AIGoogle Brain Tokyo’s 2018 beginnings and Tokyo’s AI scene
A Sakana AI founder shares a Nikkei profile of Heiga Zen and recalls launching Google Brain’s Tokyo team with him in 2018.
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A Sakana AI founder recalls starting Google Brain’s Tokyo team with Heiga Zen in 2018, navigating late-night meetings across time zones while working to raise the profile of Japanese AI research. Sharing a Nikkei profile of Zen, the founder says Zen now leads Google DeepMind Tokyo and expresses happiness at how much Tokyo’s AI ecosystem has grown since their early work together.
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Google Brain Tokyo’s 2018 beginnings and Tokyo’s AI scene
A Sakana AI founder shares a Nikkei profile of Heiga Zen and recalls launching Google Brain’s Tokyo team with him in 2018.
TLDR
A Sakana AI founder recalls starting Google Brain’s Tokyo team with Heiga Zen in 2018, navigating late-night meetings across time zones while working to raise the profile of Japanese AI research. Sharing a Nikkei profile of Zen, the founder says Zen now leads Google DeepMind Tokyo and expresses happiness at how much Tokyo’s AI ecosystem has grown since their early work together.