SingleStore Expands Presence to Serve Japan and Accelerate Global Enterprise AI Innovation

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 4, 2025--

SingleStore, a database delivering the performance, simplicity and flexibility needed to power enterprise AI, today announced its official launch in Japan. The move underscores the rising demand for high-performance, AI-optimized data infrastructure in one of the world’s most technologically advanced markets. The expansion further cements SingleStore’s leadership in delivering the real-time capabilities and foundational data strategies essential to building the next generation of high-performing enterprise AI applications.

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With this expansion, SingleStore is bringing its ultra low-latency AI-ready database platform to one of the world’s largest and most innovation-driven economies. The move comes as Japan accelerates its national AI strategies and enterprises increasingly seek scalable, real-time data platforms like SingleStore that support global Fortune 500 companies at scale to develop next-generation AI applications.

“Expanding into Japan is both a strategic and symbolic step in SingleStore’s mission to power global AI progress,” said Raj Verma, CEO of SingleStore. “Japan is home to one of the most technologically advanced economies in the world, and we’re thrilled to use our real-time, AI-optimized data capabilities to power its next wave of innovation. This new chapter in Japan underscores the worldwide demand for real-time, scalable, and AI-optimized data infrastructure, and we’re excited to be part of it.”

This expansion comes at a time of immense growth for SingleStore. The company grew from $10 million in ARR to over $100 million in just four years and achieved unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion following its most recent funding round in 2022. SingleStore currently has customers across 50+ countries, with its expansion to Japan marking its eighth office globally.

Seasoned enterprise technology leader Tadashi “Troy” Nishioka will drive SingleStore’s work in Japan as Managing Director and brings deep experience from his work in Japan’s cloud and data markets. Under Nishioka’s leadership, the company will grow its local footprint through strategic hires, partnerships with leading cloud and system integrators, and a focus on serving industries including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, and healthcare.

“Our goal is simple: empower Japanese businesses to realize their AI ambitions by giving them the performance, scale, and simplicity they need,” said Nishioka. “We’re deeply committed to understanding the unique needs of Japanese enterprises and aligning with the country’s culture of precision, quality, and continuous improvement to become a trusted partner for Japanese businesses harnessing the full potential of AI.”

SingleStore’s expansion into Japan builds on a deep presence across the APAC region, with customers in 12 APAC countries, a regional hub in Singapore and a strong presence in India. The company already serves over 100 customers in the region, including leading enterprises such as Nikkei, Samsung, Tata, DBS Bank, Posco, and 6sense.

“Since partnering in 2017, we’ve trusted SingleStore for its exceptional performance and innovative approach,” said Hajime Sano, software engineer and engineering manager at Nikkei. “It’s now a core part of our data platform, powering real-time analytics that support approximately 1,500 journalists at the Nikkei Online Edition. With SingleStore, we’ve reduced data latency from 45 minutes to just 200 milliseconds – transforming how we understand reader behavior and deliver relevant content. The launch of SingleStore’s Tokyo office signals a strong commitment to Japan, and we look forward to continuing our partnership.”

As enterprises around the globe look to consolidate legacy databases, accelerate AI adoption, and modernize their infrastructure, SingleStore is the database of choice for building that future in real time. Its unified platform uniquely supports hybrid transactional and analytical processing, vector and full-text search, and low-latency streaming ingest, making it ideal for powering modern AI applications. With built-in support for serverless ingest, integrated AI functions, and developer-optimized workflows, SingleStore provides the flexibility and power modern teams need to build intelligent, responsive AI applications. Its native handling of both structured and semi-structured data, compatibility with platforms including Snowflake, Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL, and scalability across cloud environments allow organizations to unify their data architecture while dramatically reducing complexity and latency.

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SingleStore will engage with local media and analysts in Japan over the coming weeks to share more about its expansion strategy and AI-driven innovations.

About SingleStore

SingleStore empowers the world’s leading organizations to build and scale modern applications using the only data platform that allows you to transact, analyze and search data in real time. With streaming data ingestion, support for both transactions and analytics, horizontal scalability and vector and full text search capabilities, SingleStore helps deliver 10–100x better performance at 1/3 the cost of legacy architectures. Learn more at singlestore.com/jp/.

Seasoned enterprise technology leader Tadashi “Troy” Nishioka will drive SingleStore’s work in Japan as Managing Director and brings deep experience from his work in Japan’s cloud and data markets.

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FILE - Min Jin Lee attends the GQ Global Creativity Awards in New York on April 6, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)