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About
ZEALS started in chat commerce: selling through messaging apps rather than a web form, on the argument that a conversation converts where a checkout page loses people. Its ZEALS AI Agent is still sold that way — "a fully performance-based conversion acquisition solution" that the customer pays for on results rather than seats — and by 2022 the company served more than 400 enterprises including Toyota dealerships, Shiseido and NTT Docomo.
The product line has since widened into what the company calls "Accelerating the Real-World Implementation of AI." Omakase AI is a conversational voice platform; Omakase AI Voice runs "voice AI agents that replicate brand-specific communication protocols"; Omakase AI Avatar builds human-like video interaction for AI interviews and consultations. In 2026 ZEALS announced D1, a compact humanoid robot with hardware, operating system and manipulation intelligence "built and shipping in Japan" — a substantial move beyond software.
The company was incorporated on 1 April 2014 as ZEALS Co., Ltd., with capital of ¥100 million, and is led by Representative Director & CEO Masahiro Shimizu. It works from Arco Tower in Meguro, Tokyo, with a US office in San Francisco, and holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification and a SOC 2 Type II report. In May 2022 it raised ¥5 billion — $27.2M in equity led by JIC Venture Growth Investments and $11.6M in debt — taking total funding to about $41.4M.
Backers
JIC Venture Growth Investments led the May 2022 Series E equity round, with Z Venture Capital, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures participating; Mizuho Bank and MUFG provided the debt portion.
Quick answers
What does ZEALS do?
It builds conversational AI agents for Japanese businesses — a performance-priced chat agent that recovers customers mid-purchase, plus voice agents and video avatars sold under the Omakase AI name.
Where is it and how big is it?
Tokyo, in Arco Tower in Meguro, with a US office in San Francisco. It was incorporated on 1 April 2014 with capital of ¥100 million and served more than 400 enterprises as of 2022.
How much has it raised?
About $41.4M in total. The largest round came in May 2022: ¥5 billion, or $38.8M, split between $27.2M of equity led by JIC Venture Growth Investments and $11.6M of debt from Mizuho Bank and MUFG.
What is D1?
A compact humanoid robot ZEALS announced in 2026 — hardware, operating system and manipulation intelligence, which the company says is built and shipping in Japan. It is a move from software agents into physical robotics.