AI agents are becoming a real buyer persona. When a developer asks Claude or ChatGPT to "set up invoicing," the agent — not the human — decides which SaaS to reach for. So we asked a simple question: if an AI agent showed up at your SaaS's front door today, could it get in?
We spent this summer verifying that question against 200 of Japan's leading SaaS products, using only publicly checkable facts. The result is the ARI Award 2026 Summer — and the headline is that only 41 of 200 (20.5%) earned an A rating or above. Eleven earned AAA.
This post explains what we measured, how the rating works, and what the 159 that didn't pass have in common.
Who we are (and why "rating agency")
KanseiLink is an independent rating agency operated by Synapse Arrows (Singapore). We verify Agent Readiness: how ready companies and SaaS products are to be discovered, understood, connected to, and executed by AI agents.
