JIJ Inc. Raises Over $5 Million in Funding to Expand Quantum and AI-Enabled Optimization Platform

JIJ Inc., a developer of a quantum- and AI-enabled optimization platform, has secured JPY 840 million (approximately US$5.2 million) in equity financing. The funding was led by Global Brain Corporation, with participation from Fujitsu Ventures Limited. JIJ will utilize the investment to advance its AI-enabled optimization platform, expand enterprise deployments of mathematical optimization, develop technologies for gate-based quantum computing, and accelerate global growth.

The company plans to strengthen its research, engineering, product development, technical and business development teams, and expand its capabilities to support quantum programming. It will also focus on scaling enterprise deployment of mathematical optimization and developing middleware for gate-based quantum computing. The funding will support the advancement of JIJ's JijZept AI, a cloud-based AI agent service for mathematical optimization, and the company's global expansion efforts.

Yu Yamashiro, JIJ's CEO, expressed his confidence in the company's technology and its ability to address complex challenges across industries. Several corporate venture capital funds and entities, including KDDI Open Innovation Fund III, ME Innovation Fund L.P., ANA Future Frontier Fund L.P., KURONEKO Innovation Fund II L.P., and GB-VII & GB-VIII Follow-on Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership, participated in the financing. The investors commended JIJ for its strong track record of adoption across industries and its potential for rapid growth in the quantum optimization field.