Hephaestus

AI purpose-built to turn Japanese PMRs into data you can rely on

AI purpose-built to turn Japanese PMRs into data you can rely on

We’ve combined our expertise in Japanese real estate and software development with proprietary AI to build Hephaestus: the engine that transforms your PMRs into standardized data and powers Data Manager.

Standardizing PMRs takes more than reading the numbers

Manually compiling PMRs becomes harder to sustain as reports accumulate, but simply handing them to AI cannot ensure consistent, verified data across Japan’s fragmented reporting practices.

The same label can mean different things

A figure’s meaning depends on where it appears in the report, not just its label.

Different names can mean the same thing

Property managers use their own terminology, even when reporting the same information.

Report layouts don’t follow a fixed pattern

Even the same property manager can change a report’s layout from month to month.

Our expertise grows with every reporting challenge we solve

Hephaestus combines our Japanese reporting knowledge, software expertise and proprietary AI in a system that builds on the reports we’ve already processed. Reporting conventions and resolved exceptions become reusable rules for extracting data, so each reporting challenge we solve strengthens our ability to deliver data you can rely on.

Reporting expertise earned at scale

Behind Hephaestus is the experience of processing thousands of PMRs from property managers across Japan, including the reporting variations and exceptions that make standardization difficult.

6.0k+

Reports processed

2.3k+

Reporting variations handled

Mitsui Fudosan Residential Lease
Daiwa Living
Tokyu Housing Lease
Haseko Livenet
CBRE
Samty PM
CRE
Ambition DX Holdings
Meiwa Corporation
Miyoshi Fudosan
Takuto
Faith Network

Export your data whenever you need it

Download the data Hephaestus standardizes in Excel or CSV for your models, analysis and reporting.

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Recent monthly portfolio exports repeated across August, July and June in Excel

Connect your data to the tools you already use

Access the same standardized data directly in Excel, BI tools or your internal systems through DNK’s connections and custom feeds.

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Live DNK portfolio data powering a BI dashboard in Power BI, Tableau and Looker Studio

See DNK in action with your own reports.