Jinba
Automate any enterprise workflow through chat
Winter 2026ActiveB2B
Company
https://jinba.ioJinba lets enterprise teams vibe-code AI workflows instead of drag and drop. Describe what you need in plain language, and your whole company can start using it immediately. No engineers required. Enterprise-grade permissions, audit logging, and on-prem deployment built in. We serve 40,000 enterprise users at major financial institutions.
Build something your colleagues want.
Verdict
High Signal
Market Opportunity
Enterprise workflow automation is a massive, well-established market — Gartner estimates $26B+ in intelligent process automation by 2025. ICP is clear: Fortune Global 500 in banking, insurance, and manufacturing needing AI-native workflow tools with compliance/on-prem requirements. B2B enterprise with usage-based credits pricing is a proven monetization model.
Medium Signal
Founder Signal
Shoya Matsumori holds a Ph.D. in CS from Keio University (early completion), published at ICCV, and has been building Carnot Inc. since June 2023 — real technical depth. Takuya Norisugi brings ~6 years at McKinsey (Business Analyst through Engagement Manager) plus a part-time ML engineering role (EEG/deep learning at PGV 2018-2019) — operationally strong but primarily consulting-track. The combination of a technical PhD founder + McKinsey operator is solid, though neither has a prior exit and Norisugi's engineering depth is thin.
Low Signal
Competition
The space is crowded with well-funded incumbents: n8n, Zapier, Make (Integromat), Microsoft Power Automate, and Retool all compete directly. AI-first workflow builders like Relevance AI and Stack AI target similar enterprise use cases. The 'vibe coding' angle is differentiated messaging but not a durable moat — any of these players can add natural language interfaces, and several already have.
High Signal
Product
Pricing page at /pricing. API docs at carnot.mintlify.app. 2 named customers with testimonials: Suntory (PhD testimonial) and Bloomo (COO testimonial). Free trial at flow.jinba.io. 100+ integrations, SSO, RBAC, audit logging. SOC II in progress. Claims to be live with enterprise customers.
OverallB Tier
Jinba has a comprehensive product with pricing page, API docs, 2 named customers with testimonials (Suntory, Bloomo), free trial, 100+ integrations, and enterprise features (SSO, RBAC, audit logging, SOC II). The market for enterprise workflow automation is large. Main risk is competition from established players and the product becoming commoditized as AI capabilities improve. The named customer testimonials and enterprise feature set suggest real commercial traction.
Active Founders
Jinba
TierB Tier
BatchWinter 2026
Team Size6
StatusActive
Last Updated2 days ago