Noetra Launches Full-Scale R&D for Japan-Developed Multimodal Foundation Model

Noetra, backed by Sony, SoftBank, NEC, and Honda, is launching full-scale R&D on a Japan-developed multimodal foundation model for physical AI and robots, with 44 total investors. The consortium plans to build GPU infrastructure with 27,500 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs operational by June 2028, targeting reasoning and omni-modal capabilities by fiscal 2030.

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