DEEPCORE Launches AI Incubation Business
2018年1月29日 - 3:47PM
ビジネスワイヤ(英語)
DEEPCORE Inc. (“DEEPCORE”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO: 9984), today announced the launch of
its AI-focused incubation business for students, researchers and
entrepreneurs in Japan.
Through this business, DEEPCORE will develop young and talented
entrepreneurs in the AI field, especially in the Deep Learning
arena, and support startups. DEEPCORE aims to accelerate the
adoption of Deep Learning in society and foster entrepreneurs by
creating a new ecosystem that promotes collaborative projects and
develops startups, in cooperation with various educational research
institutions and companies. As a first step, DEEPCORE entered a
joint research agreement with Matsuo Lab of The University of
Tokyo, a leader in Deep Learning research in Japan, to promote
joint projects with companies and develop entrepreneurs. DEEPCORE
will collaborate with other educational research institutions and
organizations in the future.
DEEPCORE will overlook the following three areas for members
selected through an open recruiting process.
1. Provide an incubation facility and computational
resourcesDEEPCORE will provide an open R&D environment by
establishing an advanced co-working space in Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo and preparing an AI computing platform, including GPUs with
the cooperation of NVIDIA.
2. Implement joint projects with companiesDEEPCORE will provide
opportunities for members to solve social issues by utilizing the
latest Deep Learning and other technologies through joint
demonstration experiments with companies. Utilizing its position as
a member of the SoftBank Group, DEEPCORE will make industry
connections, manage projects and offer other forms of support.
3. Support startupsDEEPCORE will support talented people that
are motivated to launch startups.
DEEPCORE will start to recruit members from February 1, 2018,
and then open its incubation facility in the spring of 2018.
Details will be announced in due course on DEEPCORE’s website.
About DEEPCORE
Company name DEEPCORE Inc. Headquarters 1-9-1,
Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Representative Katsumasa
Niki, CEO Shareholder
SoftBank Group Corp. 100%
Member organization Japan Deep Learning Association (Regular
member) URL
http://deepcore.jp/
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