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Preferred networks are a little-known name outside Japan, but Toyota-supported artificial intelligence has great plans to use deep learning to correct the “real world” issues – with the ultimate goal to go globally.
“In the last 10 years, we are working on using AI to solve real-world problems,” Chief Executive Researcher, Daisuke Okanohara, CNBC’s “saidManage asia“ The company entered the industry as various as transport, health and robots.
Preferred networks attracted the attention of large names such as a car giant TOYOTAInvesting in 2017 10.5 billion yen The company ($ 95.4 million) in 2015 is above the first 1 billion yen.
Preferred networks are one of several unicorns in Japan. Although Japan’s startup ecosystem is growing, Japanese companies make up only 0.5% of the world worth more than $ 1 billion, According to the International Monetary Fund Workpaper Was published in December.
Deep learning start too a Joint venture with a trade house Mitsui & Co. in the autonomous driving area. Two, T2, T2, T2, including the problems related to the truck industry, including the “extremely long” working hours, which are the reduction pool of night and drivers, said CEO Toru Nishikawa.
However, the competition in the automotive industry was also a factor. The company’s current restrictions added that Okanohara added: “If we solved the problem of permanent cars, it would be extremely difficult. There are many companies working on autonomous driving and this is a very competitive area.”
The AI ambitions of the preferred networks were further increased. Okanohara, “It is relatively easy to achieve results with users,” it requires more to deal with real world problems compared to other AI solutions.
When the society technology needs to start earning money, Nishikawa said that Nishikawa could take five years in an area such as the discovery of AI-based materials.
“First, we start researching with companies and then appreciate the trade.
As for the latest AI developments, Okanohara, the preferred networks, “Very good technology” and “Various players” will soon enter the chip industry.
Preferred networks hope to be among them. Recognize Nvidia The generative AI strategy has been thoroughly far away so far, but has a graphical processing unit that is not “optimal”.
IPO plans
It is seen that the company cannot achieve the scale of ambitions. So far, look at foreign investors and receives many surveys in the field of entertainment, semiconductors and computers, “Japan has limits to what we can do in the same time and are larger than the world market.”
It is one of the company’s goals to get the initial public sacrifice. Whenever he wanted a while, Okanohara, “I think we will introduce hardware products to huge funds for huge funds, such as hardware products to the world.
