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Cyberagent, Inc.

A Japanese internet company that started as an online advertising agency in 1998 and grew into a maker of some of Japan's most popular digital services. Founder Susumu Fujita named it "CyberAgent" — the "agent" part a nod to its ad-agency roots — and it now runs the Ameba blogging platform, the ABEMA streaming service, and mobile games like Granblue Fantasy and Uma Musume through its Cygames studio. Fun detail: Ameba takes its name from the amoeba, the shape-shifting single cell, to suggest a flexible, ever-evolving online community.