Noetra, along with its core member companies and investors – Sony, SoftBank, NEC, and Honda Motor – launched full-scale R&D for a Japan-developed multimodal foundation model that will serve as the foundation for AI-enabled robots and physical AI, in collaboration with a broad range of partners engaged in the development and application of sovereign AI in Japan.
Noetra has received investments from a total of 44 companies and organizations, including enterprises engaged in the development of sovereign AI and companies across a wide range of industries, led by the manufacturing sector, that are promoting AI adoption, all of which share Noetra’s vision and business strategy.
For the development of its homegrown multimodal foundation model, Noetra established a research and development organization centered on engineers seconded from its core member companies and investors, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Preferred Networks, and other participating organizations. [Read more…] about Noetra launches development of Japan’s multimodal AI foundation model for physical AI and robotics