SmartNews, Inc. 🤖 AI Native

Other 📍 Tokyo, Japan 👥 51-200 employees 💰 $50.2M raised 📅 Founded 2012

SmartNews is the award-winning, news discovery app loved by millions. We are a machine-learning company deeply committed to helping users discover the most interesting and important stories that matter right now. SmartNews won numerous “App of the Year” awards in Japan and is consistently ranked as a top 5 News App fo

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📊 Company Overview

Sector

Other

Country

Japan

Employees

51-200

Total Raised · Venture

$50.2M

Founded

2012

Cloud

AWS

CDN

AWS CloudFront

Email

Google Workspace

☁️ Cloud Infrastructure

AWS Detected Cloud Provider

Detected via HTTP headers

Workspace	Google Workspace
CDN	AWS CloudFront

Detected via DNS records and HTTP response headers as of 2026-06-13.

💰 Estimated Cloud Spend

$300K – $750K / year on AWS

🛠 Tech Stack & Marketing

Ad Platforms	🔒 Subscribers only
Analytics & CRM	🔒 Subscribers only
CMS / Platform	🔒 Subscribers only
Frontend Stack	Next.js

Detected from SmartNews, Inc.'s public homepage as of 2026-06-13.

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