Aitane Receives an Investment from Shannon LLC and Enters into a Capital and Business Alliance

Looking ahead to the growth of the sales AI agent, partnering on both technology and business

Aitane Inc. (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Junichiro Aita; "Aitane") has carried out a third-party allotment in its pre-Series A round, with Shannon LLC (head office: Kashiwa-shi, Chiba; Representative Partner: Masahiro Miura; "Shannon") as the subscriber, and entered into a capital and business alliance agreement dated September 30, 2026.

Challenges on the sales floor

Salespeople take on a great deal of work beyond conversations with customers, including gathering information ahead of meetings, registering business card data, recording what was discussed, updating deal management, and following up. When these tasks take their time, they cannot devote enough of it to proposals and to building relationships.

Junichiro Aita, representative of Aitane, experienced the same problem when introducing SFA and CRM systems: the burden of data entry wore the team down, information was never accumulated, and the system was not put to full use. To create an environment in which salespeople can concentrate on the work they are meant to do, Aitane is developing the sales AI agent "Aitane".

About the sales AI agent "Aitane"

Under the vision of "creating a world where salespeople can actually sell," Aitane is a service that uses AI to support the administrative work before and after sales meetings. Its main capabilities are as follows.

CRM registration of business card data and follow-up support

Aitane reads customer information from business cards, registers it, and supports the drafting of emails and the scheduling of meetings.

Pre-meeting analysis with AI

Aitane organizes and analyzes information about the other company and past points of contact, and supports preparation for the meeting.

Support for updating deal management

Based on emails and the content of meetings, Aitane supports updates to deal information and progress.

Aitane is also developing and testing features that use wearable devices, aiming for an experience in which the information people need can be checked even during in-person meetings.

This alliance and the work ahead

Shannon develops and operates BaaS offerings such as AI avatars, passkey authentication, webhook sending, and membership infrastructure. Aitane works on product development that starts from problems on the sales floor, and on contract development that uses AI.

Taking this alliance as the occasion, the two companies will use Shannon's BaaS as the foundation for Aitane's products and contract development, and will seek greater efficiency and speed in development.

Comments from the representatives of both companies

Masahiro Miura, Representative Partner, Shannon LLC

"Aitane's product connects preparation for a meeting, record-keeping, and follow-up in a single AI agent, and I saw potential in how complete it already is for use on the sales floor. I also have expectations for the speed of the business's growth, and that is why we decided on this investment and business alliance. Through our BaaS, we will support the foundation for authentication, data integration, and related capabilities, and contribute to Aitane's further growth."

Junichiro Aita, Representative Director, Aitane Inc.

"I am sincerely grateful for the investment from Shannon LLC. We have developed 'Aitane' to create an environment in which salespeople can face the customer in front of them, without being consumed by entering and organizing information.

We see this alliance as an opportunity to develop the product and the business further. We will bring together the technology and knowledge Shannon LLC holds with the understanding of on-the-ground problems that we have built on the sales floor, and deliver new value together."

Company profiles

Aitane Inc.

• Representative: Junichiro Aita, Representative Director
• Address: 6F, Kudanshita Tokyu Shin-Sakura Building, 1-3-3 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Established: October 2023
• Business: AI development, data analysis, SaaS, and DX support
• URL: https://aitane.co.jp/

Shannon LLC

• Representative: Masahiro Miura, Representative Partner
• Address: 178-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba
• Business: Development and operation of vertical SaaS and global BaaS, and systems development
• URL: https://shannon.co.jp/