Digital Rise CEO Chazono Returns to GMO Conference for Second Year
Chazono's second consecutive appearance moves the discussion from AI in business to physical AI, carrying the workforce and organization-building angle into a conference themed on industry-academia-government collaboration.
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Masahiro Chazono, CEO of Digital Rise, will speak at the 4th GMO Conference Autumn Physical AI 2026 on September 15 at Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel. It is his second consecutive appearance after the GMO AI & Robotics Conference & Awards 2025. The event gathers government, university, and industry figures around the theme of physical AI. Chazono brings experience supporting AI adoption at more than 600 companies.
Chazono spoke at the 2025 edition on September 25, joining a panel with the CEOs of Michikusa and Algomatic on how AI entrepreneurs see the future of business. That event drew then-Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, then-Digital Minister Masaaki Taira, and a video message from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.
This year's conference, themed "Physical AI: Japan's Growth Strategy Drawn by Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration," brings together Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA, and the University of Tokyo president. Digital Rise said it will bring the perspective of building the people and organizations that use AI in the field, alongside the developer-side discussion. The event also includes the GMO Physical AI Awards 2026.
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