AI Salon Tokyo (AIST) - December 2024
AI Salon is a global community by and for AI-focused founders, builders, investors, and enterprise partners.
The format is a monthly in-person event with lightning talks from startups with a presence in Japan.
Come for the community and to learn about the most recent applications in AI!
AiSalon was launched by Jeffrey Abbott, GP at Blitzscaling Ventures, who decided to partner with Tokyo AI (TAI) through JETRO's patronage for the Tokyo chapter.
December 11, 2024 Agenda
18:00 Doors open
18:30 - 18:40 Community and supporter announcements.
1. Ilya Kulyatin @ TAI
2. Yusuke Kaga @ JETRO
3. Hiroshi Nemoto @ DEEPCORE
18:40 - 19:00 Guest Speakers:
Yi Shi, Founder of FlashIntel
Yi Shi is a 3x founder, with IPO and M&A exits. Now focusing on AI, his talk will focus on "Building an AI-Based Agentic System to Liberate 10 Million Jobs". Yi Shi will highlight how AGI is transforming work (in Japan and the US) through automation and innovation in GTM and CX.
Ryuya Nakamura, GM of the LLM division at LayerX
Ryuya is heading the LLM division of LayerX, a Japanese Fintech that raised close to $100m. As LayerX has a strong AI team, Ryuya will be talking about "AI onboarding". When companies onboard new employees, they engage in processes to help them integrate and thrive within the organization. Similarly, for AI to operate effectively, “AI onboarding” is crucial - creating an environment where AI can perform at its best.
19:00
Company: Aokumo Inc.
Speaker: Younes Hairej Founder & CEO
Aokumo AI revolutionizes IT operations as the JIRA of AI Agents. Our Text-to-Action (T2A) technology converts natural language into actionable IT tasks, providing round-the-clock support.
19:05
Company: Openess
Speaker: Jyoti Bose Co-founder
Openess.ai is an AI agent Marketplace for Employees/Enterprise, Students/Universities, and Teachers/Academics. It is creating ready-made/custom-made AI workflows. The goal is to reduce time, money, and effort to the factor of 100x.
19:10
Company: Outerport (YC S24)
Speaker: Towaki Takikawa Co-founder & CEO
Outerport lets companies run open-source LLMs and other AI models on GPUs more efficiently. Companies use Outerport to run multi-model workflows faster and large-scale data processing tasks from unstructured data more accurately.
19:15
Company: Kenja AI
Speaker: Ted Katagi Founder & CEO
Kenja is a B2B Generative AI startup, offering an ultra-secure, AI-enabled modular platform designed from scratch for enterprises. All data uploaded is owned by you.
19:20
Company: Artizan
Speaker: Emma Huang Co-founder & CEO
Artomo (Art-tomodachi) is a companion designed to help you discover your personal art journey in the city, bridging the gap between casual art visitors and galleries.
19:25
Company: Bitgrit
Speaker: Saksham Kukreja Co-founder & COO
Bitgrit is the ‘App Store for AI’ that allows companies to license off-the-shelf AI models and crowdsource custom AI solutions from its community of over 35,000 AI developers, allowing them to train models without disclosing private data.
19:30 - 19:45 buffer time
19:45 - 20:45 Food, drinks, and open networking.
21:00 Doors close
Location
Japan, 〒107-6006 Tokyo, Minato City, Akasaka, 1-chōme−12−３２, Ark Mori Building, 総合案内7階
Take the elevator to Floor 5 (not the usual 7th!).
Note that the elevator is located behind the Starbucks in the same building
AI Salon information
AI Salon is a global community by and for AI-focused founders, builders, investors, and enterprise partners.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/aisalon-ai/
JETRO information
JETRO is a government-related organization that works to promote mutual trade and investment between Japan and the rest of the world.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/jetro-japanexternaltradeorganization/
Tokyo AI (TAI) information
TAI is the biggest AI community in Japan, with 1,600+ members mainly based in Tokyo (engineers, researchers, investors, product managers, and corporate innovation managers).
https://bit.ly/tai_overview
DEEPCORE information
DEEPCORE is a Tokyo-based AI-focused incubator and VC firm supporting AI Salon Tokyo.