Case

We sense the present and empathize with the future,
creating meaning from the yet unshaped in-between.

Business

TOYOTA

Support for New Seat Development

HONDA

Community Development with Technology

Fish Freshness Evaluation System with AI

Development of AI-based fish freshness evaluation system

Life Wisdom

Offers a Unique Opportunity to Practice Kyoto’s Zen and Pottery Traditions under the Guidance of Japanese Masters

Somic Ishikawa

Inner Branding to Root a Culture of Change and Challenge in over 100-Year-Old Local Company

AI sake

Solving Structural Problems in the Sake Industry with Branding and AI

Art

Art Zeroth

Direction of Art

FREE GMO / GMO FREE

Installation Art with Soybeans, Monitors and AI

AI Mural

Drawing Installation with AI and Robot Arm

Clients

  • Toyota Motor Corporation
  • Honda R&D Co.,Ltd.
  • Panasonic Corporation
  • ISSEY MIYAKE INC.
  • Japan Tobacco Inc.
  • Sankyu Inc.
  • Somic Ishikawa Inc.
  • Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
  • Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Namegata city, Ibaraki Prefecture etc…

Lectures

2024

  • Society 5.0 YOKOTE Consortium/Lecture on promoting regional revitalization and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises through DX
  • Ibaraki Prefecture/Kenhoku Business Challenge Program
  • Digital Hollywood University/Modern Science Lecture Series “What is reality?”
  • Digital Hollywood University/Open Campus

2023

  • Keio University Symbiotic Intelligence Emergence Society Research Center/Kyochijuku
  • Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture/AI Town Development Citizen Exchange Meeting
  • Yokohama City University Data Science Promotion Center/WiDS TOKYO@ Yokohama City University 5th Symposium
  • Ibaraki Prefecture/Kenhoku Business Start School
  • Namegata City, Ibaraki Prefecture/Shirau of Landing Project Lecture

2022

  • MASHING UP/MASHING UP CONFERENCE vol.6
  • Osawa Laboratory, University of Tokyo/Innovation Literacy Lecture Commemorating Professor Osawa’s JSAI Achievement Award
  • Shibuya Koen-dori Council/Symposium

2021

  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd./Outlier Talent MeetUp! (Panelist)
  • Toyota Technical Association/“Connecting People, Things, and Technology: Creating and Implementing New Value”
  • Yokohama City University Data Science Promotion Center/“A Tolerant Future Through Data Science: Insights from the AI-sake Project”
  • Chubu Region Innovation Promotion Organization/“What is a Digital Society? The Essence of Digital Transformation (DX)” (Moderator)
  • Co-startup Space & Community FUSE/“What is the Next Generation ‘Manufacturing’ by New Integrations?”
  • MAT TALK Media Ambition Tokyo/“Body and City in 2050”
  • MAT TALK Media Ambition Tokyo/“Transcending Cognitive Boundaries with Remote Reality”
  • Hamamatsu City Digital Smart City Promotion Division/“Digital Smart City Hamamatsu” First Solution Pitch (Moderator)
  • the Sake & AI Expert Technology Study Group/“The AI-sake Project: Integrating AI with Traditional Industries”
  • NSK Ltd./“Methods to Change Reality” (Panelist)
  • Tama Art University/“How Can We Design a New World?”

2020

  • Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (CCC)/“Planning Truly Valuable Businesses”
  • Bioengineering Study Group/“Tradition and Technology: Sustaining Craftsmanship with AI – The Future of Japanese Sake × AI, Pioneered by ‘Nanbu Bijin’ and ima Inc.”
  • Hitotsubashi University Business School, International Corporate Strategy (Hitotsubashi ICS)/“Leadership in the Creative Economy”
  • Nihonbashi Club/“Building an Ecosystem for Business Succession” and “Updating Traditional Industries”

2019

  • Retail AI Study Group“Challenges in Passing Down Artisan Skills Through AI Applications”
  • Datsun Study Group/Invited Lecture
  • Startup City Promotion Council/JAPAN STARTUP SELECTION – the 5th Anniversary –
  • Keio University SDM/“Social Implementation of AI”
  • Somic Ishikawa Inc./”Why Corporate Branding is Important”
  • Digital Hollywood University/“Why I Promote the Social Implementation of AI – Living in This Moment”

2018

  • ABEJA, Inc./SIX 2018
  • GZERO SUMMIT/Next Generation Counsil meeting 2018

2016

  • Akita Prefecture Yokote Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Aim for the IT Ace! 9

2013

  • JA Youth Division Southern Block Exchange Meeting/IT is changing the future of agriculture beyond just production