Notice of Reading Group for 'The DeepSeek Revolution - How Open Source AI will Change the World'

Shosukabu.com Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nerima-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and Chairman: Yutaka Yamanaka, hereinafter "the Company") will hold a reading group themed around "The DeepSeek Revolution - How Open Source AI will Change the World" (authored by Riku Nagano), co-hosted with the Nerima Political Research Group and the Civil Affairs Division 8 Surveillance Committee.

This book, starting from the Chinese-made AI "DeepSeek" which garnered significant attention in January 2025, deciphers the technological background and international impact of why a low-cost, high-performance AI emerged. According to the publisher's introduction, it explains what was so amazing about DeepSeek, whether Chinese-made AI is truly dangerous, and how the underlying ideology of "decentralized AI" will change the AI industry going forward.

A major feature of this book is that it goes beyond merely introducing new technology to encompass the composition of the East-West AI hegemony struggle and the strategies Japan should adopt. The table of contents indicates discussions across technology, industry, and national strategy, such as "The Current Standing of the AI Revolution," "The Offense and Defense of Cloud-Centralized AI and Decentralized AI," "Why DeepSeek is High-Performance," and "The Path to an AI Advanced Nation Leveraging Japan's Strengths."

In this reading group, discussions will mainly focus on the technological significance of DeepSeek, the potential of open-source AI, the future of the US-China AI competition, Japan's AI strategy, and the changes in industry, nation, and society in the AI era. It aims to be a place for beneficial learning and dialogue for those interested in AI, international competition, technology strategy, and industrial policy.

Book Introduction URL: https://x.gd/sHL8V

Author Profile Mr. Riku Nagano Studied information engineering and advanced to graduate school as valedictorian and skipped a grade in university. After completing graduate school, he worked as an AI engineer at SoftBank, and then engaged in formulating business strategies related to AI and Web3 at Accenture. Currently, he has established piland Co., Ltd., deploying AI development, system development, and consulting businesses. Publisher bibliographic information also introduces his background of majoring in information engineering at the University of Kitakyushu and receiving an excellent presentation award for his paper on AI x Agriculture.

Event Overview Theme: "The DeepSeek Revolution - How Open Source AI will Change the World" Reading Group Organizer: Shosukabu.com Co., Ltd. Co-organizers: Nerima Political Research Group, Civil Affairs Division 8 Surveillance Committee Date: Early May 2026 (Scheduled) Format: Zoom online Fee: Free (Pre-registration required) How to apply: Please apply by emailing info@shosukabu.com with "DeepSeek Revolution Reading Group Participation Request" clearly stated in the subject line.

Lecturer Profile Yutaka Yamanaka Activist investor representing the generation of '76 born in December 1976, art collector, philanthropist, political activity sponsor, election consultant, policy advisor, social activist, and Akita dog enthusiast. Internationally evaluated as an "activist investor who understands technology," he is the first Japanese in history to achieve an asset formation of over 150 billion yen purely through investment. In the early 2010s, he focused on NVIDIA, which develops semiconductors related to GPGPU and artificial intelligence, as an investment target, and executed an investment of over 2 billion yen, resulting in a return of more than 100 times, becoming the first Japanese to join the billionaires purely as an investor. Graduated as valedictorian from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. Master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School (Financial Engineering major), studied abroad at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) graduate school. Co-Representative Partner of Investment Brothers LLC, Co-founder and Chairman Director of Shosukabu.com Co., Ltd., currently a shareholder of over 1000 listed companies and over 200 unlisted companies worldwide. His investments are truly global, including AI startups in Israel, healthcare ventures in Nigeria, and storage battery manufacturers in Taiwan. From his own experience of suffering from dyslexia and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in his childhood, he launched a support program for children with learning disabilities, modeling after major US discount broker Charles Schwab. His attending physician is Professor Akira Iwanami (former Director of Showa University Karasuyama Hospital), known as a prominent psychiatrist. Founder and Representative of the political organization "Association to Establish a Constitutional Court in Japan".