Marubeni I-DIGIO and Google Cloud Agree to Strategic Partnership for Industrial Transformation with Agentic AI
Marubeni I-DIGIO and Google Cloud have agreed to a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating corporate DX promotion and AI utilization, focusing on industrial transformation through Agentic AI. Marubeni I-DIGIO will act as a 'client zero,' implementing AI within the Marubeni Group and then deploying these insights to customers, contributing to Japan's overall business growth.
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Marubeni I-DIGIO Group (hereinafter, Marubeni I-DIGIO) has agreed to a strategic partnership with Google Cloud Japan LLC (hereinafter, Google Cloud) to accelerate corporate DX promotion and AI utilization through cloud adoption.
In this partnership, Marubeni I-DIGIO will position Google Cloud as a strategic partner, aiming for industrial transformation through "Agentic AI," which goes beyond the conventional dimension of "AI-assisted operations" to enable AI to autonomously make decisions and complete tasks.
By integrating the diverse business assets and on-site knowledge of the Marubeni Group with Google Cloud's cutting-edge cloud technology, the partnership aims to create unprecedented business models and customer experiences, bringing innovation to the market.
**Value Proposition to the Market through this Partnership**
This partnership will build a robust system based on mutual trust, bringing together Marubeni I-DIGIO's proud infrastructure building capabilities and Google Cloud's advanced technologies, including AI (Gemini, Google Workspace, Looker, etc.).
The biggest feature is that Marubeni I-DIGIO itself will become the "Client Zero" (the 0th customer), making the vast business field of the Marubeni Group a huge testing ground. The successful models and lessons learned from failures practiced there will not merely remain as case studies but will be powerfully deployed as valuable solutions to all corporate customers, local governments, and educational institutions, including customers of the Marubeni Group, with the mission of contributing to the overall business growth of Japan.
**(1) Practicing "Agentic Workplace" as Client Zero**
As Client Zero, Marubeni I-DIGIO will promote "Agentic Workplace," where AI assists and substitutes human tasks, by leveraging Google Workspace, Gemini Enterprise, and Looker. Furthermore, it will independently practice "data-driven management" and "business process transformation" utilizing generative AI and data analysis platforms. By establishing implementation knowledge and use cases through internal practice, Marubeni I-DIGIO will provide concrete solutions based on real experience for customer challenges and needs.
**(2) Realizing a Secure and Flexible Cloud Infrastructure to Accelerate Customer Business Growth**
Based on Marubeni I-DIGIO's extensive track record in large-scale migrations from on-premise environments to the cloud, it will provide Google Cloud infrastructure boasting world-class security and governance. By combining a consistent support system from IT infrastructure design and construction to 24/7 operation and maintenance, it will realize a robust and flexible digital foundation for customers to confidently undertake business transformation and accelerate growth.
**(3) Value Creation through Trading Company Knowledge × AI**
By combining the diverse business assets and on-site knowledge of the Marubeni Group with Google Cloud's advanced technology, the partnership will provide solutions deeply rooted in customer businesses, going beyond mere system implementation. Furthermore, the "tacit knowledge" unique to trading companies, such as negotiation skills and supply chain management, will be digitized and agentified, establishing "Agent Service" that autonomously executes specific tasks. This will not only transform Marubeni I-DIGIO but also present a new way of working to the market as a successful model that any company can adopt.
Marubeni I-DIGIO aims to leverage the extensive customer network of the Marubeni Group to deploy the unique value created from this partnership to the market, powerfully supporting customer business growth through strengthened Google Cloud sales channels and synergistic effects of the partnership.
**Endorsements**
**Marubeni Corporation**
**Hidehiko Wakita, Head of Information Solutions Division**
"The Marubeni Group is currently at a turning point, fundamentally updating its existing trading company business using the power of digital. This partnership with Google Cloud is not merely a system migration to the cloud.
It is an attempt to create a new form of autonomous business by pouring our 'real on-site knowledge' into the vessel of cutting-edge Agentic AI. We expect Marubeni I-DIGIO, as 'Client Zero,' to implement AI within the group ahead of others, and to return the conviction gained there as value to customers across Japan and around the world."
**Google Cloud Japan LLC**
**Yumi Ueno, Senior Executive Officer, Partner Business & Corporate Sales General Manager**
"AI is now in a decisive paradigm shift, evolving from a tool that awaits instructions to an 'agent' that thinks and acts autonomously.
In this partnership, Marubeni I-DIGIO will position Google Cloud as a strategic partner, aiming for industrial transformation through "Agentic AI," which goes beyond the conventional dimension of "AI-assisted operations" to enable AI to autonomously make decisions and complete tasks.
By integrating the diverse business assets and on-site knowledge of the Marubeni Group with Google Cloud's cutting-edge cloud technology, the partnership aims to create unprecedented business models and customer experiences, bringing innovation to the market.
**Value Proposition to the Market through this Partnership**
This partnership will build a robust system based on mutual trust, bringing together Marubeni I-DIGIO's proud infrastructure building capabilities and Google Cloud's advanced technologies, including AI (Gemini, Google Workspace, Looker, etc.).
The biggest feature is that Marubeni I-DIGIO itself will become the "Client Zero" (the 0th customer), making the vast business field of the Marubeni Group a huge testing ground. The successful models and lessons learned from failures practiced there will not merely remain as case studies but will be powerfully deployed as valuable solutions to all corporate customers, local governments, and educational institutions, including customers of the Marubeni Group, with the mission of contributing to the overall business growth of Japan.
**(1) Practicing "Agentic Workplace" as Client Zero**
As Client Zero, Marubeni I-DIGIO will promote "Agentic Workplace," where AI assists and substitutes human tasks, by leveraging Google Workspace, Gemini Enterprise, and Looker. Furthermore, it will independently practice "data-driven management" and "business process transformation" utilizing generative AI and data analysis platforms. By establishing implementation knowledge and use cases through internal practice, Marubeni I-DIGIO will provide concrete solutions based on real experience for customer challenges and needs.
**(2) Realizing a Secure and Flexible Cloud Infrastructure to Accelerate Customer Business Growth**
Based on Marubeni I-DIGIO's extensive track record in large-scale migrations from on-premise environments to the cloud, it will provide Google Cloud infrastructure boasting world-class security and governance. By combining a consistent support system from IT infrastructure design and construction to 24/7 operation and maintenance, it will realize a robust and flexible digital foundation for customers to confidently undertake business transformation and accelerate growth.
**(3) Value Creation through Trading Company Knowledge × AI**
By combining the diverse business assets and on-site knowledge of the Marubeni Group with Google Cloud's advanced technology, the partnership will provide solutions deeply rooted in customer businesses, going beyond mere system implementation. Furthermore, the "tacit knowledge" unique to trading companies, such as negotiation skills and supply chain management, will be digitized and agentified, establishing "Agent Service" that autonomously executes specific tasks. This will not only transform Marubeni I-DIGIO but also present a new way of working to the market as a successful model that any company can adopt.
Marubeni I-DIGIO aims to leverage the extensive customer network of the Marubeni Group to deploy the unique value created from this partnership to the market, powerfully supporting customer business growth through strengthened Google Cloud sales channels and synergistic effects of the partnership.
**Endorsements**
**Marubeni Corporation**
**Hidehiko Wakita, Head of Information Solutions Division**
"The Marubeni Group is currently at a turning point, fundamentally updating its existing trading company business using the power of digital. This partnership with Google Cloud is not merely a system migration to the cloud.
It is an attempt to create a new form of autonomous business by pouring our 'real on-site knowledge' into the vessel of cutting-edge Agentic AI. We expect Marubeni I-DIGIO, as 'Client Zero,' to implement AI within the group ahead of others, and to return the conviction gained there as value to customers across Japan and around the world."
**Google Cloud Japan LLC**
**Yumi Ueno, Senior Executive Officer, Partner Business & Corporate Sales General Manager**
"AI is now in a decisive paradigm shift, evolving from a tool that awaits instructions to an 'agent' that thinks and acts autonomously.