes and ensures that supply chain managers can respond to market conditions with greater speed and precision. By integrating Kimaru.ai’s Decision Intelligence Agents, supply chain managers achieve: - Reduced inventory holding costs by optimizing stock levels across locations. - Improved order fulfillment rates, ensuring products reach customers on time. - Faster response times to supply chain disruptions, minimizing operational delays. - Stronger supplier relationships through AI-driven collaboration and insights. According to Accenture’s “Resiliency in the Making” report, businesses that adopt AI-powered decision intelligence outperform competitors in revenue growth and supply chain stability. Kimaru.ai equips companies with the necessary tools to remain competitive in today’s volatile market. https://lnkd.in/gaHhxWP8 https://lnkd.in/gZUcgfw6

🚀 Join kimaru.ai at Takeoff Tokyo 2025! 🚀 We're honored and grateful for the opportunity to showcase kimaru.ai again at Takeoff Tokyo 2025 on March 25-26! 🎉 A huge thanks to the Takeoff Tokyo team for bringing together such an incredible community of founders, investors and enterprises! Last year's event was a huge success and the opportunity to pitch gave us a huge boost so we're keen to do so again! 📣 We’ll be showcasing the kimaru.ai platform at our booth, demonstrating how Retail and Supply Chain managers use our Decision Intelligence Agents for Dynamic Pricing, Markdown, Inventory Management and Route Optimization. Please stop by to see how it works and learn more! 🖥️ Looking forward to connecting with everyone - let’s talk AI Agents, decision intelligence, and the future of business! See you there! 🌏🤝 📅 Event: Takeoff Tokyo 🔗 More info: https://lnkd.in/gEYTXhRT #TakeoffTokyo2025 #TakeoffTokyo #TechEvent #AI #TechCommunity #Networking #Innovation #Startups

Fashion Retailers Use Kimaru.ai to Optimize Markdown Strategies and Reduce Unsold Inventory Waste AI-powered markdown optimization helps fashion retailers enhance profitability, reduce unsold stock, and support sustainability initiatives. The fashion industry is highly seasonal, with constantly shifting trends and customer preferences. kimaru.ai enables fashion retailers to optimize markdown strategies, balance inventory clearance with profitability, and minimize waste from unsold stock. By leveraging AI-driven markdown optimization, retailers can confidently manage their pricing decisions, ensuring they maximize sell-through rates while reducing environmental impact. Fashion retailers frequently struggle with inventory that quickly becomes obsolete due to changing trends and seasonal demand shifts. Excess stock often results in steep markdowns, eroding margins, or, worse, large quantities of unsold products ending up in landfills. Traditional markdown processes rely on intuition and manual planning, making it difficult to apply strategic, data-driven pricing at scale. By integrating Kimaru.ai’s Decision Intelligence Agents, fashion retailers can analyze historical sales data, real-time demand signals, and external factors such as weather patterns and promotional activity. Built on Dr. Lorien Pratt’s Decision Intelligence methodology, which maps causal decision diagrams and action-outcome connections, and enhanced by Agentic AI, Kimaru.ai delivers highly accurate, real-time SKU-level pricing recommendations that help retailers: - Apply the right discount at the right time to maximize sell-through rates while protecting margins. - Dynamically adjust markdown strategies based on current sales performance and customer demand. - Minimize unsold inventory, reducing the environmental and financial impact of overstock. During peak sales seasons and clearance events, Kimaru.ai’s AI-driven recommendations allow retailers to take a more strategic, data-backed approach to markdowns. Instead of relying on broad percentage-based discounts, retailers can optimize pricing for each SKU, ensuring maximum revenue retention and improved inventory turnover. By leveraging Kimaru.ai’s markdown optimization AI, fashion retailers experience: - Higher profit margins by reducing unnecessary deep discounting while improving sell-through rates. - Lower unsold inventory, helping retailers reduce product waste and decrease their environmental footprint. More sustainable operations, as fewer unsold products translate to less textile waste ending up in landfills. https://lnkd.in/g_vq_HhP

🎥 Alchemist Japan Demo Day 2024 – Watch the Recording In December 2024, we hosted the inaugural #AlchemistJapanDemoDay in Tokyo, bringing together B2B startup founders, investors, and industry leaders for an afternoon of pitches, discussions, and meaningful connections. The video recording is now live – Tune in to the 4-minute pitches from 9 venture-backed startups tackling critical industry challenges. 📽️ Watch the Recording Now → bit.ly/AJdemodayvideo2024 📂 Explore Demo Day Kit & Pitch Decks → bit.ly/AJdemodaykit2024 🔵 Featuring Startups bitgrit | Connecting companies to AI innovation through the power of community. Cyanotype Bio | Unlocking chemical diversity in the Plant Kingdom through AI-enabled discovery and enabling the sustainable manufacturing of biomaterials as alternatives to traditional chemical products. Glidely | AI-powered buyers' assistant that identifies and prioritizes high-value opportunities from overwhelming sales outreach. kimaru.ai | Faster time-to-decision & reduced costs with decision augmentation AI. Liberius Technology Inc | Guest Engagement Agents for the hospitality industry. Riv Inc. | Enabling End-to-End Global Food Traceability. SHOSABI | Providing data-driven body awareness software that enables precision movement, optimizing physical strength and preventing future body damage. Smart Agri Labs| Transforming farming through hyperlocal insights powered by proprietary AI. xMap | Generative AI Location Intelligence Platform turning fragmented data into real-time insight. Stay connected as these companies scale beyond Japan! Alchemist Accelerator  #AlchemistJapan #DemoDay

Vending Operators Leverage Kimaru.ai for AI-Driven Markdown Optimization, Waste Reduction, and Healthier Product Offerings In today’s dynamic vending industry, Kimaru.ai is helping operators strategically price perishable products, optimize markdowns to balance sales velocity and margins, and reduce waste. By enabling better markdown management, vending operators can confidently stock fresher, healthier food and beverage options with fewer preservatives, aligning with consumer demand and sustainability goals. Vending operators frequently struggle with perishable inventory, particularly with hot drinks like canned milk coffee, cold beverages like fresh juices, and food items such as sandwiches and salads. These products have shorter shelf lives compared to conventional vending staples like processed snacks and sugary drinks. Without an optimized markdown strategy, operators either discount too aggressively – eroding margins – or fail to sell items before expiration, leading to waste and financial loss. Additionally, many vending businesses avoid stocking fresh, healthier options due to the high risk of spoilage and associated costs. By leveraging Kimaru.ai’s Decision Intelligence Agents, vending operators can analyze historical sales data, real-time purchasing trends, and expiration timelines to ensure optimal markdown strategies. The AI provides real-time recommendations on markdown levels that maximize revenue while ensuring perishable products are sold before they expire. This dynamic, demand-driven pricing approach allows operators to: - Offer fresher, healthier food and drink options without fearing excessive waste. - Reduce reliance on artificial preservatives in stocked items, catering to growing consumer preference for natural products. - Maintain profitability by applying strategic, data-driven markdowns instead of arbitrary discounts. Better markdown management supports global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives by: - Reducing food waste, aligning with SDG Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production). - Encouraging healthier eating habits, contributing to public health objectives. - Lowering carbon footprints, as less waste translates to reduced environmental impact from food production and disposal. For more information on how Kimaru.ai can optimize markdown decisions and improve vending profitability, please contact us: https://lnkd.in/gBqcgNNK https://lnkd.in/gBYkNe3p

Thank you to the Takeoff Tokyo team for the opportunity to share our pitch for kimaru.ai at last week's Venture Café Tokyo Thursday Gathering! In addition to our platform for supply chain decision intelligence Agents, we discussed Takeoff Tokyo, Asia's flagship startup event coming to Tokyo Big Sight this March 25th and 26th, the benefits of attending, and Takeoff Tokyo's upcoming Builder's Weekend event on February 21st-23rd. Visit https://lnkd.in/db6Phkx4 and https://lnkd.in/gArBde-C to sign up! Kensuke Kubota Antti Sonninen 🚀 Sinjin Wolf Dr. Hareesh Nambiar

Just Released: Watch the Alchemist Japan Demo Day 2024 Recording! We are very proud of our fellow cohort members in Alchemist Japan Class 1! bitgrit | Cyanotype Bio | Glidely | kimaru.ai | Liberius Technology Inc | Riv Inc. | SHOSABI | Smart Agri Labs | xMap Our Demo Day recording has just been launched, please check it out! https://lnkd.in/gwWVM6GB From the Alchemist Japan Team: The video recording is now live—relive the energy and dive back into the 4-minute pitches from the inaugural cohort of 9 startups. Watch the Recording: bit.ly/AJdemodayvideo2024 Explore Company Files & Pitch Decks: bit.ly/AJdemodaykit2024 Stay Connected: https://lnkd.in/gnhRJVYc https://lnkd.in/g99M3NEj We truly appreciate your support for Alchemist Japan and hope to welcome you at a future event or opportunity. Thank you for being part of our journey to empower startups and foster innovation. Warm regards, The Alchemist Japan Team hashtag #AlchemistJapan hashtag #AJDemoDay2024 https://lnkd.in/gwWVM6GB

Happy New Year from kimaru.ai! Welcome to 2025: the year of Agentic AI 2025 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for technology. Agentic AI, a new form of artificial intelligence, is becoming a major focus for companies worldwide. Microsoft’s CEO announced that traditional SaaS software is evolving into Agentic AI, Salesforce launched its Agentforce 2.0 platform with multiple Agentic AI solutions, and Gartner predicts that by 2028, 33% of enterprise software will include Agentic AI, enabling faster and more automated decisions. For those curious to learn more, AI expert Andrew Ng explains Agentic AI and how it works in this video: https://lnkd.in/gwQxHRE2 At kimaru.ai, we have been working hard for the past year developing Decision Intelligence Agents (DI Agents) for retail supply chain management and are honored to have participated in the inaugural Alchemist Japan accelerator program, supported by JETRO Startup and Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. The program concluded on December 19th with Demo Day and the launch of our MVP. You can see a walkthrough of our platform here: https://lnkd.in/gezSgfUm The kimaru.ai Advantage Our DI Agents are designed to help retail supply chain managers make faster, better decisions by assisting with jobs to be done like cleaning and optimizing data, connecting different databases for a unified view, and assessing risks and making predictions. This technology supports key decisions in pricing, ordering, routing, stock, and energy management, combining human expertise with AI efficiency to save time and reduce costs.   Please contact us to see a live demo of the platform! Thank You for Your Support! We are excited to continue innovating in 2025 and are grateful for your interest in our journey. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like to learn more. Wishing you a successful and prosperous year ahead!  - The kimaru.ai Team

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Check out our progress in the Alchemist Accelerator program with this Startup Spotlight! Thank you to Alchemist Japan for featuring us! 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gnqhMtkJ