Parkour Japan Launches AI Copan, Plans 40 AI Agents by Year End
The announcement reframes AI deployment from efficiency tool to autonomous colleague, with a concrete target of 40 specialized agents by year end, signaling a shift in how companies may approach labor shortages.
Reporting from 1 sources: ASCII.jp.
Parkour Japan Co., Ltd. announced AI Copan, a service deploying AI agents as colleagues on Slack to address labor shortages. Representative Masateru Mizohashi and CRO Toshikazu Osuga discussed the vision of building 40 AI agents within 2026, embedding company-specific knowledge into AI, and shifting AI from a tool to a partner in the workplace.
Parkour Japan Co., Ltd. has introduced AI Copan, a service where AI agents work as colleagues within Slack to tackle labor shortages. Representative Masateru Mizohashi and CRO Toshikazu Osuga outlined plans to build 40 AI agents by the end of 2026, each with distinct roles and personalities such as 'Mamoru' for deal risk detection and 'Shiori' for CRM input from meeting minutes. The service embeds company-specific tacit knowledge into AI through a process called knowledge harvesting, extracting wisdom from veteran workers. Mizohashi described the goal as moving beyond data democratization to a state where AI is naturally integrated into daily operations, allowing humans to focus on creative and emotional work.
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