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industry 1 sources · Aug 14

Pacific Meta CEO Iwasaki Named Official Claude Ambassador

The appointment puts a blockchain-focused community leader in Anthropic's official ambassador program, with Iwasaki planning quarterly practitioner events starting in Tokyo this September.

ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 14

Bluepass Capital Fund Invests in Nursing Care Recruiter CyXen

The investment backs a recruitment service that targets chronic labor shortages in Japan's nursing care and medical sectors, with the fund planning hands-on support for operational efficiency and business expansion.

ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 12

Sony and TSMC Sign Deal for Kumamoto Image Sensor Joint Venture

The joint venture formalizes a partnership announced in May 2026, turning Sony's existing Kumamoto factory into a shared hub that pairs Sony's sensor design with TSMC's manufacturing process for smartphone image sensors.

GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 2 sources · Aug 12

Manus Says It Will Return to Independent Operation

The reversal of Meta's acquisition, prompted by Chinese regulatory opposition, returns Manus to independent status and requires a data purge affecting users who generated data during the Meta ownership period.

GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 3 sources · Aug 12

Cygames Sponsors Dodgers Game, Gives Away Ohtani Championship Ring

This marks Cygames' entry into MLB sponsorship, extending its sports marketing beyond horse racing into American professional baseball, with a giveaway tied to Ohtani's championship legacy.

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industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 12

Uber Sells Entire Stake in Serve Robotics

The complete divestment signals the end of Uber's direct involvement with Serve Robotics, following a period of declining delivery volumes through Uber and a broader pattern of Uber investing in and partnering with numerous autonomous vehicle companies.

GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 10

Anthropic Recruits Engineers for Custom AI Chip Team

Anthropic's move to build an in-house chip design team signals a strategic shift away from sole dependence on external compute partners as demand for Claude grows.

GameBusiness.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Aug 10

Creative Studio ILMATKA Launches With Games, Stage, AI Focus

The studio's launch formalizes a cross-media approach that treats games, stage, and AI as extensions of a single worldview, with a stated goal of building lasting attachment rather than one-off consumption.

ASCII.jp
industry 1 sources · Aug 9

Amazon AI Project Costs Exceed Budget by 860 Percent

The cases show that AI adoption can dramatically increase costs for tasks that were cheap with traditional coding, and Amazon is now building guardrails to prevent such overruns.

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