History of
Hanzo AI.
Hanzo AI started in 2016 and went through Techstars ’17. In every era since, from blockchain to agents, we were early. Today we build the AI cloud.
The timeline
In every era we were there early, and we built what we needed ourselves.
2016
Hanzo AI starts.
2017
2023
ChatGPT-style AI chat with Zoo Labs.
The Zen of Hanzo
The principles the company argues from when a decision is close.
Enable the Underdog
Enable others to win. Democratize technology so small businesses and startups can compete with industry giants.
Data-Driven Everything
Let data be your guide. Embrace analytics and AI as the foundation of decision-making.
Open Innovation
Be open, share often. Openness accelerates growth—both for the company and its community.
Adaptability
Pivot with purpose. There is no failure, only feedback. Move quickly and strike in new directions when opportunity calls.
Customer-Centric Growth
Coach clients like a sensei. Treat each client as a long-term partner and guide them to success.
First Principles Thinking
See the invisible, do the impossible. Boil problems down to their essence and solve them in fundamentally better ways.
The Sensei Method
The Zen of Hanzo is what we believe. The Sensei Method is what an engagement looks like — Sensei Group sits with your team and works the problem alongside them.
Identify First-Principle Goals
Drill down to the fundamental objectives that drive real value.
Rapid Prototyping
Build quickly, test assumptions, and iterate with purpose.
Data-Driven Decisions
Measure impact, analyze patterns, and let insights guide strategy.
Sensei Mentorship
Work directly with expert "senseis" to implement and refine your approach.
The Impact of Sensei
Through the Sensei Method and Sensei Group, we've helped clients generate over $1 billion in revenue and take more than a hundred products to market.
Client Revenue
Product Launches
Years Experience
Company information, governance and investor contact are on the investor page.
Hanzo voice speech recognition uses NVIDIA Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 (https://huggingface.co/nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3) by NVIDIA, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The model was converted to ONNX and quantized to 8-bit integers by the k2-fsa sherpa-onnx project.