Company
Company overview & operator information
Operator information
- Legal name
- Automate & Augment（株式会社設立準備中）
- Representative
- 桧原和也（Kazuya Hibara）
- Address
- （設立準備中）
- Founded
- 2026
- Business
- 業務フロー再設計によりAIを「社員」として企業に迎え入れる、AI業務自動化コンサルティング・エージェント開発事業。
- Contact
- contact@kazuyahibara.com / Official LINE
Founder — Kazuya Hibara
Right now, the human headcount is one — the founder (yes, just one). The AI-agent "staff," on the other hand, work at full capacity every day. That smallness is exactly what keeps decisions and delivery fast. No reason to hide it, so we say it plainly.
Background
After leaving high school and spending three years recovering from illness, Kazuya moved to Australia, working as a marketer and AI consultant. He returned to Japan and founded Automate & Augment in 2026. He works across management, marketing, product, and data — and puts the latest AI research into daily practice in his own firm and for clients.
- — AI業務自動化
- — 業務フロー再設計
- — LLMエージェント
- — n8n
- — Next.js
A&A runs its own operations on this same thinking.
In production · Self-operation architecture
Last updated 2026-07-11
OSS · Public
claude-second-brain-jp
A plugin that grows a record of decisions into a knowledge base. Free, MIT, currently v0.1.0. Public on GitHub.
View on GitHub →Last verified 2026-07-11
FAQ
With a team of one, can you really handle everything?+
This works precisely because we limit our scope. We specialize in small companies and cap how many we take on at once. Some tasks may be handled by external partners (subcontractors) under a confidentiality agreement, but every decision — from requirements to ongoing operation — stays with the founder end-to-end.
Can we sign a proper contract and NDA?+
Yes. Advisory agreements, service agreements, and NDAs are all executed in writing. See the "NDA & Contracts" section of the FAQ page for details.
What payment methods are available?+
We accept credit card payment (Stripe). Invoice-based payment is not available at this time; see the FAQ page for details.
Are in-person meetings possible?+
We operate online by default. In-person meetings are available in central Tokyo; elsewhere we work online.
Our positioning
Why does workflow redesign start with designing the knowledge base? Judgment criteria and past context live only in one person's head. In that state, there's only so much work an AI agent can be trusted with. We start by structuring decisions into a knowledge base, then redesign the workflow around it, then let an AI agent run the work. Reverse that order, and adding more tools just leaves the work undone.
Workflow redesign first
Not mere efficiency improvement — we redesign the workflow itself, then place AI agents inside it.
One-person, end-to-end speed
From requirements to implementation to operation, nothing changes hands. Zero communication loss — the speed from decision to action carries straight into the result.
Small-scale specialization
We generally decline organizations with a core team of 5+ (outsourced teams may still be a fit). No generic enterprise package.
If anything about our background or team setup leaves you curious, we'll answer it directly on LINE.
Consult on LINE- 01Add A&A on LINE
- 02A short intake chat
- 03A&A organizes the requirements
- 04A meeting only if needed