GENIAC

Unleashing Japan's Generative AI Development capabilities Generative AI Accelerator Challenge

ABOUT GENIAC

ABOUT GENIAC

Generative AI is expected to have a significant impact on industrial activities and people's lives because it has the potential to replace humans in a variety of creative tasks that conventional AI cannot replicate.

The key to generative AI is the development of a platform model.
A platform model is the core technological foundation that supports various services that utilize generative AI, and its development capability may determine the availability of generative AI in Japan as well as the scope of innovation to be created.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has launched the Generative AI Accelerator Challenge (GENIAC) to raise the level of platform model development capability in Japan and to encourage companies and others to be creative.
GENIAC provides support for the provision of computing resources, assists in demonstration projects for data utilization, organizes matching events, and facilitates collaboration with global tech companies.

As generative AI is about to bring about changes to the world, GENIAC aims to improve Japan's development capabilities by bringing together the knowledge of stakeholders in Japan and other countries.

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

Schedule graph:1st period February to August  February:Start 1st period  April:1st expert event  May:Matching event  June:2nd expert event, Lightning talk event

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PLAYER SELECTION

Developers of Foundation Models for Generative AI

  • picture:Yousuke Okada
    ABEJA, Inc. CEO Yousuke Okada
  • picture:Toshiki Tomihira
    AIdeaLab Inc. CEO Toshiki Tomihira
  • picture:Taku Toguchi
    AI inside Inc. CEO Taku Toguchi
  • picture:Takumi Ohkuma
    Airion Inc. CTO Takumi Ohkuma
  • picture:Yohei Nakayama
    Degas Ltd. CTO Yohei Nakayama
  • picture:Masashi Takeuchi
    Direava Inc. CEO・Founder & CEO Masashi Takeuchi
  • picture:Noriyuki Kojima
    KOTOBA TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, K.K. Co-founder, CEO Noriyuki Kojima
  • picture:Kunio Suzuki
    NABLAS Inc. Director Kunio Suzuki
  • picture:Yoshitaka Ushiku
    NexaScience Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Ushiku
  • picture:Hiroyuki Matsuda
    Nishika, Inc. Representative Director, CTO Hiroyuki Matsuda
  • picture:Koyo Hidaka
    ONESTRUCTION Inc. AI Lead Koyo Hidaka
  • picture:Daisuke Okanohara
    Preferred Networks, Inc. Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer Daisuke Okanohara
  • picture:So Uchida
    Sansan, Inc. Senior Researcher So Uchida
  • picture:Kai Aba
    SDio Co., Ltd. CEO Kai Aba
  • picture:Koki Shimada
    SyntheticGestalt KK CEO Koki Shimada
  • picture:Yu Yamaguchi
    Turing Inc. CTO Yu Yamaguchi
  • picture:Hiroki Nozaki
    Zen Intelligence Inc. CEO Hiroki Nozaki
  • picture:Suguru Roy Kimura
    Alivexis, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Suguru Roy Kimura
  • picture:Tomofumi Nakayama
    Karakuri, Inc. CPO Tomofumi Nakayama
  • picture:Kosuke Arima
    Stockmark Inc. Co-Founder CTO Kosuke Arima
  • picture:Tomoyasu Okada
    Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Chief Expert Tomoyasu Okada
  • picture:Hisahiko Sato
    Precision Co., Ltd. MD, MBA, MSc, Ph.D, CEO, President, Representative Director Hisahiko Sato
  • picture:Taku Okoshi
    Rakuten Group, Inc. Rakuten Group Executive Officer, Director, AI Services Supervisory Department/Office Manager, Global CDO Office Taku Okoshi
  • picture:Yoshiaki Umetsu
    Ricoh Company, Ltd. General Manager, AI Services Business Division, Ricoh Digital Services BU Yoshiaki Umetsu
PLAYER SELECTION

Investigators for Data Utilization and Generative AI Demonstrations

  • 顔写真:Tetsuya Ogata
    AI Robot Association Chairperson
    Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
    Joint Appointed Fellow, Artificial Intelligence Research Center, AIST
    Visiting Professor, Research and Development Center for Large Language Models, NII
    Tetsuya Ogata
  • 顔写真:Saneyuki Nagai
    Visual Bank.inc Representative Director, CEO Saneyuki Nagai
  • 顔写真:Ryo Kunieda
    Medical Imaging Innovation Lab Corp. Representative Director & CEO Ryo Kunieda
  • 顔写真:Daisuke Okanohara
    Preferred Networks, Inc. Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Researcher Daisuke Okanohara
  • 顔写真:豊田啓介
    The University of Tokyo Project Researcher, Department of Human and Social System, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Toyoda Keisuke
  • picture:Tatsuo Yotsukura
    OLM Digital, Inc. Director / R&D Supervisor Tatsuo Yotsukura
  • picture:Kazuma Morimoto
    Safie Inc. Director and CTO, R&D Division Head Kazuma Morimoto
  • picture:Takeshi Fukuchi
    SoftBank Corp. SoftBank Corp Digital Infrastructure Architect Office Senior Business Director Takeshi Fukuchi
  • picture:Tatsuya Wada
    Macromill, Inc. Sales manager Tatsuya Wada
  • picture:Hiroyoshi Kawakami
    Valright Advisory Co., Ltd President Hiroyoshi Kawakami
COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY

From March 2024, developers other than those from selected companies will be able to participate in the GENIAC community.
This is a place for sharing information on Slack, holding seminars and online events with invited experts, and discussing the latest status of generative AI.
Screening and consent are required for participation.

  • Study sessions and seminars with experts:Global tech companies and experts share cutting-edge technology and development trends
  • Knowledge sharing among generative AI developers:Mutual support through sharing and discussion of best practices related to development methods and governance
  • Promoting the use and development of generative AI through matching: Promote the matching of generative AI users with developers and promote the development and use of generative AI

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