KDDI announced that it will acquire shares in Eliza, a startup company from the University of Tokyo that develops domestically produced generative AI, and will make it a subsidiary.
The company announced last week the completion of Japan's largest domestically generated AI, and will enter the business for companies and local governments by making it a subsidiary.
According to the announcement, KDDI will acquire 53.4% of the shares in Eliza, a startup company from the University of Tokyo, and will make it a subsidiary by April 1st.
The acquisition price is said to be in the billions of yen.
Eliza developed a generation AI based on the large-scale language model "Llama2" published by Meta in the United States with support from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. He announced that he had completed generative AI.
By combining this with its own communications network, KDDI will be entering a new business for companies and local governments.
KDDI President Makoto Takahashi said at a press conference, ``Eliza is a leader in the industry with Japan's highest level of technology and implementation capabilities.We look forward to working to expand our business in the generative AI field.''
Regarding domestically produced generative AI,
▽NTT will start a service for companies from March, and
▽Softbank also plans to complete large-scale generative AI in 2024, and
major telecommunications companies are looking to enter the business. movement is becoming more active.