<-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/2365501D%20JP%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018e-cf37-d270-a18e-cfb7d4ef0000″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>Sakana AI-bsp-bb-link>, a Tokyo-based startup founded by former <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/8888000D%20US%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018e-cf37-d270-a18e-cfb7d4ef0001″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>Google-bsp-bb-link> researchers, is capitalizing on a surge in interest among Japanese firms <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbDocId”:”SB8SP9T0AFB4″,”_id”:”0000018e-cf37-d270-a18e-cfb7d4ef0002″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>seeking-bsp-bb-link> to catch up in artificial intelligence.
Japan has given an outsized welcome to the nine-month-old venture, led by <-bsp-person state=”{“_id”:”0000018e-cf37-d270-a18e-cfb7d4f00002″,”_type”:”00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003″}”>David Ha-bsp-person>, who helped set up the Google Brain research team in Tokyo, and Llion Jones, one of the authors of the seminal paperthat launched the current AI wave.
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The 10-person startup has won a government grant of supercomputer time and is exploring projects with heavyweights <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/9432%20JP%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018e-cf37-d270-a18e-cfb7d4f30000″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.-bsp-bb-link> and <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/6758%20JP%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018e-cf37-d270-a18e-cfb7d4f30001″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>Sony Group Corp.-bsp-bb-link> to build …