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Noetra Launches Full-Scale R&D for Japan-Developed Multimodal Foundation Model
Noetra Corp., backed by Sony, SoftBank, NEC, and Honda, has launched full-scale R&D for a Japan-developed multimodal foundation model targeting physical AI and robots, with plans to build a 27,500 NVIDIA GPU cluster operational by mid-2028. The consortium of 44 companies aims to deliver a reasoning model by 2027, omni-modal capabilities by 2028, and real-world native AI by 2030.
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The Wire takeaway
Japan just committed to building its own AI foundation model stack with 27,500 GPUs and a clear 2028 deadline—if you build AI tools for Japanese manufacturers or robots, your dependency on US models just shifted. This consortium controls the compute and the distribution channel; they'll likely prioritise Japanese startups in their licensing.
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Topics: AI Frontier Models · Robotics · AI Infrastructure · foundation-models · physical-ai · sovereign-capability · gpu-infrastructure · japan-tech-policy