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Classmethod Becomes First Japanese Partner to Join AWS Generative AI Innovation Center Partner Innovation Alliance

TOKYO, Japan – 11.14.2025 – Classmethod, Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Satoshi Yokota) today announced it has become the first Japanese company selected to join the Partner Innovation Alliance (PIA) of the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC).

Through this collaboration, Classmethod will work directly with AWS’s team of AI strategists, data scientists, and machine learning engineers to accelerate generative AI (gen AI) adoption in Japan. Together, they will help Japanese enterprises move from experimentation to real-world implementation using AWS technologies such as Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, and AWS Trainium.

“We are deeply honored to become the first Japanese company to join the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center Partner Innovation Alliance,” said Satoshi Yokota, President and Representative Director, Classmethod, Inc. “By collaborating with AWS’s world-class AI expert team, we can deliver cutting-edge generative AI capabilities to Japanese enterprises, helping them drive innovation and efficiency at scale.”

■Driving Generative AI Innovation for Japanese Enterprises

Building on more than 100 generative AI projects and internal company-wide AI adoption (with 90% of employees using AI tools), Classmethod will leverage its Classmethod AI Experience Center to co-develop use cases, host workshops, and provide localized support for Japanese businesses.

The company’s support spans the entire AI journey—from regulatory compliance and strategy to production deployment—tailored for Japan’s business environment, culture, and language. All programs and materials are delivered in Japanese to ensure accessibility for local organizations.

Classmethod will focus on key application areas including:

  • Accelerating software development using Amazon Bedrock and Claude to speed up build cycles
  • Developing autonomous AI agents to streamline business processes
  • Automating document processing and extracting insights from large data sets
  • Leveraging internal knowledge bases to boost productivity
  • Streamlining content generation aligned with brand guidelines

■Expanding the AWS Gen AI Network in Japan

The AWS GenAIIC connects enterprises with AWS experts and AWS Partner Network members to identify high-value use cases and accelerate adoption. In 2025, AWS expanded its investment in the GenAIIC by $100 million, strengthening global collaboration in industries such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.

As part of the GenAIIC Partner Innovation Alliance, which includes 20 global system integrators and consulting firms, Classmethod brings Japan-specific expertise and will contribute to building a robust local network through its DevelopersIO tech blog (over 50,000 technical articles) and its open-source framework Tsumiki.

About Classmethod, Inc.

Classmethod, Inc. is a technical partner that supports corporate digital transformation (DX) with a focus on cloud-native technology areas, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), data analysis, mobile, IoT, and AI/machine learning. In terms of AWS support, Classmethod has been recognized as a top-tier partner continuously since 2015 and has won the “AWS Consulting Partner of the Year” (awarded to the top partner in Japan) five times. In 2022, it received the global accolade of “SI Partner of the Year,” and was named a finalist again the following year in 2023, establishing its position as a world-class AWS partner in both name and substance.

To date, Classmethod has supported approximately 5,600 companies and managed/built a cumulative total of over 40,000 AWS accounts. The company also heavily emphasizes a culture of technical knowledge sharing among its engineers, having published over 60,000 technical articles on its owned media “DevelopersIO.” Additionally, it operates “Zenn,” a knowledge-sharing platform for engineers, contributing further to the development of the tech community. Guided by the philosophy of “continuously contributing to the creative activities of all people,” Classmethod proposes optimal technologies that enhance its customers’ business value.

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