Preferred Networks

AI Solutions and Products

AI solutions and products that address challenges of each industry

Preferred Networks (PFN) develops and provides cutting-edge AI applications as solutions

and products across a wide range of industries — including plant automation

materials and drug discovery

entertainment content creation

and retail operations optimization.

AI Solutions and Products

AI solutions and services

Generative AI-powered products and services for business

Generative AI-powered products and services for business

PreferredAI™ is a group of PFN's products and services for solving diverse business challenges across industries.
Talent Scouter: Aptitude assessment through AI avatar interactions, ensuring consistent talent acquisition
Insight Scan: Classification of large text data from reviews and surveys to uncover valuable insights
Work Suite: AI agent supporting day-to-day operations using company-internal data
Slide Review: Eliminates the risk of oversights with automated slide reviews
Localization: Generates consistent translations that takes account of glossary, context and culture

Large language model specialized for translations

Large language model specialized for translations

PLaMo Translate is a large-scale language model (LLM) developed fully from scratch by PFN with specialized focus on text translation to and from Japanese. The model has been trained on a unique dataset containing a high proportion of both Japanese and English texts to achieve superior quality and accuracy in translations between Japanese and English compared to foreign models. PLaMo Translate features a compact size and highly efficient computational design, making it suitable for on-premise or local deployment. It also provides a browser extension for convenient use.

Business improvement solutions for chain stores

Business improvement solutions for chain stores

MiseMise™ (mee-say-mee-say) is a comprehensive operational improvement solution for chain stores that combines DX, AI, and robotics technologies. MiseMise services effectively integrate store operations and merchandising to address challenges such as labor shortages and sales opportunity losses due to stockouts or insufficient product assortments, implementing a plan-do-check-act cycle for continuous improvement.

Universal atomistic simulator

Universal atomistic simulator

Matlantis™ is a universal atomistic simulator that supports large-scale material discovery by reproducing new materials’ behavior at an atomic level on the computer. Jointly developed by PFN and ENEOS and provided by a joint venture since July 2021, Matlantis has supported over 100 companies and organizations as a cloud-based software-as-a-service for elucidating material properties and discovering various new materials. PFN develops Matlantis's core technology PFP (Preferred Potential), a universal machine learning interatomic potential.

3D scanning service

3D scanning service

PFN 3D Scan is an AI-powered 3D scanning service that can digitize a variety of real objects into high-quality 3D data. The technology faithfully reconstruct transparent, black and reflective objects that were hard to 3D-scan with conventional technologies. PFN 3D Scan can be used for e-commerce, metaverse, video production and more. (Available in Japan)

AI-based solution for plant automation

AI-based solution for plant automation

PlantPilot™ is an AI-driven solution trained on plant operation data and expert knowledge, enabling stable and optimized automation even under complex or disturbed conditions. Applicable across a wide range of process manufacturing plants, it enhances operational efficiency and reduces dependence on manual expertise.

Visual inspection software

Visual inspection software

Preferred Networks Visual Inspection (PVI) is a software for inspecting industrial parts, food and other manufactured goods with over 200 clients. PFN's proprietary AI model allows users to perform quick, low-cost and high-precision inspection with a small training data of about 100 photographs. (Currently available in Japan)

Binding free energy calculation service for drug discovery

Binding free energy calculation service for drug discovery

P-FEP is a service where PFN uses its in-house supercomputer to undertake binding free energy calculations - a critical component for streamlining drug discovery research. Users only need to prepare their own designed ligand compounds (small molecular compounds that specifically bind to target proteins) enabling them to obtain rapid prediction results for binding free energy calculations.

Automatic system for mouse tail vein injection

Automatic system for mouse tail vein injection

AUTiv® is a robotic system developed by PFN in collaboration with Chugai Pharmaceutical to reduce the burden on both animals and researchers in biomedical and pharmaceutical experiments. It automates the injection of solutions into the tail vein of laboratory mice—a task that previously required skilled manual operation. AUTiv has received the Roche 3Rs Award and the 2023 Japan Medical AI Association Incentive Award.

Programming education app for children

Programming education app for children

Playgram™ is a programming education app designed for elementary school students and up. Ideal for complete beginners, the app allows learners to gradually tackle increasingly complex challenges while systematically mastering computer science fundamentals. Developed by PFN engineers, Playgram is currently offered at over 900 classrooms nationwide through the Programming Education HALLO classes managed by a joint venture between PFN and Yaruki Switch Group.

Open world survival craft game focused on automation

Open world survival craft game focused on automation

Omega Crafter is an open world survival craft game developed by PFN with a focus on automation. Players can combine blocks with everyday phrases to make Grammi, the protagonist’s programmable sidekicks, to automatically perform in-game tasks such as material collection, city building and farming. The title is designed in a way that anyone can enjoy the benefits and fun of in-game automation regardless of coding experience, with the user-friendly interface from Playgram™, PFN’s programming education app.

Autonomous mobile robot

Autonomous mobile robot

Kachaka is an autonomous mobile robot developed and marketed by a PFN group company Preferred Robotics. Currently available in Japan, Kachaka docks to the specialized shelf, flexibly navigates itself according to the given environment and carry things to the specified destination. Kachaka is used in various scenes including factories, warehouses, doctors' offices and home.

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