Dentsu Ventures Invests in Kognitos to Advance Enterprise Automation with Neurosymbolic AI

U.S.-Based AI Automation Platform Ensures Enterprise-Grade Control, Speed, and Transparency

Dentsu Group Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004; President & Global CEO: Hiroshi Igarashi; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen; hereinafter referred to as "the Company") announced that Dentsu Ventures Fund II (hereinafter "Dentsu Ventures"), the Company's corporate venture capital fund, has made an equity investment in Kognitos, Inc. (Headquarters: San Jose, CA, USA; CEO: Binny Gill; hereinafter "Kognitos"), a pioneer in enterprise automation through neurosymbolic AI.

This investment was part of Kognitos' $25 million Series B funding round led by Prosperity7 Ventures, with participation from Khosla Ventures, Wipro Ventures, Engineering Capital, Alumni Ventures, and Dentsu Ventures.

Kognitos has launched the industry’s first neurosymbolic AI platform, merging symbolic reasoning with the adaptive learning of modern AI. The result is a unified, hallucination-free system that allows businesses to automate hundreds of workflows across departments such as finance, legal, HR, and operations using natural language. The platform's distinctive approach — "English as code" — makes it accessible to business users and accelerates automation.

The company’s patented Process Refinement Engine enables continuous learning from human inputs, ensuring that business automations remain aligned with evolving enterprise needs. Kognitos also empowers governance, offering transparency and auditability that enterprise clients demand. With increasing enterprise demand for automation that is both scalable and controllable, Kognitos offers a transformative solution that consolidates tools, reduces maintenance costs, and ensures consistent ROI.

Binny Gill, CEO of Kognitos, said, "The era of brittle automation and unpredictable AI is over. Kognitos delivers powerful, non-hallucinating AI agents on a reliable platform that understand your business, document its operations, and meticulously follow processes — giving you true command. We're helping businesses establish the transparent, ever-improving system of record for how work gets done, all powered by English as code for the governance and explainability enterprises demand."

Going forward, Dentsu Ventures will help Kognitos expand its business and consider creating synergies in the AI-driven enterprise automation arena.

Profile of Kognitos

Profile of Dentsu Ventures Fund II

Name:	Dentsu Ventures Fund II
Total fund capital:	10 billion yen
Year of Establishment:	2021
Period of operation:	10-year period from April 2021 until March 2031
Investment regions:	Global investments both within and outside Japan
Investment stages:	Wide range of stages from seed-stage investments through to later-stage investments
URL:	https://dentsu-v.com/en/

About Kognitos
Kognitos automates business operations with the first neurosymbolic AI platform engineered for robust governance and tool consolidation. Uniquely turning tribal and system knowledge into documented, AI-refined automations using English as code, Kognitos creates a dynamic system of record for enhanced productivity and decision-making. Its unified platform supports hundreds of use cases, free from the risks of brittle bots or black-box AI. With a patented Process Refinement Engine, Kognitos delivers faster ROI, lower costs and empowered teams.

About Dentsu Ventures
Dentsu Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund that supports entrepreneurs to bring their innovation to the world. With the unique value creation capabilities of the Dentsu Group and its strong network of leading VCs around the world, Dentsu Ventures aspires to build a culture of co-creation between startups and corporations and help create a better world.

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