Nakahara Hikiaki, CEO and CTO of Tokyo Artisan Intelligence, to Speak at Innovation Field 2026 on Deployable Field AI

On May 29, 2026 (Fri), Hikiaki Nakahara, President and CEO/CTO of Tokyo Artisan Intelligence, will speak at Innovation Field 2026, a conference organized by Mizuho Securities, Azusa Audit Corporation, and Mizuho Bank.

At the pitch session starting at 15:20, Nakahara will discuss the company’s edge AI technologies and business vision under the theme: “Field-validated AI that works in real environments—expanding from railways to the entire country and to diverse social settings.”

Event details:
- Event name: Innovation Field 2026 Beyond Next Big Thing ~ Sustainable Growth Through Social Implementation ~
- Official site: https://innovationfield.v2.nex-pro.com/
- Date and time: May 29, 2026, 13:30–19:30 (registration and opening: 13:00)
- Venue: Bellesalle TOKYO Nihonbashi 4F
- Address: Bellesalle TOKYO Nihonbashi, 4F, 2-7-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-6005
- Fee: Free (prior registration required)

◾ Executive profile
Nakahara Hikiaki, President and CEO/CTO of Tokyo Artisan Intelligence
- Founder and CEO of Tokyo Artisan Intelligence
- Professor at the Unexplored/Advanced Data Analytics Center, Tohoku University, and Specially Appointed Professor in Information and Communications at Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Expertise: semiconductor design technology, AI, computer architecture, and embedded systems
- During his student years, he researched digital semiconductor design and computer architecture. After receiving his degree, he began applied R&D using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). He had already been actively developing deep learning long before the AI boom in 2012. In 2019, he served as a visiting researcher at Imperial College London. After returning to Japan, he founded Tokyo Artisan Intelligence and has since worked on AI and semiconductor chip R&D and social deployment to open new career pathways for university faculty.

◾ Company profile
- Name: Tokyo Artisan Intelligence Co., Ltd.
- Representative: Hikiaki Nakahara, President, CEO/CTO
- Founded: March 3, 2020
- Location: 14F, Shinyokohama Square Building, 2-3-12 Shinyokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
- Business scope: R&D of deep learning algorithms, development and sales of edge AI products, and training of AI experts and engineers
- Company website: https://tokyo-ai.tech/