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title: "Rakuten Kobo Inc.: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Rakuten Kobo, commonly known as Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks and e-reader devices. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten Group."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-kobo-inc
type: Organization
wikidata: Q389251
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobo_Inc.
website: https://www.kobo.com
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Rakuten Kobo Inc.

> Rakuten Kobo, commonly known as Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks and e-reader devices. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten Group.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-kobo-inc

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: Taiwan
- Founded: 2009-12-01
- Headquarters: Toronto
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.kobo.com
- Also known as: Kobo, Kobo Inc., Rakuten Kobo, Kobo, Inc., Rakuten Kobo, Inc.
- Industries: retail

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/kobo
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK00y7P0ttcA4Z9RHlYcwfg
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KoboTWN
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kobobooks

## Key people

- Michael Serbinis, founder (Canadian entrepreneur, engineer and angel investor)

## Ownership

Parent: [Rakuten Group, Inc.](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-group-inc.md)

## Products

- ebook

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Rakuten Kobo Inc., dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-kobo-inc#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389251, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobo_Inc.

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