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🐟 The Japan-born AI company "Sakana AI" is making its first smartphone app!

Good morning☀️

Today is a story about Japanese AI, isn't it~.

Do you know the company in Tokyo called "Sakana AI (Sakana AI)"?
It's a company created in Tokyo in 2023 by people who were researching AI at Google.

That Sakana AI announced on November 9th,
that they are making their first "smartphone app"📱
The name is still tentative "Sakana AI App".

Moreover, they are also recruiting testers (people who try it out before release).
Apparently, both iPhone people and Android people can apply.

Furthermore, on the same day,
news also came out that this company is preparing to
go public (making it so anyone can buy company shares) as early as the autumn of 2027😳

It seems they are considering not just Japan,
but the US market as well.

In about one year since being established,
it became a "unicorn company (a venture that grew with great momentum)"
whose company value exceeds 150 billion yen✨

👇 So, what is the good thing?

Until now, when talking about smartphone AI,
ChatGPT and Gemini and such,
most were from American companies, right?

To give an analogy,
it's like all the tools at the job site are foreign-made,
and there are no tools that fit the hand size of Japanese people... a feeling like that.

If it's an AI made by a Japanese company,
we can expect that it might understand
detailed Japanese phrasing or Japanese culture and customs well🙌

From the perspective of a human working on-site,
when wearing gloves and both hands are occupied,
if there were an AI where you could quickly speak to it in Japanese
to confirm the workflow, it would be the best👷‍♂️

⚠️ However, there are also things to be careful about.

The contents of the app (what it can do)
have not been clearly announced yet.

To decide from the start that "it's safe because it's a Japanese company,"
isn't that a bit dangerous?

When applying as a tester or when starting to use it,
🗣 "What kind of information am I inputting?"
🗣 "How is personal information handled?"
Let's make sure to check these first☝️
This is the same for AI from any country~.

Also, the talk of going public is a planned story of "as early as next year's autumn."
Since it's not a decided matter yet,
please don't jump at it like "One shot with stocks!"😉

The day a Japan-born AI enters everyone's smartphone.
It's a bit exciting, isn't it🤝
If follow-up news comes out, I'll let you know again~.

📝 Today's summary
・Japanese AI company "Sakana AI" is developing its first smartphone app. Recruiting testers too
・Reported to be considering going public in Japan and the US as early as autumn 2027
・App contents are still to come. Let's check the handling of personal information ourselves

Well then, stay safe today too!👷‍♂️✨

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