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Hitachi Wants Agentic AI To Run Its Whole Build Process
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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Hitachi is deploying agentic AI across its entire enterprise software build process, targeting a 30% productivity lift by March 2028. An early pilot with Shizuoka Bank demonstrated similar gains on accounting system modernisation, with AI now touching 60% of Hitachi's development workflow and the target to extend to 100% while maintaining security controls.
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If Hitachi ships a 30% productivity gain on enterprise builds, you've just lost your labour arbitrage: your customer can now ship the same work with fewer people, and vendors like you get margin pressure instead. Start selling speed or outcomes, not hours.
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