Cross Compass

Cross Compass Ltd. (株式会社クロスコンパス) is a Japanese artificial intelligence company founded in April 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo. The company develops and licenses deep learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence technologies, with a strong focus on industrial applications. Its core offering is the Greenia AI/ML development platform, which includes tools such as MANUFACIA for visual inspection automation. Cross Compass serves clients in manufacturing, industrial robotics, gaming, medical, healthcare, and marketing sectors, both in Japan and globally. The company is led by CEO Katsunobu Suzuki, who has experience in the semiconductor and electronics industry, including work at Renesas Electronics. Cross Compass positions itself as a bridge between cutting-edge AI research and practical social implementation, aiming to make AI more accessible and beneficial to society.

Cross Compass Ltd. was established on April 10, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan, with the vision of bringing artificial intelligence closer to people and industries. From its founding, the company focused on developing cutting-edge deep learning, machine learning, and AI technologies, and was among the early movers in applying AI to the manufacturing sector. In 2019, Cross Compass released MANUFACIA, an AI generation tool that encapsulates its AI development expertise, designed to automate visual inspection and inherit the skills of experienced workers. The company continued to enhance MANUFACIA, releasing version 2.1 in 2020 with significantly improved image analysis performance, and version 2.2 in 2021 with strengthened evaluation metrics and reporting functions. In 2022, Cross Compass launched an AI traceability service, developed jointly with Persol Process & Technology Co., Ltd., to track semiconductor substrate manufacturing from procurement to delivery. The company has also been developing the Greenia platform, an open AI/ML development and marketplace platform that integrates various AI technologies and tools, including MANUFACIA-Vision, MANUFACIA-ONNX, and MANUFACIA-OCR. Cross Compass has been recognized for its practical AI applications, including a case study featured in the 2023 White Paper on Manufacturing (ものづくり白書) for helping SMEs address labor shortages through AI. The company continues to pursue advanced research in artificial life and artificial consciousness technologies, aiming to create AI that adapts flexibly to human needs and environments.

• 2023

  Featured in the 2023 White Paper on Manufacturing for AI use case.

• 2022

  Launched AI traceability service jointly developed with Persol Process & Technology.

• 2021

  Released MANUFACIA version 2.2 with enhanced evaluation metrics and reporting functions.

• 2020

  Released MANUFACIA version 2.1 with significantly improved image analysis performance.

• 2019

  Released MANUFACIA, an AI generation tool for visual inspection.

• 2015

  Cross Compass founded on April 10 in Tokyo, Japan.

AI Closer to You – making advanced AI practical and accessible for manufacturing and other industries.

• Greenia

  An open AI/ML development platform and marketplace that integrates various AI technologies and tools, including MANUFACIA series.

• MANUFACIA

  AI development and evaluation tool for visual inspection automation, designed to inherit the skills of experienced workers.

• MANUFACIA-Vision

  AI visual inspection solution for automating appearance inspection.

• MANUFACIA-ONNX

  AI model deployment tool supporting ONNX format.

• MANUFACIA-OCR

  AI-based optical character recognition tool.

• AI Visual Inspection System Kit (MANUFACIA on-site for Vision)

  An all-in-one kit including camera, lighting, box PC, and monitor for on-site AI visual inspection.

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