Partnerships
Advancing Specter's AI Capabilities with SoftBank Corp.'s GPU Infrastructure
We are working with SoftBank Corp. to leverage their AI data center GPU infrastructure to accelerate the development of Specter's AI capabilities.
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Ur AI
We build human-led AI workflows that give teams vision into complex information and confidence in every decision.
Mission
What drives us
"We're UrAI. Our mission is to Advance Humanity's Reach by transforming enterprise workflows with AI - unlocking the world's best talent to pursue greater ambitions, while helping enterprises transition to next-generation, AI-native workflows that deliver sustained competitive advantage in the AI era."
How do we achieve it?
The Builders
Meet Our Team
A diverse, international team from India, Japan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, the US, and Spain — united by a mission to scale AI responsibly from Japan.
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Security & Compliance
Built for Enterprise Trust
Ur AI products are built to meet the standards that enterprise and institutional clients require.
ISO 27001
Information Security Management
CertifiedSOC 2
Service Organization Controls
In ProgressGDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
In ProgressThe Origin
The Story Behind Ur AI
How a shared belief in innovation and AI sparked our journey.
Innovation often follows a rhythm
""The West sparks 0–1 breakthroughs, Asia scales from 1–10 and transforms 10–100+. History proves it: cars (Benz & Ford → Toyota & Honda), EVs (Tesla → BYD), and the internet & SaaS (Google & Microsoft → Sundar Pichai & Satya Nadella driving scaling). Humanity thrives when the West invents and Asia scales."
0-1 AI is being invented in the West
Transformers, GPT, Gemini, Claude Code - the foundations of modern AI are being laid in the West. But for AI to truly fulfill its potential, Asia must now step up and scale it responsibly. The challenge ahead is ensuring AI evolves not only in capability, but also in service of humanity's progress.
Stepping up from Asia
UrAI was founded on the conviction that Asia must lead AI's next chapter. Headquartered in Japan, we assemble the best from India, Japan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, the US, and Spain — drawing on experience from IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, and IESE, and institutions like McKinsey & Company, Fujitsu, Woven by Toyota, and Laboro AI.
Advance humanity's reach
We see AI as an instrument - like electricity or the internet. Through Specter, we enable transparent, human-guided workflows that drive faster, better decisions. As these gains compound, humanity can pursue what once seemed impossible - from thriving companies on Earth to missions reaching beyond the Milky Way toward Andromeda.
Stories & insights
How we think about practical AI.
Read how we build, validate, and deploy AI systems for enterprise workflows in Japan and beyond.
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Research
Benchmark Report: Ur-AI Parser API vs. Azure, LlamaParse, and IBM Docling on Japanese Enterprise and Financial Documents
The Ur-AI Parser API achieves parity with Azure Document Intelligence and LlamaParse on text and table reasoning — and outperforms Azure by 28 percentage points on chart understanding. Validated on 25 Japanese enterprise and financial documents across 363 tasks, with results that traditional OCR metrics (CER, TEDS) fail to capture.
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Product
Inside Specter: The Three Technical Pillars Behind Our Due Diligence Platform
What makes Specter different is not just AI — it is the proprietary technology stack we built around it. Here are the three pillars that power accurate, auditable due diligence.
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