Usonar Develops Proprietary AI 'u-nou' for Service Integration: Starting with Business Card App 'm-sonar'

Usonar Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Nanami Fukutomi) is pleased to announce the development and launch of its proprietary AI function, 'u-nou.' 'u-nou' is a corporate support AI that aggregates and outputs information from Usonar's LBC (Japan's largest corporate database) and data unique to user companies. It differs from existing AI that relies on internet searches. 'u-nou' leverages corporate information from the LBC, which is built on reliable public data, including databases from trusted partners, verified news sources, corporate websites, and commercial/real estate registrations for 4.6 million companies. 'u-nou' operates in a closed environment to prevent information leakage. Within this secure data environment, user companies can utilize specific information such as business card exchange data, transaction history, and sales activity logs. By using 'u-nou,' companies can obtain high-precision customer insights and sales support. The first implementation of 'u-nou' is in the corporate information and business card management app 'm-sonar.' After searching in the 'Company' tab of 'm-sonar,' clicking the 'u-nou' button generates the latest AI company summary, proposing detailed information and approach methods based on the user's specific characteristics and relationship with the target company. Key display items include comprehensive findings, recommended actions, transaction information, cautionary information, corporate trends, industry topics, growth/financial trends, relevance to the user's services, and contact history. This allows for efficient sales preparation and needs-based approaches before meetings. The service will be provided free of charge starting in June, with a paid model effective from July 1st. 'u-nou' was developed based on the philosophy of not just using AI as a personal tool, but as a way to accumulate organizational knowledge—such as proposals, inquiries, lost deal reasons, and success stories—to cultivate 'corporate intelligence.' We will continue to roll this out to our various services.