Interview with CEO Hayate Esaki published in the business magazine KEIDO
KEIDO, a magazine of interviews with company founders, has published an interview with our Representative Director and CEO, Hayate Esaki: "Designing the future together with AI — the society Arterect is aiming for, where anyone can use AI." It covers what makes the business what it is, how the company came about, how the team is built, and where we are going.
The article
- Publication: KEIDO — a magazine about the practice of running a company
- Title: "Designing the future together with AI — the society Arterect is aiming for, where anyone can use AI"
- Published: 7 September 2026
- URL: https://kei-do.com/interview2/02970/
What it covers
AI and security, towards a future where anyone can use AI
The development and education work around generative AI, and the "AI × security" strength that comes from a CEO who is an AI engineer and a COO and CTO who are a security specialist and a white hat hacker. It also touches on the partnership with our affiliate Growth Link Inc.
From engineer to builder of AI
Game development as a student, what came out of maintaining and operating banking systems, and the path from an IT community to founding a company.
An organisation that backs each person's attempt
How the three of us on the executive team each play to our strengths, and the wish to keep an environment that backs individual attempts even as the company grows.
Creating new value through AI development and training people
The idea of safely connecting the knowledge and data held by people, AI and organisations so that anyone can use AI naturally — and the intent to contribute to Japan's AI industry through the three businesses of AI, security and education.
Please read the article itself for the detail.