Lazuli Inc. selected as a finalist in the Startup Contest Impact Pitch at the “Generative AI Summit” hosted by Nikkei Inc.

Lazuli Inc. (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Seigen Hagiwara; hereinafter "Lazuli") applied to the impact pitch of the startup contest held at "Generative AI Summit (GenAI/SUM = GenAI Sum) 2024," a comprehensive event themed on generative AI (artificial intelligence) hosted by Nikkei Inc., and was selected as a finalist.

"Generative AI Summit" is an event for a wide range of participants to discuss the use of generative AI to increase industrial and corporate productivity and build a better society. With the key concept of "The 'New' Industrial Revolution Brought by Generative AI," speakers from government, industry, and academia discuss the spread of new technologies said to bring major changes comparable to electricity, automobiles, PCs, and the internet, as well as initiatives and challenges toward strengthening competitiveness across various industries and the rules that will be needed. In the startup contest, startups with unique perspectives and a strong sense of the issues are invited to apply, and after judging and public voting, an impact pitch by the finalist companies will be held on October 9.

Lazuli was selected as one of the 8 finalists out of 55 companies, and at the impact pitch, CEO Seigen Hagiwara will take the stage and speak about corporate data and AI utilization using Lazuli PDP, which leverages Lazuli's unique advanced AI/ML technology.

＜About Lazuli Inc.＞

Lazuli is a startup founded in July 2020. Leveraging advanced AI/ML technology, as a cloud service, it is developing and providing the SaaS "Lazuli PDP," which enables anyone involved in business, such as DX, EC, and marketing personnel, to use product information from around the world. We are working to solve the issue of product data not being smoothly synchronized between companies, and even within companies, as products are manufactured, distributed, and sold; by integrating and organizing siloed data in manufacturing and retail industries, we support DX promotion. We aim to realize a world where people engaged in business can easily access product information.

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