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At its annual event, “Think Japan,” IBM announced plans to launch “IBM AI Lab Japan” in October 2025 as a new initiative to promote the co-creation of AI products and solutions in Japan. Through collaboration with clients and partner companies, AI Lab Japan will promote the use of “full-stack AI,” including business applications including AI agents, AI software for managing AI models, IT infrastructure consisting of a hybrid cloud environment, and AI hardware including chips for running AI. It will provide an environment in which Japanese companies can maximize the benefits of AI, while also working to establish sovereign AI in the country.
Improving productivity and creating new value through AI is essential to strengthening Japan’s industrial competitiveness. To achieve this, it is important not only to develop and deploy AI technology, but also to more quickly create use cases that take into account Japan’s unique requirements. Furthermore, from the perspective of economic security, there is a growing need for domestically developed, highly reliable AI and IT infrastructure, especially in highly regulated industries. Furthermore, there is a need to provide a variety of options so that companies can flexibly utilize the optimal AI for their applications.
IBM AI Lab Japan is a strategic base that brings together IBM’s strengths in technology, consulting, and research and development, and promotes the development and implementation of enterprise AI through collaboration with domestic partner companies and academic institutions. By bringing together the “full-stack AI” technologies and expertise of IBM and its partners, the lab will help accelerate the use of trustworthy AI based on clients’ unique challenges and future requirements. Specifically, the lab will promote co-creation in the following three areas:
日本市場向けAI製品の開発・導入支援
We will establish a development center for software and hardware specialized in AI within IBM’s Tokyo laboratory and collaborate with IBM’s overseas development departments to accelerate the development and improvement of IBM products tailored to the specific needs of Japanese companies. In the software field, we will support the social implementation of AI agents that promote productivity improvements for our customers, and in the hardware field, we will support the implementation of AI chips in our customers’ products.
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AIソリューションの共同開発
IBMやパートナー企業が提供するAIエージェントを活用することで、お客様がより迅速にAIエージェントを活用できるソリューションを提供します。また、企業のデータとAIを安全かつ効率的に運用するための統合AI管理プラットフォームを設計・開発します。さらに、ソブリンAIや業界特化型AIの開発にも注力し、規制の厳しい業界でのAI活用を推進していきます。
AIを活用した製品・ソリューションの共同開発
We will promote the incorporation of AI into IBM’s industry solutions and the products and business applications provided by our clients and partners, thereby improving the added value of each product and solution.
これらの取り組みを通じて共創した製品やソリューションを、パートナー企業との協業を通じて、同様の課題を抱えるお客様に展開していくことを目指します。また、その成果の一部をオープンソースコミュニティに提供し、日本のエンタープライズAIの発展に貢献していきます。
IBM AI Lab Japanは、東京・虎ノ門のIBM Innovation Studioを拠点とし、国内外の研究開発拠点と連携しながら、物理的およびデジタル的なコラボレーション・スペースを開発します。集中的なワークショップ、デモ、概念実証を通じて、顧客やパートナーとともにAIのユースケースを開発し、製品やソリューションの設計から実装まで伴走します。
We have already begun inviting a wide range of partners with strengths in the AI field to join us, and will continue to expand open co-creation. We have begun discussions with Sakura Internet, the only Japanese government cloud provider conditionally certified, about participating in the company’s AI Lab Japan as an ecosystem partner. アイビーエム また、株式会社松尾総合研究所ともAIパートナー契約締結に向けて協議中です。
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