The Shift from AI to ALife, and the Potential of BioArt

Our company supports 'April Dream,' which aims to make April 1st a day to broadcast dreams. This press release represents the dream of 'Transeeds Inc.'

What is 'LOM BABY', the science collective hosted by Transeeds Inc.?

A science collective composed of artists, engineers, and scientists, centered around the theme of 'the birth of life'.

Starting with their presentation at the World Trade Center (New York), their exhibition at the Grand Palais (Paris) drew approximately 4,500 visitors in two days.

In 'LOM BABY - PLUS ULTRA', realized through a collaboration with KDDI, all exhibited artworks were sold out.

It achieved high acclaim both domestically and internationally, setting new records for the highest number of visitors and transaction volume at the venue, GINZA 456 Created by KDDI.

Furthermore, they unveiled 'Dragon Meat', recreated using cutting-edge biotechnology, for the first time in the world at The National Art Center, Tokyo.

The exhibition generated massive buzz and graced the cover and a special feature in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

At EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, held in 2025, they also achieved the remarkable feat of being selected as an official highlight of the Expo.

They have been highly evaluated as a noteworthy science collective, being selected for the 'NEXT100' by the global business magazine 'Forbes', and featured on its cover and special sections.

In February 2026, they recreated the 't-Virus', the symbol of 'Resident Evil', using cutting-edge biotechnology. Under an official collaboration with CAPCOM, it made its world premiere at Shibuya PARCO.

It caused a massive sensation, generating lines of up to an hour and a half, and securing the number one spot in news rankings and trending topics both domestically and internationally.

From 2026 to 2027, they plan to announce the latest bio-products for the domestic and international markets, along with collaborations with global IPs and fashion brands.

The Shift from AI (Artificial Intelligence) to AL (Artificial Life)

Since its inception, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has experienced three major waves.

In the 1950s, the world was enthusiastic about the new intellect called AI, but technical limitations and excessive expectations eventually turned into disillusionment.

In the 1980s, the second wave arrived, and expectations for 'intelligence surpassing humanity' rose again, but it also collapsed, plunging into the 'AI winter'.

Every time humanity experienced such disillusionment, our longing for 'life itself' deepened, turning our eyes to the new possibilities of Artificial Life (ALife).

Artificial life, born in the late 1980s and early 1990s, imitated the principles of life in virtual worlds and brightly illuminated the void left by AI.

And now, AI is in the midst of its third wave. Generative AI and self-improving models continue to evolve rapidly, showing no signs of the sudden stagnation seen in the past. Research and development, capital, and social infrastructure are organically linked, continuously accelerating the growth of AI.

This acceleration is simultaneously heightening expectations for artificial life. In proportion to the evolution of AI and the enrichment of its foundational technologies, Artificial Life (AL) is also evolving dramatically.

Projects where AI supports the design and AL turns it into reality—such as synthetic biology, brain organoids, and artificial hearts—are emerging one after another. AI and AL are no longer waves that appear alternately, but two currents moving forward together while enhancing each other.

Transeeds Inc. has its eyes on the next current that lies beyond the limits of human desire, which has been heightened to the extreme by the third AI boom. That is the shift to ALife rising beyond AI. We intend to expand this current beyond mere technological innovation into the realms of art and entertainment, aiming to make interaction in three-dimensional space with two-dimensional beings—whom we could never meet before—a reality. Excitement, pleasure, and experiences unknown to anyone will continue to be brought to humanity.

Transeeds Inc. will carve out that future.

The Potential of Biotechnology × Art & Entertainment

The 'animism' spirit of eight million gods, which is also the etymology of anime, has continued to cause impacts strong enough to bring love and longing to two-dimensional entities, extending through Japanese animation, manga, and games.
We believe the giants of our nation, our predecessors, have elevated this human potential on the scale of thousands or tens of thousands of years.

Even so, there are many walls that could not be overcome in previous eras, and for us living in the present, it is also a fact that even those realms of expression are beginning to become non-interfering.

We, LOM BABY, and Transeeds Inc., which underpins its technology, are trying to break through this wall—the 'dimensional wall existing between 2D and 3D'.
From mythical beasts representing dragons and pegasuses, to characters (IPs) like Pikachu and Godzilla, to 2D entities closer to humans like Rei Ayanami and Hatsune Miku—if they were to be born into this world, what would we feel, what would we think, and what kind of experiences would they bring... isn't it exciting just to think about it?

Such latent desires, dreams we had given up even wishing for, will be granted by ALife (Artificial Life) and, by extension, 'biotechnology'.

A future where dragons soar through the sky, days spent with characters we wanted to meet in the real world, and even growing wings to fly.

We are trying to realize such a future in the not-too-distant future.

Bio-art we have produced, such as dragon meat and 'wing-growing ingredient formulated (containing Pegasus DNA)' Red Bull;

Bio-art toys like artificial aliens and the 't-Virus';

Bio-products like sneakers applying regenerative medicine technology and dragon scales, etc.,

We will broadcast the overwhelming unprecedented human experiences created by LOM BABY and Transeeds Inc., along with Japanese culture and traditions.

Please look forward to our latest works and collaborations in 2026→2027.

[DNA Figure]

Unboxing video [DNA Figure] [DNA Capsule]

History

2026. 2

LOM BABY - THE AUTHENTIC OFFICE (Shibuya PARCO)

2025. 4

Selected as EXPO2025 Osaka, Kansai Expo Official Highlight

2025. 4

Selected for Forbes 'NEXT100', Featured on Cover & Special Article

2025. 4

LOM BABY Special Exhibition 'PRENOMA' (EXPO2025 Osaka, Kansai Expo)

2025. 2

Organizational change from Transeeds LLC to 'Transeeds Inc.'

2024. 8

NAVIGATE ARTS [Bio/Digital/Human] (The National Art Center, Tokyo)

2024. 6

LOM BABY × Condomania (Shibuya PARCO)

2024. 5

LOM BABY_PLUS ULTRA (GINZA 456 Created by KDDI)

2024. 3

NFT Paris (Paris Grand Palais)

2024. 3

Selected as KDDI αU NEXT ARTIST

2023. 12

MERCURY -LOM BABY 0- (LIQUIDROOM)

2023. 10

Superchief Gallery (New York World Trade Center)

2022. 4

Formation of LOM BABY

2021. 10

Vendor agreement with LVMH

2019. 9

Establishment of Transeeds Inc.

2018. 9

LOFT Design Award Grand Prize Winner

2017. 9

VOGUE Fashion Night Out Solo Exhibition (Omotesando Hills)

2014. 3

Formation of the art unit that became the predecessor of Transeeds