TCIC Pitch Campus 2026 Selects 7 Startups for Content Acceleration Program
The selection shows TCIC's focus on AI-driven content tools and global IP expansion as the Japanese content industry's overseas sales reach 6 trillion yen.
Reporting from 1 sources: GameBusiness.jp.
The Tokyo Content Incubation Center (TCIC) has chosen seven startups for its 2026 acceleration program, which supports content businesses in anime, games, video, XR, and AI. The selected teams work on AI characters, fan activity tools, game IP development, generative AI video, and more. The program includes mentoring sessions and a final Demo Day for pitching to investors.
The Tokyo Content Incubation Center (TCIC), a startup support facility run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, has picked seven startups for its 2026 acceleration program. The program targets content fields including anime, games, video, XR, AI, and IP business. Selected teams include Parallel, an AI character service that gives characters memory and personality; Kosotto, a C2C platform for controlled information sharing; and Alt-Cut Studio, which produces one IP in both film and short drama formats. Others are Playable IP Studio for game mockups, Otaac for fan activity AI, MaiStory for generative AI video, and a digital sheet music service. The program runs six sessions of lectures and mentoring, ending with a Demo Day where startups pitch to VCs and content companies.
- Parallel (tentative): AI character service from Origin Frame Inc. / Yu Shen
- Kosotto: C2C platform for trusted information exchange from Boostrada Inc. / Takayuki Katsunuma
- Alt-Cut Studio (tentative): Dual-format film and short drama IP production from PIE with Films. LLC / Mutsuki Kameyama
- Playable IP Studio: Game mockup and demo development using Unreal Engine and AI from NEO SAKURA Inc. / Kensuke Tsukanaka
- Otaac: AI friend app for fan activity from Otaac Inc. / Akihito Hamano
- MaiStory: Generative AI video direction system from FlowersKnives Inc. / Riku Mizuki
- Unnamed digital sheet music service: Digital sheet music business (name not disclosed)
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- GameBusiness.jp TCIC Pitch Campus 2026、コンテンツスタートアップ7組を採択―AI・映像・ゲームIP領域の資金調達を支援