Name: artics
Founded: August, 2021
Founder: Arata Nakatsuji
HP: https://articsapp.com/
Contact: support@articsinfo.com
Contact Person：Arata Nakatsuji
Position：CEO
Bio：
Arata is an undergraduate student at Waseda University School of Political Science and Economics, Tokyo. Born into a family of a Japanese traditional painter, he grew up surrounded by Japanese culture and also trained as a tea master in The Urasenke. From a young age, he was passionate about music, winning the 2019 World Choir Championship and making appearances on mainstream music programs in Japan. Afterwards, he took a position at the secretariat of the Japanese Creator’s Economy Association, where he gained valuable experience in shaping the industry from the creator’s perspective. Taking advantage of these experiences, he established “artics”, a platform that aims to increase the total number of successful creators by enhancing the efficiency of content discovery.
Social Media
“Embark on a journey of self-expression with artics, where your passions become your voice. Craft your profile by seamlessly adding your favorite books, music, movies, and more, allowing your unique tastes to shine. As you curate your world of entertainment, you’ll discover a community of kindred spirits who share your joys. Imagine engaging in lively conversations with fellow enthusiasts who resonate with your cinematic choices and musical harmonies. artics provides a dynamic platform to connect, discuss, and celebrate the vibrant tapestry of your interests. Join us in a realm where your entertainment preferences create bridges to new friendships and conversations that enrich your love for all things creative. Welcome to artics, where connections thrive and individuality flourishes.”
– SNS that connects people not with “my daily life” but with “what I like”.
This is not the type of SNS where you post your daily life with “attractive” photos, but a SNS where you can share your “likes” in various genres such as your favorite books, music, art, etc. You can create your own portfolio by collecting your favorite things. By doing so, you can talk about your favorite works with people who like the same works, and they can tell you about their favorite works, expanding your world through people and works that you can only meet on “artics”.
– Discover new “likes” without being bound by existing algorithms.
In the field of music, the old-fashioned ranking format is still utilized as a means of finding works you like. In the algorithmic “recommendation function,” well-known artists appear repeatedly, but recently, although improvements are being made, the names of unaffiliated and unknown artists tend not to appear in the recommendations. Also, there are songs that you don’t like that much but are played automatically over and over again, and the current recommendation function has many other problems. To begin with, likes and dislikes are difficult to rank, and the core value of this application is its ability to provide a high degree of accuracy in matching in the realm of likes and dislikes. The strength of the app is that you can find people who have similar tastes to you and share their ‘favorite songs’ with them.
– Curate your own museum
“artics” is like creating a museum by collecting your favorite artworks and becoming a curator yourself. It is a new form of SNS where you can connect with others by expressing your feelings about the work, and share your excitement with others who have encountered the work through you. By pursuing your own “likes,” you can visualize your preferences and rediscover yourself.
– All for the sake of artists
I am an artist myself, and I have loved singing since I was a child and won a world choral competition. Many of my colleagues who make “artics” are also artists. However, it is difficult to make a living in “art fields” such as music, and even if you find something you love, you have to give it up. Despite the world’s remarkable material development over the past few hundred years, many people still find it difficult to turn their “love” into a career, and are forced to give up on their ideal life. The development of this application began with the desire to improve the environment in which people of expression who have found their passions find themselves.
– Making a revolution in the distribution of expression around the world
We thought that we could not solve the essential distribution issues only by supporting artists, so we wanted to take a form that involves many people. To do so, it is necessary to create and provide new value for all. We can provide new encounters and discoveries by filling your limited time with what you “like” rather than what “everyone else likes” and by expressing yourself through your favorite works. The result will be to support your favorite artists. We hope to revolutionize the current situation where profits are concentrated in one place, and provide a new way of monetization and a place for creation that is not bound by existing frameworks.
– Involving the whole world
We want to solve the challenges of distribution system from the ground up. Since the content market is global, it makes no sense to work only in Japan, but to compete globally from Day 1. In fact, with the support of Techstars, the world’s No. 1 accelerator in terms of IPOs, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, we have been able to expand in the United States. You may think it is difficult to expand overseas from the initial stage when you are in Japan, but after actually interacting with investors and users in the U.S., we have strong confidence that we will be able to compete. If you are interested in supporting or cooperating with our efforts, we look forward to hearing from you.
