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ENEOS
A major energy and materials company that co-developed the AI atomistic simulator Matlantis, uses it in house and offers it to others

ENEOS Holdings is a major Japanese energy and materials group whose businesses include petroleum products, electricity and functional materials. From the standpoint of materials informatics (MI, the use of data and computation to narrow down candidate materials and conditions), its distinguishing feature is that since 2019 it has co-developed with Preferred Networks (PFN) a general-purpose, machine-learning-based atomistic simulator, Matlantis, uses it to develop its own catalysts, lubricants and polymers, and makes the same software available to outside users through Matlantis Corporation (formerly PFCC). This profile keeps the whole-company business brief and concentrates on the use of MI in materials and chemistry.

Basis: ENEOS's Integrated Report 2026, its official news releases, the official pages and slides of Matlantis Corporation, and a Nature Communications paper, used as primary material. Checked on 22 October 2026. This field moves fast, so corporate structure and investment carry a check date.

What this article covers
  1. ENEOS in 30 seconds, and where it stands in materials informatics
  2. The logo and how the name is written
  3. Where the company sits in the materials informatics field
  4. Scale of the company (the whole company in brief)
  5. Resources committed to materials informatics
  6. What it has done so far
  7. What comes next
  8. What the company is aiming for in materials informatics
  9. Map of partnerships in materials informatics
  10. How MI is used, and the technologies involved
  11. The risks this company carries
  12. Glossary, references and claim-to-source audit

1. ENEOS in 30 seconds, and where it stands in materials informatics

LEGAL NAMEENEOS Holdings, Inc.Founded on 1 April 2010
REGISTERED OFFICE1-1-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, TokyoRepresentative director and president: Mr. Miyata (Integrated Report 2026)
LISTINGTokyo Stock Exchange
code 5020
From where its IR documents are posted and their code
CATEGORY IN THIS FIELDPrimary: industrial user
Secondary: stake in an MI software company
The supplier of the MI software is a separate company, Matlantis
MI COREMatlantisAn AI atomistic simulator co-developed with PFN
PLACE IN COMPANY-WIDE TECHNOLOGY STRATEGYOne of five areas of strengthSet in the 2025 technology inventory (Integrated Report 2026)
REVENUE (FISCAL 2025)¥11,765.5 billionWhole company. Revenue tied to MI is not disclosed
R&D EXPENSE (FISCAL 2025)¥15.6 billionWhole company. The MI share is not disclosed
The one thing to grasp first

ENEOS's MI has two layers: using the tool itself, and investing in the company that built it so that it reaches more users. The CTO message in Integrated Report 2026 says Matlantis is used "in the development of materials and catalysts" and that, "since it should not be kept in house", it was released as a SaaS business and is used by companies in industries such as chemicals, automobiles and semiconductors Sourced. It is not ENEOS but a separate legal entity, Matlantis Corporation, that runs the SaaS. ENEOS is one of its shareholders, and its current stake is not disclosed. Figures such as "more than 150 companies and research institutions" are Matlantis's own wording, not ENEOS's.

2. The logo and how the name is written

A note on names: this article covers the holding company (ENEOS Holdings, Inc.). ENEOS Corporation, the operating company that sells petroleum products, and ENEOS Materials Corporation are separate legal entities. Matlantis Corporation, which provides the Matlantis SaaS, is another separate entity. It was renamed in July 2025 from Preferred Computational Chemistry (PFCC) (at founding, Preferred Networks held a majority of 51%). The logo is the English-language logo shown in the header of the company's official website.

Official site: https://www.hd.eneos.co.jp/

3. Where the company sits in the materials informatics field

MI is a flow in which past data and computation narrow down "promising candidate materials and conditions", and experiments then confirm them (see our explainer on materials informatics for an overview). Companies involved in MI fall into four types, depending on which part of that flow they own.

Four types of companies involved in materials informatics Companies labeled MI differ in where they sit: data, design or experiment Foundation models & compute MI software & materials AI Autonomous experiments & robotics Industrial users Train AI on data and compute Software and materials AI Robots run the experiments Batteries, chemicals, chips Google DeepMind / Microsoft Meta / NVIDIA Citrine / Schrödinger Preferred Networks / CuspAI Chemspeed / Radical AI Periodic Labs / Lila Sciences SES AI / Mitsui Chemicals Applied Materials Large compute and talent Usability and data Experiment throughput Real materials, markets Validation left to others Depends on customer data Capex and reproducibility Limited in-house data ENEOS is mainly an industrial user, and also a shareholder in an MI software company It uses Matlantis in its own research and holds a stake in the company that offers it outside
Fig. 1 The four types of company involved in materials informatics, and where ENEOS sits. The grouping is ours, and the example names are drawn from the companies covered in this series Our calculation. The supplier of the MI software is Matlantis Corporation, a separate legal entity from ENEOS Holdings. ENEOS itself does not sell the MI software.

ENEOS is mainly an industrial user that applies MI to the development of its own catalysts, lubricants and polymers. Because it co-created Matlantis, it is also involved on the MI software and materials-AI side. In terms of the MI flow, the simulator was built by combining PFN's AI and computing infrastructure with ENEOS's chemical knowledge and know-how (prediction and design), and ENEOS uses it together with experiments in its own laboratories. In the joint release of 2021, the president of PFCC described Matlantis as developed by "bringing together PFN's AI technology such as deep learning and its computing infrastructure with the best of ENEOS's knowledge and know-how in the field of chemistry".

4. Scale of the company (the whole company in brief)

ENEOS Holdings is a large company, so only the scale of the whole company is shown, briefly Sourced. No figure for MI alone is disclosed.

Measure (fiscal 2025 = April 2025 to March 2026)FigureNote
Revenue¥11,765.5 billionDown from the previous year mainly because JX Advanced Metals became an equity-method affiliate (the metals business is classified as discontinued)
Consolidated headcount34,099n/a
R&D expense¥15.6 billionMainly ¥10.0 billion in petroleum products and others and ¥3.3 billion in functional materials
R&D expense as a share of revenueAbout 0.13%Our calculation (¥15.6 billion divided by ¥11,765.5 billion)
Registered patents5,290n/a
Certified digital talents2,660Under the company's internal certification scheme (whole company)
A caution

The figures above are for the whole company, and most revenue comes from petroleum products and energy. How much is spent on MI, and how many people work on it full time, is not disclosed Not yet confirmed. That R&D expense is only about 0.13% of revenue (our calculation) partly reflects how small a share of revenue comes from materials and chemicals, and does not by itself mean that MI spending is small. When reading about this field, keep in mind that the scale of the company and the scale of its commitment to MI are two different things.

5. Resources committed to materials informatics

The table shows, for people, money, outside investment and links with universities or public bodies, what could and could not be confirmed from primary sources. "Not stated" is also a finding.

Type of resourceWhat is thereStatus
People (whole company)34,099 consolidated employees and 2,660 certified digital talents. An AI Innovation Department, independent of the laboratories, promotes AI use including in-house efficiencySourced
People (MI)The head of the Digital Research Institute at the Central Technical Research Laboratory (Mr. Ibuka) has spoken from the viewpoints of both Matlantis co-developer and user (talk abstract). MI-dedicated headcount is not disclosedSourced / Not disclosed
MoneyR&D expense of ¥15.6 billion (whole company). ENEOS's investment in Matlantis and its MI spending are not disclosed. At founding, PFCC's capital was ¥310 million (2021)Not disclosed
ComputeMatlantis was trained on a large amount of atomic-structure data produced by physics simulation on PFN's supercomputer (joint release, 2021). The scale of ENEOS's own compute is not disclosedSourced / Not disclosed
Investment and joint venturesMatlantis Corporation (formerly PFCC): at founding in June 2021, Preferred Networks held 51% and ENEOS 49%. In June 2024 Mitsubishi Corporation became a shareholder, and the current shareholders are Preferred Networks, ENEOS Holdings and Mitsubishi Corporation. The current split is not disclosedSourced
Co-developmentBegan a strategic collaboration with Preferred Networks in MI in June 2019 and co-developed a general-purpose atomistic simulatorSourced
Ties with universities, institutes and public fundingThe talk abstract says Matlantis is also used in outside collaborations with universities and other companies, but names no partner. The Integrated Report cites "five projects using the GI Fund" but does not tie them to MICould not be confirmed (partners undisclosed)

Status of the main models and products

Matlantis is provided by Matlantis Corporation. The table shows what could be confirmed from its official pages and the joint release by ENEOS and PFN.

NameKindMain specifics (as disclosed)Form of release and licenseStage and dateSource
MatlantisGeneral-purpose atomistic simulator (cloud SaaS)Offered as a package of a trained deep-learning model, a property-calculation library and a computing environment. At launch in 2021 it supported 55 elements and was said to run in seconds calculations that take hours to months with DFTCommercial, by contract. License terms could not be confirmedOffered from 6 July 2021Joint release
PFP (PreFerred Potential)General-purpose machine-learning potential (Matlantis's core model)The 2022 paper reports it handles any combination of 45 elements. Matlantis states PFP v7 (September 2024) covers all 96 naturally occurring elements and PFP v8 (July 2025) offers up to twice the accuracy using r2SCAN training dataThe model sits inside a commercial service. The paper is publicOffered (updated continuously)Nature Communications, Matlantis company profile
LightPFPFeature for large-scale calculationsRaises the maximum number of atoms in a simulation by more than 10 times (Matlantis's wording)A Matlantis featureReleased in January 2025Matlantis company profile
A materials engineer's view: what is Matlantis speeding up?

The core of Matlantis, PFP, is a machine-learning potential trained on a large body of DFT results. A machine-learning potential is a fast approximator that gives energy and forces from the arrangement of atoms, and using it in place of DFT can make calculations far faster (see our explainer on machine-learning interatomic potentials). What you give up is that accuracy can fall outside the range of the training data Not yet confirmed. The 2022 paper reports quantitatively good results in four examples: lithium diffusion, adsorption in metal-organic frameworks, an order-disorder transition in an alloy, and a search for a catalyst (within the examples the paper chose, and the comparison differs from case to case). The "tens of thousands of times" speed, on the other hand, is a figure from the company's announcement, and the release does not say what calculation conditions it was compared against. If you apply it to your own material system, a practical approach is to first check accuracy on a small scale against known DFT or measured data.

6. What it has done so far

WhenWhat happenedWhat it means
2017The management integration creates the base of today's ENEOS Group, and the research portfolio is reviewedA reshuffle of the research set-up (Integrated Report 2026)
June 2019PFN and ENEOS begin a strategic collaboration in MI and start co-developing a general-purpose atomistic simulatorThe starting point of the MI work behind Matlantis
1 June 2021PFCC is founded (capital of ¥310 million, PFN 51% and ENEOS 49%)A vehicle for commercializing what was co-developed
6 July 2021Matlantis goes on sale as a cloud serviceAn MI core tool goes to outside users
30 May 2022The PFP paper appears in Nature Communications (author affiliations include the ENEOS Central Technical Research Laboratory)The core model is published academically
January 2023 and January 2024Exhibits at CES, showing MatlantisSeeks business partnerships abroad
July 2023ENEOS presents a lubricant case at the third Matlantis User ConferenceA published example of its own use
June 2024Mitsubishi Corporation becomes a Matlantis shareholderSpeeds overseas expansion (Matlantis's explanation)
September 2024PFP v7 covers 96 elements. The head of ENEOS's Digital Research Institute speaks at Matlantis User Conference 2024Speaks as both developer and user
2025Takes stock of technologies across the group and sets five "areas of strength", including MIMI becomes one pillar of company-wide technology strategy
July 2025PFCC is renamed Matlantis Corporation. PFP v8 is releasedThe company name becomes the service name

7. What comes next

No MI-specific numerical target or dated plan from ENEOS appears in the material checked Not yet confirmed. The following are company policies.

FOCUS THEMES FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTHigher value for functional materials and lubricants
Use of AI
Low- and zero-carbon energy
Stated in Integrated Report 2026
POLICY ON DEVELOPMENT SPENDINGSelective, but not stopping preparation of future sources of competitivenessCTO message. No amount or timing given
NUMERICAL TARGETS FOR MINone statedNo target for shorter development time or contribution to sales could be found
MATLANTISKeeps extending featuresThe ENEOS talk abstract says development "continues". Plan details undisclosed
What could not be confirmed

Names of products the company says were developed with MI / shorter development time actually achieved with MI / MI-dedicated headcount and spending / ENEOS's current stake in Matlantis Corporation / numbers from lab tests of Matlantis's predictions (including the lubricant case) / names of outside collaborators. Figures taken from news reports are not used.

8. What the company is aiming for in materials informatics

This chapter includes points the company does not state directly. They are inferences from what the primary sources say, set out with their grounds.

What can be readPrimary source behind itStatus
It has made MI one pillar of company-wide technology strategyIntegrated Report 2026 says that in the 2025 technology inventory it set five areas of strength, including MISourced
Its policy is to open its own tool to outsiders and widen the user baseThe CTO message says it released Matlantis as a SaaS business because it should not be kept in houseSourced (company's account)
ENEOS will keep standing on both sides, as developer and as userThe talk abstract says it will speak from both viewpoints, and sets continued development of the simulator beside its practical use in materials developmentSourced
Its involvement in Matlantis Corporation may be lighter than at foundingMitsubishi Corporation became a shareholder in June 2024, and the current split is undisclosed. ENEOS held 49% at foundingInference
One of the grounds, in more detail

When PFCC was founded in June 2021 it had two owners, PFN at 51% and ENEOS at 49%. In June 2024 Mitsubishi Corporation joined as a shareholder, so it is certain that the number of shareholders grew from two to three Sourced. The material checked does not say, however, whether this was by new shares or by transfer of holdings, so ENEOS's current stake is unknown. It may have fallen, or it may be unchanged Not yet confirmed. How much influence ENEOS has over the Matlantis business cannot be judged in this article.

9. Map of partnerships in materials informatics

Relationships around ENEOS that relate to MI Only relationships in official ENEOS and Matlantis material. The current ownership split is not disclosed ENEOS Energy, materials Preferred Networks Co-developed Matlantis (2019-) Matlantis Corporation Stake (49% at founding), user Mitsubishi Corporation Matlantis shareholder (June 2024-) Universities and companies Matlantis use (names undisclosed) Co-development partner Investment, joint venture Indirect, names undisclosed
Fig. 2 Relationships around ENEOS that relate to materials informatics. Sources: Matlantis's company profile page, the joint release of July 2021, ENEOS's Integrated Report 2026 and the abstract of the Matlantis User Conference 2024 talk. At founding in 2021 the split was 51% Preferred Networks and 49% ENEOS; the current split is not disclosed. Mitsubishi Corporation is a Matlantis shareholder, and no direct dealings with ENEOS were found.

10. How MI is used, and the technologies involved

The fields in which ENEOS says it uses Matlantis are catalysts, lubricants and polymers (talk abstract). The Integrated Report likewise says "development of materials and catalysts". Of these, specifics can be confirmed in public only for the lubricant case.

FieldHow MI is used (company's account)Published example
CatalystsUses Matlantis in catalyst development (Integrated Report, talk abstract). In refining, it sometimes uses its own catalysts for advanced operation that commercial catalysts cannot handle (a separate matter from MI)Could not be confirmed
LubricantsExamines the interaction of base oil and additive by simulation and draws a design guideline. At CES 2023 it showed Matlantis alongside EV lubricant productsThe illustration below (an excerpt of the July 2023 talk)
PolymersApplies Matlantis to polymer development (talk abstract)Could not be confirmed
Outside collaborationUses Matlantis in collaborations with universities and other companies (talk abstract)Partners undisclosed
ENEOS case: a design guideline for metalworking lubricant, drawn from simulation Our drawing of ENEOS's July 2023 talk, as quoted in Matlantis's February 2024 slides 1 Lab fact 2 Compute 3 Guideline 4 Screening 5 Lab check Ease of working changes with the base oil Follow additive diffusion, adsorption in two base oils Use a base oil with a sparse film that lets additive bind Generate film- density data and consider ML screening Three available compounds go to in-house testing The calculation produced a guideline and candidates. Lab testing had only just begun in July 2023 No lab result, or figure for how much friction fell, appears in the material checked
Illustration The flow of the lubricant case ENEOS presented. Our arrangement of an excerpt from ENEOS's talk quoted in Matlantis's slides (1 February 2024) Our calculation. The outcome is a company statement, and no third-party verification or result figures could be confirmed.
A materials engineer's view: what the lubricant case teaches

The point of this case is that the calculation is turned into an explanation of a lab fact and into a design guideline Sourced. In metalworking there was a lab fact: how easily a workpiece can be worked differs with the type of base oil. ENEOS followed why in Matlantis and drew the guideline that "a base oil that forms a sparse oil film, one that does not hinder additive adsorption, should be used". It then showed a plan to narrow down candidates that meet the guideline, using the speed of the calculation to generate oil-film density data and considering a machine-learning screen. This order (explain the phenomenon, set a guideline, narrow candidates, then test) is a useful reference when you use MI in your own work. What the material reports, though, is only that lab testing had begun as of July 2023, and no lab results or figures for how much friction fell can be found Not yet confirmed. Note also that this material is ENEOS's talk as quoted in Matlantis's own presentation.

11. The risks this company carries

RiskWhat it isStatus
Results are hard to check from outsideNo product developed with MI, no shortening of development time and no contribution to sales is disclosed. Even for the lubricant case, lab-result figures cannot be confirmed from public materialNot yet confirmed
Telling apart where figures come fromThe "tens of thousands of times" speed and the adoption record of "more than 150 companies and research institutions" come from announcements by Matlantis and PFCC, and are not figures ENEOS has verifiedSourced
Possible conflict of interestThe PFP paper states, as a disclosure of competing interests, that some authors are employees of PFN and ENEOS and that PFCC provides Matlantis as a SaaS. Research and business are closely tiedSourced
Range where the model appliesA machine-learning potential can lose accuracy outside the range of its training data. Matlantis's accuracy has to be checked for the material system and conditions you useInference
Opaque stake and influenceENEOS's current stake in Matlantis Corporation is undisclosed, so ENEOS's influence, and how far the business's success feeds into ENEOS's results, cannot be measured from outsideInference
Swings in the business environmentThe CTO message notes that the tide toward decarbonization swung widely in the past five years and that development spending will be selective. How allocation to MI will change is not statedSourced (effect on MI: Inference)

12. Glossary

Materials informatics (MI)
Using data and computation to narrow down promising candidate materials and conditions, then confirming them by experiment.
Matlantis
A general-purpose atomistic simulator co-developed by PFN and ENEOS. Offered in the cloud.
PFP (PreFerred Potential)
The machine-learning potential at the core of Matlantis. It gives energy and forces quickly from the arrangement of atoms.
Machine-learning potential
A model that learns from DFT and similar results to approximate forces between atoms. Orders of magnitude faster than DFT.
DFT (density functional theory)
A standard way to calculate the electronic structure of matter. Accurate, but slow.
SaaS
Software offered over the internet, which users pay for as they use it.
Base oil and additive
The base oil is the main component of a lubricant. An additive is a component mixed in a small amount to improve performance.
Holding company
A company that holds the shares of group companies and oversees their management. ENEOS Holdings is one.
PFN (Preferred Networks)
A Japanese company working on deep learning and related fields. Co-developer of Matlantis and a shareholder of Matlantis Corporation.
GI Fund
The Green Innovation Fund. A Japanese public fund that supports technology development for decarbonization.
A concept of formulation, measurement and feedback, not actual company equipment, products or measured results.
Fig. 3. Conceptual illustration generated with ImageGen. A concept of formulation, measurement and feedback, not actual company equipment, products or measured results.Not an actual product, facility or measurement. Enlarged models, lines, arrows and colours are explanatory.

13. References

  1. ENEOS Holdings ENEOS REPORT, Integrated Report 2026 (in Japanese; fiscal year from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026). CTO message (five areas of strength including MI, in-house use of Matlantis and its release as SaaS, the AI Innovation Department), revenue, headcount, R&D expense, patents, digital talent and company profile. https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5020/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/213225/00.pdf
  2. Preferred Computational Chemistry, Preferred Networks and ENEOS "PFCC launches Matlantis, a general-purpose atomistic simulator that speeds up new-material development and materials search, as a cloud service" (joint news release, in Japanese, 6 July 2021). Founding of PFCC and the ownership split, and Matlantis's features (55 elements, speed against DFT). https://www.eneos.co.jp/newsrelease/20210706_01_01_1170836.pdf
  3. Matlantis Corporation Official website, "Company Profile". Shareholders (Preferred Networks, ENEOS Holdings, Mitsubishi Corporation), the history from 2019, and the July 2025 name change. https://matlantis.com/en/company/profile/
  4. ENEOS (Matlantis User Conference 2024) Mr. Ibuka (head of the Digital Research Institute, ENEOS Central Technical Research Laboratory), "DX of materials development at ENEOS: from the viewpoints of a Matlantis co-developer and user" (abstract of the talk, in Japanese). Use in ENEOS Group's development of catalysts, lubricants and polymers, and outside collaborations. https://matlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MatlantisUserConference2024_%E8%AC%9B%E6%BC%94%E8%A6%81%E6%97%A8.pdf
  5. Takamoto, S. et al. "Towards universal neural network potential for material discovery applicable to arbitrary combination of 45 elements", Nature Communications 13, 2991 (30 May 2022). DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-30687-9. The author affiliations include the ENEOS Central Technical Research Laboratory. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30687-9
  6. ENEOS "Exhibiting at CES 2023" (news release, in Japanese, 27 December 2022). Says Matlantis will be shown alongside EV lubricant products and other items. https://www.eneos.co.jp/information/upload_pdf/20221227_01_01_1170836.pdf
  7. ENEOS "We will exhibit at CES 2024 again this year" (news release, in Japanese, 5 January 2024). Says Matlantis products will be shown again. https://www.eneos.co.jp/information/upload_pdf/20240105_01_01_0906370.pdf
  8. Matlantis (formerly PFCC) Akihiro Nagoya, "General-purpose atomistic simulator Matlantis: using MI in computational materials science, and its challenges" (slides for a special symposium at nano tech 2024, in Japanese, 1 February 2024). Includes an excerpt of the lubricant study that ENEOS presented at the third Matlantis User Conference. https://matlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20240201_Matlantis%E3%81%AB%E3%82%88%E3%82%8B%E8%A8%88%E7%AE%97%E6%9D%90%E6%96%99%E5%8C%96%E5%AD%A6%E3%81%AEMI%E6%B4%BB%E7%94%A8%E3%81%A8%E8%AA%B2%E9%A1%8C_%E5%85%AC%E9%96%8B%E7%89%88.pdf
  9. Matlantis Corporation Official website (English), top page. Its description of Matlantis and the adoption record it cites (more than 150 companies and research institutions). https://matlantis.com/en/

14. Claim-to-source audit

Claim in the textStatusSource
Legal name, registered office (1-1-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), founding (1 April 2010) and the representative director and presidentSourcedReference 1 https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5020/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/213225/00.pdf
Fiscal 2025 revenue of ¥11,765.5 billion, consolidated headcount of 34,099, and R&D expense of ¥15.6 billion (mainly ¥10.0 billion in petroleum products and others and ¥3.3 billion in functional materials)SourcedReference 1 https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5020/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/213225/00.pdf
5,290 registered patents and 2,660 certified digital talentsSourcedReference 1 https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5020/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/213225/00.pdf
R&D expense as about 0.13% of revenueOur calculationOur own division in this article (¥15.6 billion divided by ¥11,765.5 billion).
In 2025 the group took stock of its technologies across the company and set five areas of strength, including MISourcedReference 1 https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5020/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/213225/00.pdf
Matlantis was developed in collaboration with Preferred Networks, is used in developing materials and catalysts, and was opened up as a SaaS business rather than kept in houseSourcedReference 1 https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5020/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/213225/00.pdf
An AI Innovation Department, independent of the laboratories, promotes AI use including in-house efficiencySourcedReference 1 https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5020/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/213225/00.pdf
Focus themes for technology development (higher added value for functional materials and lubricants, use of AI, low- and zero-carbon energy)SourcedReference 1 https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5020/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/213225/00.pdf
In June 2019 Preferred Networks and ENEOS began a strategic collaboration in MI and started co-developing a general-purpose atomistic simulatorSourcedReference 3 https://matlantis.com/en/company/profile/
PFCC was founded on 1 June 2021 (capital of ¥310 million, Preferred Networks 51% and ENEOS 49%)SourcedReferences 2, 3 https://www.eneos.co.jp/newsrelease/20210706_01_01_1170836.pdf https://matlantis.com/en/company/profile/
Matlantis went on sale as a cloud service on 6 July 2021 (55 elements; calculations that take hours to months with DFT run in seconds; speed tens of thousands of times conventional: company announcement)SourcedReference 2 https://www.eneos.co.jp/newsrelease/20210706_01_01_1170836.pdf
In June 2024 Mitsubishi Corporation became a shareholder, and in July 2025 the company was renamed Matlantis Corporation. Current shareholders are Preferred Networks, ENEOS Holdings and Mitsubishi CorporationSourcedReference 3 https://matlantis.com/en/company/profile/
Matlantis states it is chosen by more than 150 companies and research institutions (its own claim)SourcedReference 9 https://matlantis.com/en/
The PFP paper (Nature Communications, 2022): a general-purpose machine-learning potential that handles any combination of 45 elements; the author affiliations include the ENEOS Central Technical Research LaboratorySourcedReference 5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30687-9
Application of Matlantis within ENEOS Group to catalysts, lubricants and polymers, and use in outside collaborations with universities and companies (talk abstract)SourcedReference 4 https://matlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MatlantisUserConference2024_%E8%AC%9B%E6%BC%94%E8%A6%81%E6%97%A8.pdf
Exhibited Matlantis at CES 2023 and 2024SourcedReferences 6, 7 https://www.eneos.co.jp/information/upload_pdf/20221227_01_01_1170836.pdf https://www.eneos.co.jp/information/upload_pdf/20240105_01_01_0906370.pdf
The lubricant case: base-oil differences and additive adsorption followed by calculation, a design guideline drawn, three available compounds proposed and in-house testing begun (as of July 2023)SourcedReference 8 https://matlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20240201_Matlantis%E3%81%AB%E3%82%88%E3%82%8B%E8%A8%88%E7%AE%97%E6%9D%90%E6%96%99%E5%8C%96%E5%AD%A6%E3%81%AEMI%E6%B4%BB%E7%94%A8%E3%81%A8%E8%AA%B2%E9%A1%8C_%E5%85%AC%E9%96%8B%E7%89%88.pdf
Lab results and friction-reduction figures for the lubricant caseNot yet confirmedNot stated in the material checked. Our own note: no estimate is made here.
MI-dedicated headcount and spending, ENEOS's current stake in Matlantis Corporation, and any numerical MI result for ENEOS aloneNot yet confirmedNot stated in the material checked. Our own note: no estimate is made here.
Names of university or public-body partners for MI, and any public funding for MINot yet confirmedNot stated in the material checked. Our own note: this article does not assert that none exist.
The classification of the company (primary: industrial user; secondary: investment in an MI software company)Our calculationOur own grouping for this article.
The reading of the company's aims (the points marked as inference in chapter 8)InferenceOur own interpretation of the Integrated Report and Matlantis's official pages.
Risk items that no document states directlyInferenceOur own interpretation of the Integrated Report and the official pages.

Last updated: 22 October 2026 / Troy Technical
All figures in this article come from ENEOS Holdings' integrated report and official releases, official pages and materials of Matlantis Corporation, and a peer-reviewed paper. No market-research estimates or figures taken from news reports are used. Passages marked "Inference" are our reading of primary sources and are not statements by the company. Figures for Matlantis's performance and adoption come from its provider (Matlantis Corporation, formerly PFCC), and we could not confirm third-party verification.

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