Noetra Launches Full-Scale R&D for Japan-Developed Multimodal Foundation Model
Noetra Corp. has launched a major R&D initiative to develop a Japanese multimodal foundation model for AI-enabled robotics. The project involves a consortium of major Japanese firms and plans to utilize thousands of NVIDIA GPUs to build sovereign AI infrastructure.
Why it matters
This represents a significant push for technological sovereignty in AI development by major Japanese industrial players.
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Noetra Corp., along with its core member companies and investors—Sony Group Corporation, SoftBank Corp., NEC Corporation, and Honda Motor Co., Ltd.—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.
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