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Money Forward (3994) · InitiativeAdvanced

Research and development focused on new approaches, business impact and data advantage

First written in FY2019-Q2. 9 of 18 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.

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  1. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「Total research and development expenses for the current consolidated fiscal year were ¥228 million, and 17 research results have been put to practical use in the business to date.」

    The group invested ¥228 million in research and development and reported that 17 research results had been put to practical use in the business.
  2. FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, with the aim of providing users with new value through data and technology. Total research and development expenses for the interim consolidated accounting period were ¥120 million.」

    Research and development using data and technology is continuing, primarily through Money Forward Lab, and ¥120 million in research and development expenses was recorded.
  3. FY2024AdvancedAnnual report

    「Research and development expenses for the current consolidated fiscal year were ¥207 million, and the main research and development activities were as follows. In research on large language models (Large Language Model, hereinafter “LLM”) conducted jointly with the Language Information Access Technology Team of the Center for Advanced Intelligence Project at RIKEN, a National Research and Development Agency, an LLM trained using instruction data was released as a result of the research.」

    The group invested ¥207 million in research and development and released a trained model through its LLM research with RIKEN.
  4. FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, with the aim of providing users with new value through data and technology. Total research and development expenses for the six months ended the second quarter were ¥105 million.」

    Research and development using data and technology is continuing, primarily through Money Forward Lab, and ¥105 million in research and development expenses was recorded.
  5. FY2023AdvancedAnnual report

    「Research and development expenses for the current consolidated fiscal year were ¥179 million, and the main research and development activities were as follows.」

    Research and development expenses increased from ¥155 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥179 million, and the group worked on developing Japanese instruction data for LLMs and introducing screening models.
  6. FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, with the aim of providing users with new value through data and technology. Total research and development expenses for the nine months ended the third quarter were ¥126 million.」

    Research and development using data and technology is continuing, primarily through Money Forward Lab, and ¥126 million in research and development expenses was recorded.
  7. FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, with the aim of providing users with new value through data and technology. Total research and development expenses for the three months ended the first quarter were ¥37 million.」

    The research and development policy centered on Money Forward Lab, aimed at providing new value through data and technology, is continuing.
  8. FY2022AdvancedAnnual report

    「During the fiscal year, the Group worked on developing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology using AI that eliminates the need for pre-training and extraction in the text domain.」

    Money Forward Lab advanced research and development in AI-OCR technology, and research and development expenses were ¥155 million.
  9. FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development in research themes and technology areas with significant business impact and strong data advantages, with the aim of actively pursuing new initiatives. Total research and development expenses for the nine months ended the third quarter were ¥112 million.」

    Research and development focused on new initiatives, business impact, and data advantage is continuing, and research and development expenses were ¥112 million.
  10. FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, with the aim of providing users with new value through data and technology.」

    The research and development policy centered on Money Forward Lab, aimed at providing new value through data and technology, is continuing. Research and development expenses were disclosed as ¥63 million.
  11. FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, with the aim of providing users with new value through data and technology. Total research and development expenses for the three months ended the first quarter were ¥34 million.」

    The research and development policy centered on Money Forward Lab, aimed at providing new value through data and technology, is continuing. Research and development expenses were disclosed as ¥34 million.
  12. FY2021AdvancedAnnual report

    「Research and development expenses for the current consolidated fiscal year were ¥103 million, and the main research and development activities were as follows.」

    The group invested ¥103 million in research and development and brought the results of deep learning and genetic algorithm research into actual services.
  13. FY2021-Q3ReframedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development in research themes and technology areas with significant business impact and strong data advantages, with the aim of actively pursuing new initiatives. Total research and development expenses for the nine months ended the third quarter were ¥81 million.」

    The description of research and development shifted back from the previous wording centered on Money Forward Lab to wording focused on new initiatives, business impact, and data advantage. Research and development expenses for the nine months ended the third quarter were disclosed as ¥81 million.
  14. FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, to increase the value of existing services, add new functions, and develop new services. Total research and development expenses for the six months ended the second quarter were ¥53 million.」

    The research and development policy centered on Money Forward Lab is continuing, and research and development expenses for the six months ended the second quarter were disclosed as ¥53 million.
  15. FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, to increase the value of existing services, add new functions, and develop new services. Total research and development expenses for the six months ended the second quarter were ¥51 million.」

    The research and development policy of increasing the value of existing services and developing new functions and services, primarily through Money Forward Lab, is continuing.
  16. FY2020-Q1ReframedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development, primarily through Money Forward Lab, to increase the value of existing services, add new functions, and develop new services.」

    The description of research and development was reorganized from language focused on new initiatives and data advantage to a focus on increasing the value of existing services and developing new functions and services through Money Forward Lab, and research and development expenses of ¥20 million for the first quarter were also disclosed.
  17. FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development in research themes and technology areas with significant business impact and strong data advantages, with the aim of actively pursuing new initiatives. Total research and development expenses for the nine months ended the third quarter were ¥38.953 million.」

    Research and development focused on new initiatives, business impact, and data advantage is continuing. Research and development expenses for the nine months ended the third quarter were disclosed as ¥38.953 million.
  18. FY2019-Q2First statedAnnual report

    「Our group conducts research and development in research themes and technology areas with significant business impact and strong data advantages, with the aim of actively pursuing new initiatives. Total research and development expenses for the six months ended the second quarter were ¥14.235 million.」

    Research and development based on new initiatives, business impact, and data advantage was disclosed for the first time, together with research and development expenses of ¥14.235 million for the cumulative period ended the current quarter.
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