[From Welfare] Interactive AI 'Chocomon' to End Loneliness Launches on Makuake: A New Model Where Purchasing Leads to Employment Support

'I have no one to talk to when I go home'

These are words actually heard at a welfare support site.

Even if there are opportunities to commute and interact with people during the day, after returning home, they are alone.

The time spent without talking to anyone continues—such 'loneliness' has now become a social issue that can happen to anyone, not just the elderly or people with disabilities.

In response to this issue, Chocotto Partners LLC (Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture; Representative: Kenichiro Shio) has developed the interactive AI robot 'Chocomon' and published the project on the support purchase service Makuake.

This project is not just about product development; it is an initiative to implement a 'system to eliminate loneliness' from the front lines of welfare into society.

### ■ An AI Partner That Accompanies You Through Conversation

'Chocomon' is a home AI robot that stays close to the user through daily conversation.

It provides a sense of psychological security by being a casual conversation partner, while also offering lifestyle support and learning assistance.

By creating a time where people can feel 'connected to someone,' it aims to alleviate feelings of loneliness.

### ■ Purchasing Directly Leads to Welfare Support

The feature of this project lies in the 'mechanism where purchasing directly leads to welfare support.'

Processes such as product packaging and shipping are carried out at 'Chocotto Aquarium,' a company operating a Type B continuous employment support business.

This creates employment opportunities for people with disabilities and contributes to improving their wages.

The value created in the field of welfare reaches society, and the compensation is returned to welfare again— This initiative is a completely new model that realizes that cycle.