Nvidia CEO Huang unveils broad AI partnerships across Japan's key industries

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a broad slate of AI products, partnerships, and customer deployments at the company's Japan AI event in Tokyo on July 15. The announcements spanned physical AI, healthcare, financial services, quantum computing, automotive, manufacturing, and gaming, highlighting Nvidia's push to position its technologies at the forefront of Japan's next-generation AI infrastructure. In physical AI and robotics, Nvidia launched Cosmos 3 Edge for on-device vision reasoning, and companies including FANUC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kubota, NEC, SoftBank, Sony Group, and Yaskawa Electric plan to join the Nvidia Cosmos Coalition to develop open physical AI models. In healthcare, Astellas Pharma, Eisai, Daiichi Sankyo, Ono Pharmaceutical, and Takeda Pharmaceutical are deploying Nvidia BioNeMo for AI-powered drug discovery, while Canon and Fujifilm introduced Nvidia-powered next-generation CT systems, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries is advancing AI-enabled surgical and hospital robots. In financial services, Mizuho Financial plans Japan's largest on-premises AI factory for banking, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial has deployed an AI factory through Japan Research Institute, and Rakuten Bank is developing AI transaction foundation models using Nvidia Agent Toolkit. Huang emphasized that the next wave of AI will be physical AI—robots, factories, vehicles, and industrial systems that can perceive, reason, and act in the real world—and said Japan's leadership in robotics, manufacturing, and precision engineering positions it to play a leading role in this transition.

Impact on stocks 24

Artificial Intelligence▲ · 6 stocks
NVIDIA Corporation
NVDA
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Nvidia CEO unveils broad AI partnerships across Japan's key industries, driving demand for Nvidia's AI products.

NEC Corporation
6701
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

NEC plans to join Nvidia Cosmos Coalition, signaling deployment of Nvidia's AI in its operations.

Hitachi, Ltd.
6501
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Hitachi plans to join the Nvidia Cosmos Coalition to develop open physical AI models.

Fujitsu Limited
6702
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Fujitsu plans to join the Nvidia Cosmos Coalition to develop open physical AI models, indicating partnership and demand.

Sony Group Corporation
6758
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Sony Group plans to join the Nvidia Cosmos Coalition to develop open physical AI models.

Biotech & Genomic Medicine▲ · 5 stocks
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
4502
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Takeda Pharmaceutical is deploying Nvidia BioNeMo for AI-powered drug discovery, indicating new demand for its AI capabilities.

Eisai Co., Ltd.
4523
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Eisai is deploying Nvidia BioNeMo for AI-powered drug discovery, indicating new demand for its AI capabilities.

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
4568
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Daiichi Sankyo is deploying Nvidia BioNeMo for AI-powered drug discovery, indicating new demand for its AI capabilities.

Astellas Pharma Inc.
4503
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Astellas Pharma is deploying Nvidia BioNeMo for AI-powered drug discovery.

Robotics & Physical AI▲ · 4 stocks
Yaskawa Electric Corporation
6506
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Yaskawa Electric plans to join Nvidia Cosmos Coalition, indicating adoption of Nvidia's physical AI models.

Fanuc Corporation
6954
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Fanuc plans to join the Nvidia Cosmos Coalition to develop open physical AI models.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
7012
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Kawasaki Heavy Industries plans to join the Nvidia Cosmos Coalition and is advancing AI-enabled surgical and hospital robots.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp
4901
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Fujifilm introduced Nvidia-powered next-generation CT systems, indicating product deployment and demand.

Financials▲ · 3 stocks
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
8411
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Mizuho Financial plans Japan's largest on-premises AI factory for banking using Nvidia, a major deployment.

SoftBank Group Corp.
9984
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

SoftBank plans to join Nvidia Cosmos Coalition for open physical AI models, indicating adoption of Nvidia's AI technologies.

Climate Adaptation & Water▲ · 1 stocks
Kubota Corporation
6326
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Kubota plans to join Nvidia Cosmos Coalition, indicating adoption of Nvidia's AI in its operations.

Semiconductors▲ · 1 stocks
Canon Inc.
7751
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Canon introduced Nvidia-powered next-generation CT systems.

Digital Finance & Tokenization▲ · 1 stocks
Rakuten Bank, Ltd.
5838
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Rakuten Bank is developing AI transaction foundation models using Nvidia Agent Toolkit.

Aging Population▲ · 1 stocks
Electrification & Mobility▲ · 1 stocks
Defense & Geopolitical Fragmentation▲ · 1 stocks

Theme Impact 8

Off-coverage companies 1

Japan Research InstitutePrivate▲ Positive
Demandrelevance

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial deployed an AI factory through Japan Research Institute, indicating demand for its services.

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