Introducing an AI executive based on the KIRIN Digital Vision 2035

TOKYO, September 5, 2025 - Kirin Holdings Company, Limited introduced CoreMate, an AI executive based on the KIRIN Digital Vision 2035 (KDV2035), as a “right-hand man” to support the Kirin Group Executive Committee’s management decision-making process starting in July 2025.

Overview of CoreMate

We developed CoreMate by creating 12 unique personalities based on data from the Board of Directors and Group Executive Committee of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited over the past 10 years, as well as other internal materials and the latest external information. CoreMate presents issues and opinions extracted from discussions between multiple AI personalities to the management team at actual Group Executive Committee. This collaboration brings diverse expertise and perspectives to the committee, improving the quality and speed of decision-making and accelerating innovation within the Kirin Group. Following its full-scale introduction, CoreMate is expected to be used in over 30 Group Executive Committee per year.

Purpose and benefits of introduction

Based on the KDV2035, the Kirin Group has established two pillars for achieving business results: “eliminating tasks that do not need to be done by people” (i.e., productivity improvement) and “accelerating the creation of value together with people ” (i.e., value creation). By enhancing the digital foundation that supports these pillars, the Kirin Group aims to become a global leader in CSV*1. The Group plans to do so by significantly improving the quality, quantity, and speed of value creation in the Food & Beverage, Health Science, and Pharmaceuticals domains. Through the introduction of CoreMate, the Company plans to proactively introduce digital transformation (DX) into its business practices and further improve the quality and speed of management decision-making. The expected benefits of introducing CoreMate are as follows:

Productivity improvement

Allowing the originator of a proposal to discuss the proposal with CoreMate in advance before submitting it to the Executive Committee enables diverse management perspectives to be incorporated beforehand, improving the accuracy of material preparation and issue clarification. Increasing the accuracy of proposals is expected to make meeting preparation more efficient, reduce the time spent in Group Executive Committee, and allow management and proposal originators to devote more time to value creation activities.

Value creation

CoreMate enhances discussions among senior management during meetings and promotes rapid decision-making by providing continuous updates on the latest external expertise, in addition to the Kirin Group’s past management knowledge. It is expected to accelerate decision-making that leads to innovation by enabling the immediate incorporation of objective and diverse opinions through AI personalities, while responding to a rapidly changing external environment.

*1 Creating Shared Value. Combined added value for consumers as well as for society at large.

Overall image of CoreMate

CoreMate usage example*2

*2: Discussion points and opinions extracted by CoreMate are displayed on the projection screen.

Going forward

Following its initial introduction at the Group Executive Committee of Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, CoreMate will now be rolled out at the Board of Directors as well as at the Executive Committee meetings of the Group’s operating companies. We also plan to expand CoreMate’s functionality to include real-time visualization of discussions among meeting attendees, as well as a chat feature. Our goal is to improve the quality and speed of management decision-making throughout the Kirin Group.

Upcoming CoreMate function enhancements

The Kirin Group will steadily promote the two axes of digital utilization set out in the KDV2035, namely “eliminating tasks that do not need to be done by people” (productivity improvement) and “accelerating the creation of value together with people” (value creation), with the aim of achieving sustainable growth and creating social value as a leading CSV company in the Food & Beverages domain, Pharmaceuticals domain. And Health Science domain.

Kirin Holdings Company, Limited is an international company that operates in the Food & Beverages domain (Food & Beverages businesses), Pharmaceuticals domain (Pharmaceuticals businesses), and Health Science domain (Health Science business), both in Japan and across the globe.

Kirin Holdings can trace its roots to Japan Brewery which was established in 1885. Japan Brewery became Kirin Brewery in 1907. Since then, the company expanded its business with fermentation and biotechnology as its core technologies, and entered the pharmaceutical business in the 1980s, all of which continue to be global growth centers. In 2007, Kirin Holdings was established as a pure holding company and is currently focusing on boosting its Health Science domain.

Under the Kirin Group Vision 2027 (KV2027), a long-term management plan launched in 2019, the Kirin Group aims to become a global leader in CSV, creating value across our world of Food & Beverages to Pharmaceuticals. Going forward, the Kirin Group will continue to leverage its strengths to create both social and economic value through its businesses, with the aim of achieving sustainable growth in corporate value.