Company

Company

a.s.ist Inc. is a deep-tech startup from the University of Tokyo that develops fully autonomous R&D systems.

Company profile

Name a.s.ist Inc.
Founded June 2021
Representative Directors Yui Hayashi (President) / Ryota Moriguchi
Business Algorithm, system, and generative-AI development for R&D DX
Tokyo HQ 5-17-24 Iko, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 121-0823, Japan
R&D Center Room 606, Tokatsu Techno Plaza, 5-4-6 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, Japan

Key Members

Yui Hayashi

President & CEO

Yui Hayashi

林 悠偉

Yui is at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, where his research focuses on Bayesian inference for X-ray and neutron scattering. He previously worked on ML research and development at a Japanese startup. JST BOOST NAIS fellow.

Ryota Moriguchi

CTO · Ph.D. (Science)

Ryota Moriguchi

森口 椋太

Ryota received his Ph.D. (Science) from the Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, where he researched Bayesian inference in Mössbauer spectroscopy. He previously worked on ML research and development at a Japanese startup and holds patents on systems he co-developed. MITOU 2023 Super Creator.

Tomohiro Nabika

CRO

Tomohiro Nabika

竝河 伴裕

Tomohiro is at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, where his research focuses on data analysis with applied mathematics — optimization and Bayesian inference. He previously worked on materials-informatics research and development at Preferred Networks and other companies.

Keisuke Shioya

Head of Product · Ph.D. (Science)

Keisuke Shioya

塩谷 佳介

Keisuke is at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, where his research compared information representations between the monkey visual cortex and machine-learning models. He worked on data science and neuroscience research at Yahoo! JAPAN, Araya, and NTT before joining a.s.ist.

Technical Advisor

Masato Okada

Technical Advisor

Masato Okada

岡田 真人

Professor at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Ph.D. (Science). After roles at Mitsubishi Electric, Osaka University, JST, and RIKEN BSI (deputy team leader), he took his current post in 2004. His research spans condensed-matter physics and neural-network models.

R&D Center

Our R&D center at Tokatsu Techno Plaza in Kashiwanoha, Chiba covers everything from data analysis to robotics and physical AI.

Tell us about the data you need analyzed

We will ask about your data formats, decision criteria, and deliverables, then propose the best analysis design and scope.

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