# Preferred Networks

id: ent_preferred-networks  
wikidata: Q53309069  
kind: organization  
timeline: /timelines/preferred-networks.md  
page: /record/preferred-networks  
same_as: https://asof.is/record/preferred-networks (how to cite the id: /identifiers.md)  

Preferred Networks is a Tokyo AI company (PLaMo language models, MN-Core processors), founded in 2014. Its CEO is Daisuke Okanohara, since 2025.

## Key facts

- CEO: Daisuke Okanohara (since 2025) · claim: /claim/clm_61591530167F.md
- Chair: Toru Nishikawa · claim: /claim/clm_79DBEB01FD4D.md

## Questions

**Who is the CEO of Preferred Networks?** Daisuke Okanohara, since 2025, as the AsOf record states with its sources.

## Fact pages

One page per fact: the current value with its sources, then every dated value and what replaced what. Fetch any of them as markdown.

- [Preferred Networks CEO](/record/preferred-networks/ceo.md)
- [Preferred Networks chair](/record/preferred-networks/chair.md)
- [Preferred Networks founder](/record/preferred-networks/founder.md)

## Current state

What the record asserts: claims that held, valid by their sources or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed, retracted and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here.

- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | ceo | Daisuke Okanohara | valid 2025-11-26 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_61591530167F](/claim/clm_61591530167F.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20251127, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders
- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | chair | Toru Nishikawa | valid 2025-11-26 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_79DBEB01FD4D](/claim/clm_79DBEB01FD4D.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20251127, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders
- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | founder | Daisuke Okanohara | valid 2014-03-26 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_31C66AA17BE8](/claim/clm_31C66AA17BE8.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders
- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | founder | Toru Nishikawa | valid 2014-03-26 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_FAA09DB85209](/claim/clm_FAA09DB85209.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders

## All claims

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- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | ceo | Daisuke Okanohara | valid 2025-11-26 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_61591530167F](/claim/clm_61591530167F.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20251127, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders
- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | chair | Toru Nishikawa | valid 2025-11-26 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_79DBEB01FD4D](/claim/clm_79DBEB01FD4D.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20251127, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders
- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | founder | Daisuke Okanohara | valid 2014-03-26 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_31C66AA17BE8](/claim/clm_31C66AA17BE8.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders
- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | ceo | Toru Nishikawa | valid 2014-03-26 to 2025-11-26 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_61591530167F](/claim/clm_61591530167F.md) | [clm_9EFE90714CD7](/claim/clm_9EFE90714CD7.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20251127, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders
- [Preferred Networks](/record/preferred-networks.md) | founder | Toru Nishikawa | valid 2014-03-26 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_FAA09DB85209](/claim/clm_FAA09DB85209.md)
  sources: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/, https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders

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