President
ISHIKAWA Akihiko
Ishikawa graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo.Leveraging his research experience in applying machine learning to water treatment, he founded the AI startup Aidemy Inc. in 2014 as a student entrepreneur. After raising approximately 1 billion yen from investors such as the University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC), Aidemy was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in 2023.In 2025, following a tender offer by Accenture Japan Ltd Aidemy became a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, and Ishikawa was appointed Managing Director in the company’s Business Consulting Division. He is currently focused on expanding AI-driven reskilling platforms.His publications include Mathematics for Artificial Intelligence Programming (KADOKAWA, 2018).He was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021.