The Pulse
Decoding what’s inside and what’s next — in tech, travel, hospitality, and AI.
Rebuilding for host: introducing PIPI Portal
Today we are launching PIPI Portal: a ground-up rebuild of the host experience, not a reskin, built to work as well on a phone in a hallway as on a laptop at a desk.
After the Assembly Line
From Sequential Handoff to Synchronized Production
ERIS: Building a More Reliable Decision Layer for Hospitality Investment
ERIS is PIPI’s hospitality investment intelligence tool, built to bring more structure, clarity, and real operating logic to early-stage asset evaluation.
How Themis went from writing code to running the company
Six weeks ago, four engineers were the only people using Themis. Today, 24 people across engineering, operations, and customer service use it daily
Recent Posts
Introducing Themis - PIPI's New AI Engineer
When an AI system can hear a voice command in a Teams group chat, automatically understand the requirement, read the code repository, complete the implementation in an isolated git worktree, run lint checks, and ultimately submit a complete Pull Request — this is no longer "AI assistance" in the traditional sense. This is an AI engineer with autonomous execution capabilities.
Growth in Silence, Resilience Through Cycles
PIPI HOSTING’s 11-Year Milestone
Reject "Correct Nonsense": How to Upgrade AI from a Search Engine to Your "Chief of Staff"
Personal Insights on Getting the Most Out of AI Tools
Why Lang Hotel Remains Unshaken Amid Japan’s Cancellation Wave
When the market freezes, a brand’s true resilience becomes visible.
The Great Decoupling: How AI is Redefining Career Value and Driving the 'Analog' Economy
The future of work is not about competing with AI on its terms, but about redefining the terms of value altogether, on a foundation of irreplaceably human qualities.
Lang Hotel — Curated Comfort in the Heart of Asia
An interview with the founders of Lang Hotel on redefining the urban stay through design, technology, and emotion.
Japan’s AI Momentum
Latest insight inside the policy, infrastructure, and economic shifts powering Japan’s next AI chapter.
Using AI the right way in team
From a small UI design team discussion to a big realization. Here is how our team leverage AI in thinking and making decisions.