Digital Recipe to Speak at "Ebinobe Big Festival" Hosted by Defense Innovation Research Institute

Digital Recipe Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Shinnosuke Ito), which is working on AI business creation to realize the social implementation of artificial intelligence with the vision of "Creating a Society Living with AI," announced that its Representative Director and CEO, Shinnosuke Ito, spoke as a guest company at the "Ebinobe Big Festival," a co-creation event for the defense × civilian ecosystem hosted by the Innovation Research Institute of the Defense Equipment Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Innovation Research Institute"), held on March 5, 2026.

<Event Overview>

This event was hosted by the Innovation Research Institute with the aim of fostering defense innovation by utilizing technologies from outside the ministry, such as startups, non-defense industries, and research institutions, for defense equipment. Under the keyword "Ebisu x Innovation (Ebinobe)," the venue facilitated information dissemination and exchanges to deepen understanding and interest in defense, contributing to community building.

<Digital Recipe's Presentation>

Digital Recipe is challenging itself to create innovation in the defense field by leveraging its AI technology and rapid development speed cultivated in the civilian domain. In this lecture, Representative Director Ito presented specific insights based on his company's actual experiences on the point of "how to think about transforming businesses in the non-defense domain into viable businesses in the defense domain."

He shared with various startups aiming to enter the defense field in the future, focusing on the following points:

• "Business Transformation" and the Background of Entry

  Explained the thought process of redefining AI utilization know-how from the civilian domain not as a simple horizontal expansion, but as a solution directly linked to DX and efficiency in defense operations.

• The Reality of "Defense x Startup" Co-creation

  Discussed how to adapt the speed of public-private collaboration and the development processes unique to startups to the defense field, gained through projects with the Innovation Research Institute.

• The Future of Defense We Create Together

  The potential for unique Japanese innovation brought about by the fusion of "defense × civilian."

Following the lecture, there was an active exchange of opinions aimed at forming an ecosystem in the defense industry.

<Company Profile>

• Company Name: Digital Recipe Inc.

• Headquarters Location: 5-16-11 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Lutia Office Yoyogi 7F

• Representative: Shinnosuke Ito

• Established: February 2018

• Capital: 205,343,720 JPY

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