Dentsu Ventures Invests in Kognitos, Innovating AI Automation Platforms

Dentsu Ventures Boosts Kognitos with New Investment

Dentsu Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Dentsu Group, has recently made a strategic investment in Kognitos, Inc., an innovative American company focused on developing automation platforms using neuro-symbolic AI. This significant investment is part of Kognitos' Series B round, which successfully raised $25 million (approximately 3.6 billion yen) to further enhance their unique solutions in business automation.

Kognitos, headquartered in San Jose, California, and led by CEO Binny Gill, is at the forefront of integrating traditional symbolic reasoning and advanced AI learning capabilities. This groundbreaking neuro-symbolic AI platform is designed to automate hundreds of business processes across various corporate functions such as finance, legal, human resources, and operations. By using natural language as an interface instead of code, Kognitos allows business personnel to implement automation without requiring extensive technical skills.

One key feature of Kognitos' technology is its