Whytrace is a small, independent project built by Ryota Kokubun, a Japanese control design engineer and AI consultant with over 15 years of manufacturing experience. It offers WhyTrace Plus, an AI-assisted root cause analysis platform for manufacturing, healthcare, construction and IT/SRE teams. The developer also operates GenbaCompass, a Japanese media platform on manufacturing safety, quality management and DX, and provides AI/generative-AI and on-site DX consulting.