Launch of Dify Enterprise, No-Code AI Agent Development Platform

ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Tatsushi Shingu, President and CEO; hereinafter CTC) will launch offering of Dify Enterprise, an AI agent development platform from LangGenius, K.K. (headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Luyu Zhang, CEO; hereinafter LangGenius). The platform enables companies to easily develop AI agents tailored to their own data and business operations without requiring specialized programming expertise. Alongside provision of Dify Enterprise, which includes features such as collaborative development and editing by multiple users, CTC will also begin offering services to support the development of AI agents and their operation after deployment. We will offer the platform and services mainly to companies that promote the development and use of AI agents by their business units, and aim to achieve ¥3 billion in sales over the next three years.

In recent years, the use of generative AI to improve operational efficiency—such as summarizing meeting minutes and creating Q&A content based on internal documents—has been expanding. However, general-purpose generative AI often falls short of meeting the requirements of real-world business operations. As a result, AI agents, which can understand business requirements, make judgments on their own, and carry out complex tasks, have been gaining attention. On the other hand, there is a challenge that the development and operation of AI agents require a high level of specialized and technical expertise.

Dify is a platform that enables the development of a wide range of AI agents—including chatbots, content generation tools, and workflow automation—through simple operations such as drag-and-drop, without requiring programming knowledge. By referencing customers’ proprietary information, such as internal manuals and regulations, and allowing the AI itself to refine and polish outputs, Dify can generate more accurate responses that are closely aligned with requirements of real-world business operations compared to those generated by conventional general-purpose generative AI. As a result, users in business units—even those without specialized technical expertise— can rapidly develop AI agents tailored to their specific business needs.

Dify Enterprise is designed to enable multiple users to collaboratively create and edit AI agents while securely handling highly sensitive data. It supports role-based user permissions and centralized access status management, as well as single sign-on (SSO) integration for authentication. In addition, it provides features such as integration tools for websites and internal systems, and usage log analysis. These capabilities make it possible to safely and efficiently deploy AI agents integrated with enterprise systems—for use cases such as automating internal operations and running customer-facing chatbots in production environments.

CTC has many years of experience in building IT systems across a wide range of industries. With the experience and the expertise gained through our implementation support services for multi-AI agent environments—where multiple AI agents collaborate to execute complex business processes—CTC provides design, implementation, and operational services for Dify. In addition, CTC comprehensively supports the utilization of AI agents tailored to each customer’s specific business and operational needs by leveraging Data & AI Offering Suite, our suite of services for driving business transformation through AI agents, from selecting the most appropriate AI models to data integration and implementation of secure systems.

Going forward, CTC will continue to support productivity improvements across society by developing AI agents tailored to business operation needs of various industries, including manufacturing, financial services, and distribution. To deliver optimal AI solutions that drive customers’ growth, we will further expand our service portfolio.

We have received the following comment for this press release,:

We are delighted to welcome CTC as our partner for Dify. CTC’s strong commitment to addressing customer challenges makes them our highly reliable partner. By working together with CTC to deliver Dify to a broader range of customers, we aim to accelerate digital transformation in Japan. Through our collaboration, we will make AI application development more accessible and help our customers achieve business success.

Kiji Marudan
Director and President
LangGenius, Inc.