Paris, France – January 3, 2005 – Kynogon, the leading supplier of A.I. middleware solutions, announced today the successful closing of a new financing round close to US$ 3 millions. Financing was led by new investor Innovacom along with current investor CapDecisif.

Proceeds from the fund raising will be used to open an office in North America and to build on Kynapse, Kynogon industry leading A.I. product.

“We are today significantly accelerating Kynogon development to properly address our customers needs. Next generation games require next generation A.I. Kynapse 4.0 is now offering a revolutionary large scale A.I. including a new asset production pipeline, a unique 3D hierarchical pathfinding, A.I. data streaming mechanisms and multi-core, multi-threaded solutions for complex hardware architectures.

We also want to strongly position Kynogon in North America. We will open an office to expand our support capabilities and be closer to our clients. The North American market is a priority for Kynogon.” Pierre Pontevia, CEO, Kynogon

"Kynapse is a truly robust, out-of-the-box, solution for real-time behavior simulation. Our investment decision is based upon the impressive references Kynogon already has as well as the solid relationships Kynogon is building with its clients. Today Kynogon is clearly positioned as the market leader both in the gaming industry and in the serious games and we will accompany its management to address market evolutions." Frédéric Humbert, Partner, Innovacom