Milestones and Awards
Milestones
June 2025
Forms a capital tie-up with Shin-Etsu Chemical and Sumitomo Life Insurance
June 2025
Forms a capital tie-up with Shin-Etsu Chemical and Sumitomo Life Insurance
April 2025
Forms a capital tie-up with companies including Kodansha, Sekisui House, TBS, Toei Animation, Sumitomo-Mitsui Trust Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank
April 2025
Forms a capital tie-up with companies including Kodansha, Sekisui House, TBS, Toei Animation, Sumitomo-Mitsui Trust Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank
December 2024
Forms a capital tie-up with SBI Group, Sekisui House, Development Bank of Japan, Mitsubishi Corporation and Wacom
December 2024
Forms a capital tie-up with SBI Group, Sekisui House, Development Bank of Japan, Mitsubishi Corporation and Wacom
November 2024
Launches flagship large language model PLaMo™ Prime
November 2024
Launches flagship large language model PLaMo™ Prime
October 2024
Launches PreferredAI™, a suite of products and services using generative AI
October 2024
Launches PreferredAI™, a suite of products and services using generative AI
October 2024
Launches MiseMise™ operational improvement solutions for chain stores
October 2024
Launches MiseMise™ operational improvement solutions for chain stores
October 2024
Launches cloud-based computing service Preferred Computing Platform™ (PFCP™) powered by MN-Core 2 AI processor
October 2024
Launches cloud-based computing service Preferred Computing Platform™ (PFCP™) powered by MN-Core 2 AI processor
August 2024
Launches small language model PLaMo™ Lite for edge devices
August 2024
Launches small language model PLaMo™ Lite for edge devices
May 2024
Begins AI-based autonomous operation of crude oil processing unit in ENEOS Kawasaki Refinery
May 2024
Begins AI-based autonomous operation of crude oil processing unit in ENEOS Kawasaki Refinery
April 2024
Begins P-FEP calculation service for in-silico drug discovery
April 2024
Begins P-FEP calculation service for in-silico drug discovery
October 2023
Releases open-source large language model PLaMo-13B
October 2023
Releases open-source large language model PLaMo-13B
August 2023
PFN and ENEOS succeed in autonomous operation of butadiene extraction unit in ENEOS Kawasaki Refinery
August 2023
PFN and ENEOS succeed in autonomous operation of butadiene extraction unit in ENEOS Kawasaki Refinery
May 2023
Preferred Robotics launches Kachaka autonomous mobile robot
May 2023
Preferred Robotics launches Kachaka autonomous mobile robot
October 2022
HAPiiBOT, a cleaning robot co-developed by Amano and group company Preferred Robotics, goes on sale
October 2022
HAPiiBOT, a cleaning robot co-developed by Amano and group company Preferred Robotics, goes on sale
June 2022
Launches high-quality 3D scanning service PFN 3D Scan
June 2022
Launches high-quality 3D scanning service PFN 3D Scan
April 2022
Launches Crypko™ anime character art generating platform as web service (Consumer service ended in June 2025)
April 2022
Launches Crypko™ anime character art generating platform as web service (Consumer service ended in June 2025)
July 2021
Preferred Computational Chemistry (group company later renamed as Matlantis Corporation) launches Matlantis™ universal atomistic simulator
July 2021
Preferred Computational Chemistry (group company later renamed as Matlantis Corporation) launches Matlantis™ universal atomistic simulator
August 2020
Launches Playgram Typing (beta), a typing practice website for children
August 2020
Launches Playgram Typing (beta), a typing practice website for children
July 2020
Teams up with Yaruki Switch Group for programming education app Playgram™
July 2020
Teams up with Yaruki Switch Group for programming education app Playgram™
May 2020
MN-3, PFN’s first supercomputer powered by MN-Core™ begins operation
May 2020
MN-3, PFN’s first supercomputer powered by MN-Core™ begins operation
January 2020
Releases Optuna™ hyperparameter optimization framework for machine learning
January 2020
Releases Optuna™ hyperparameter optimization framework for machine learning
June 2019
Forms a capital and business tie-up with JXTG Holdings
June 2019
Forms a capital and business tie-up with JXTG Holdings
December 2018
Unveils AI processor MN-Core™
December 2018
Unveils AI processor MN-Core™
October 2018
Unveils Autonomous Tidying-Up Robot System at CEATEC Japan 2018
October 2018
Unveils Autonomous Tidying-Up Robot System at CEATEC Japan 2018
August 2018
Forms a capital and business tie-up with Tokyo Electron
August 2018
Forms a capital and business tie-up with Tokyo Electron
August 2018
Forms a capital and business tie-up with Chugai Pharmaceutical
August 2018
Forms a capital and business tie-up with Chugai Pharmaceutical
December 2017
Receives additional investment from Fanuc
December 2017
Receives additional investment from Fanuc
December 2017
Forms capital tie-ups with Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Mitsui & Co., Mizuho Bank and Hitachi
December 2017
Forms capital tie-ups with Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Mitsui & Co., Mizuho Bank and Hitachi
September 2017
PFN's first private supercomputer begins operation
September 2017
PFN's first private supercomputer begins operation
August 2017
Receives additional investment from Toyota Motor
August 2017
Receives additional investment from Toyota Motor
January 2017
Releases PaintsChainer™ Beta (later rebranded as Petalica Paint, consumer service ended in July 2025)
January 2017
Releases PaintsChainer™ Beta (later rebranded as Petalica Paint, consumer service ended in July 2025)
December 2015
Forms a capital tie-up with Toyota Motor
December 2015
Forms a capital tie-up with Toyota Motor
August 2015
Forms a capital tie-up with Fanuc
August 2015
Forms a capital tie-up with Fanuc
June 2015
Releases Chainer™, open-source deep learning framework
June 2015
Releases Chainer™, open-source deep learning framework
October 2014
Forms a capital and business tie-up with NTT
October 2014
Forms a capital and business tie-up with NTT
March 2014
Preferred Networks is founded
March 2014
Preferred Networks is founded
Major Awards
June 2025
PLaMo wins GENIAC Prize (2nd round) in the Social Implementation and Community categories for businesses "October 2023
June 2025
PLaMo wins GENIAC Prize (2nd round) in the Social Implementation and Community categories for businesses "October 2023
January 2023
PFN 3D Scan wins Nihon Keizai Shimbun Award at Nikkei Superior Products and Services Awards
January 2023
PFN 3D Scan wins Nihon Keizai Shimbun Award at Nikkei Superior Products and Services Awards
June 2022
Academic paper on Matlantis™’s core technology PFP was selected as Nature Communications Editor’s Highlights
June 2022
Academic paper on Matlantis™’s core technology PFP was selected as Nature Communications Editor’s Highlights
November 2021
MN-3 tops the Green500 list for the third time
November 2021
MN-3 tops the Green500 list for the third time
November 2021
Programming education app Playgram™ receives Japan e-Learning Award
November 2021
Programming education app Playgram™ receives Japan e-Learning Award
Competition Records
October 2025
#5 out of 1,858 teams in Kaggle competition MAP - Charting Student Math Misunderstandings
October 2025
#5 out of 1,858 teams in Kaggle competition MAP - Charting Student Math Misunderstandings
October 2024
#10 out of 1,915 teams in Kaggle competition RSNA 2024 Lumbar Spine Degenerative Classification
October 2024
#10 out of 1,915 teams in Kaggle competition RSNA 2024 Lumbar Spine Degenerative Classification
November 2023
#5 and #9 out of 616 teams in Kaggle competition Fast or Slow? Predict AI Model Runtime
November 2023
#5 and #9 out of 616 teams in Kaggle competition Fast or Slow? Predict AI Model Runtime
October 2023
#4 and #5 out of 2,662 teams in Kaggle competition LLM Science Exam
October 2023
#4 and #5 out of 2,662 teams in Kaggle competition LLM Science Exam
August 2023
#3 out of 954 teams in Kaggle competition Google Research - Identify Contrails to Reduce Global Warming
August 2023
#3 out of 954 teams in Kaggle competition Google Research - Identify Contrails to Reduce Global Warming
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