SBI Holdings and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group just announced strategic capital and business alliance, noted SMBC will acquire 20% of Neomobile Securities, and establish LP fund targeting startups in 5G, AI, FinTech and Society5 segments [Jpn] https://t.co/xsrecURrfn pic.twitter.com/j3IgQsfc9p
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 28, 2020
Year: 2020
Fujitsu confirms deal with JAXA for FX1000 Supercomputer, running 19.4 petaflops or +5x current JSS2 system, as one of the fastest machines in the world. See future operations plan, including AI processing R&D, with related overview details in English here https://t.co/04YQzxdd7J pic.twitter.com/p8BcBr9JO5
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 24, 2020
See @ITU released Earth Day 2020 report call to utilize full range of ‘Frontier Tech’ from 5G and AI to IoT and Robotics (etc) to address Climate Change, following UN designated SDGs, essentially Society5 – PR here: https://t.co/NPMyQSUDcC pic.twitter.com/UNFupaTX70
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 23, 2020
KDDI adds B2B SaaS segment under their Open Innovation Fund with investment just announced for the RPA cobit platform provided by BizteX – congrats @Mitsu_Shimada and his team – details here [Jpn] https://t.co/U6sejE2hgB pic.twitter.com/lS5A6gFHXk
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 20, 2020
The Super Drone Championship indoor race, organized by DoCoMo and partners, was held at Makuhari Messe on March 31st with expected crowds forced to watch event online. See overview details with final results via dedicated site here [Jpn] https://t.co/AI8LXDcjmk pic.twitter.com/MLUSgXSMWK
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 13, 2020
Congrats @teTra_aviation on winning $100K Pratt & Whitney Disruptor Award at GoFly contest sponsored by Boeing, seems none of the global teams managed to satisfy specs required for $1M Grand Prize, details here: https://t.co/ZHG6YHebMO pic.twitter.com/ihBNc8xdTH
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 10, 2020