The entrance ceremony was held on April 3, 2023, welcoming 14 new employees. Among them were 12 new graduates
(11 from Nagoya and 1 from Tokyo) and 2 mid-career hires.

As of today, we have a total of 177 employees (128 males and 49 females).
(150 in Nagoya, 27 in Tokyo)
*Total staff now is 242 (including partners).

This year, our president used ChatGPT to create the following greeting. It does a good job of generating well-formed sentences!

—— ChatGPT Output ————
Congratulations to all the new employees.
Our mission at Open Sesame Technology is to respond to the increasingly diverse needs of our customers and to always provide cutting-edge technologies.
In order to do that, it is important for everyone who joins the company to bring new values and ideas.
On the other hand, you may feel anxious or nervous when you find yourself in a new environment.
However, we will do our best to turn those feelings into positive energy and help you grow with the company.
At Open Sesame Technology, we offer a variety of career paths to enable our employees to achieve self-fulfillment.
As a company, we will always work to provide a place where you can find your own skills and what you want to do, and play an active role.
We will continue to do our utmost to support new employees, so that they can experience personal growth and rewarding work at this company.
Again, congratulations on joining Open Sesame Technology!
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Afterward, the president delivered the customary address, followed by words of encouragement from the management team. The new employees also expressed their enthusiasm and aspirations.

For lunch, everyone enjoyed Kuroshio's lunch box.
In the evening, we held a welcome party for new employees for the first time in three years at the company, and we were able to deepen our friendship.

Let's grow together as a member of OST from today.
We expect that the values and new ideas unique to digital natives will have a significant impact on the future development of the company.

We look forward to working with you.