FastNeura, a Neurotech Startup from the University of Tokyo, Joins Cabinet Office SIP "Human Augmentation Consortium"
FastNeura, a neurotech startup originating from the University of Tokyo, has joined the Cabinet Office SIP's "Human Augmentation Consortium." The company will leverage its neuro-adaptive AI Platform "Sync" to accelerate the social implementation of cognitive augmentation technology.
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FastNeura Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Narihiro Mizuguchi, hereinafter "FastNeura") is pleased to announce its admission to the "Human Augmentation Consortium," established as part of the third phase of the "Development of Foundational Technologies and Rules for the Expansion of Virtual Economies" under the Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), a national project led by the Cabinet Office.
Moving forward, we will collaborate with member companies and research institutions of the consortium to promote demonstration research and technical collaboration utilizing our proprietary neuro-adaptive AI Platform "Sync."
Through this initiative, we aim to accelerate cross-industrial verification and social implementation of cognitive augmentation technology, contributing to the advancement of human augmentation technologies originating from Japan.
## About the Human Augmentation Consortium
The Human Augmentation Consortium is an organization where companies and research institutions from various industrial fields collaborate across industries and through government-industry-academia partnerships, aiming to form an ecosystem for human augmentation technology and solve social issues.
Established under the framework of the SIP Phase 3 project led by the Cabinet Office's Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), it engages in activities such as demonstration and connectivity verification of applications, devices, and platforms, discussions for international standardization, and symposia.
**Consortium Overview**
**Leader**: Masaaki Mochimaru (SIP Phase 3 Program Director / Cabinet Office)
**Sub-leaders**: Emi Tamaki (Professor, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo), Takehiro Nakamura (CSO, NTT Docomo)
**Secretariat**: Mitsubishi Research Institute
**Number of Members**: 19 companies, 6 individuals (as of December 2025)
**Main Member Companies**: Toyota Motor Corporation, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., NTT Docomo, Inc., Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Kyocera Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toray Industries, Inc., Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., TOPPAN Holdings Inc., Mizuno Corporation, Wacom Co., Ltd., and others.
Official Website: https://human-aug.com/
## Background of Joining and Future Outlook
FastNeura has independently developed cognitive intervention technology that estimates human cognitive and emotional states from multimodal biosignals and guides them to optimal states through closed-loop intervention using sensory stimulation.
This technology has high affinity with the concept of "human augmentation" and is directly related to the areas the Human Augmentation Consortium aims to achieve, such as expanding physical capabilities, sharing and preserving senses, and advancing remote operation.
Through participation in this consortium, our company will promote the following initiatives:
**Acceleration of Demonstration Research**
Promote demonstrations of "Sync" in various industrial fields in collaboration with member companies and research institutions.
**Verification of Device Interoperability**
Verify interoperability with sensing and actuation devices from other companies.
**Towards International Standardization**
Moving forward, we will collaborate with member companies and research institutions of the consortium to promote demonstration research and technical collaboration utilizing our proprietary neuro-adaptive AI Platform "Sync."
Through this initiative, we aim to accelerate cross-industrial verification and social implementation of cognitive augmentation technology, contributing to the advancement of human augmentation technologies originating from Japan.
## About the Human Augmentation Consortium
The Human Augmentation Consortium is an organization where companies and research institutions from various industrial fields collaborate across industries and through government-industry-academia partnerships, aiming to form an ecosystem for human augmentation technology and solve social issues.
Established under the framework of the SIP Phase 3 project led by the Cabinet Office's Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), it engages in activities such as demonstration and connectivity verification of applications, devices, and platforms, discussions for international standardization, and symposia.
**Consortium Overview**
**Leader**: Masaaki Mochimaru (SIP Phase 3 Program Director / Cabinet Office)
**Sub-leaders**: Emi Tamaki (Professor, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo), Takehiro Nakamura (CSO, NTT Docomo)
**Secretariat**: Mitsubishi Research Institute
**Number of Members**: 19 companies, 6 individuals (as of December 2025)
**Main Member Companies**: Toyota Motor Corporation, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., NTT Docomo, Inc., Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Kyocera Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toray Industries, Inc., Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., TOPPAN Holdings Inc., Mizuno Corporation, Wacom Co., Ltd., and others.
Official Website: https://human-aug.com/
## Background of Joining and Future Outlook
FastNeura has independently developed cognitive intervention technology that estimates human cognitive and emotional states from multimodal biosignals and guides them to optimal states through closed-loop intervention using sensory stimulation.
This technology has high affinity with the concept of "human augmentation" and is directly related to the areas the Human Augmentation Consortium aims to achieve, such as expanding physical capabilities, sharing and preserving senses, and advancing remote operation.
Through participation in this consortium, our company will promote the following initiatives:
**Acceleration of Demonstration Research**
Promote demonstrations of "Sync" in various industrial fields in collaboration with member companies and research institutions.
**Verification of Device Interoperability**
Verify interoperability with sensing and actuation devices from other companies.
**Towards International Standardization**