2025 marked the start of the “Human-AI Co-Creation” era, with generative AI and AI agents entering the social implementation phase. In Japan, our portfolio company JPYC received approval from the Financial Services Agency (FSA) to issue the first yen-denominated stablecoin, launching a new digital payment infrastructure. Amid these major trends, data integration—“connecting” all kinds of systems and organizations—will play an increasingly crucial role in advancing the Japanese economy to its next stage of growth.
For Asteria, 2025 was a year of challenges and progress. With the acquisition of MikoSea Inc. (now Asteria Canvas) as a consolidated subsidiary, we added the no-code app development tool “Click” to our no-code product portfolio, further expanding our business scope. Our products also earned top-tier industry recognition, including being ranked #1 for the first time in the Nikkei Computer Customer Satisfaction Survey 2025-2026 “Business Efficiency and In-House Support Software” category for the first time. Our flagship product, “ASTERIA Warp” retained the top position for market share in Japan for its 19th consecutive year and launched a new iPaaS product, “Warp Cloud”.
The Platio family released “Platio Canvas” to support highly flexible app development. We also made tangible progress in the field of physical AI which underpins robotics and autonomous driving, including joint development between Artefacts and an overseas robotics company involved in lunar exploration missions. In 2026, AI adoption will continue to deepen, alongside ongoing advances in physical AI for real-world applications. We expect stablecoins like JPYC to play a growing role in digital payment infrastructure, and blockchain-based economic activities to integrate into corporate systems.
I am confident this will be the year Asteria’s founding vision of “Autonomous, Decentralized, Collaboration” begins to function as a foundational operating layer for society. For Asteria, 2026 will be the year we take on the challenge of elevating our “power to connect” into the “power to change”. The importance of robust and flexible data integration is reflected in national AI and semiconductor strategies, where it forms the foundation. Asteria’s technology will no longer serve solely as middleware – it will play a key role in an operating system that supports the autonomous social infrastructure.
We will continue to lead Digital Transformation (DX) towards Autonomous Transformation (AX) across industries with our “connecting” and “no-code” technologies. All the best in 2026.
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