Start-up company support base in Google Shibuya November 19 20:12
US IT giant Google opened a base in Shibuya, Tokyo to give technical advice to Japanese startups that have just been founded, and Sundar Pichai CEO who came to Japan is expected to lead to technological innovation Showed.
As a base to support Japanese startup companies, Google has set up a work space and conference room in the Japanese corporation in Shibuya Ward, and employees provide training and advice on technologies such as management and AI = artificial intelligence. It is to prepare a system to do.
In addition, this base is also used for events gathering entrepreneurs.
First of all, we plan to conduct free training for companies at this site for three months from February next year. We will recruit 12 companies from all over the country that develop business utilizing AI.
Google ’s Sundar Pichai, who visited Japan at a press conference, said, “We want to actively support Japanese startups to grow. We will inherit the technological innovation that will be born by hosting the Olympics next year. I hope that this center will be used for that. "
This is the seventh place in the world to establish such a base after London and Madrid, boosting business development by linking Japanese entrepreneurs and managers of successful startup companies overseas. I want to do it.