Startups work differently in Japan, and there is a lot happening here right now. Disrupting Japan introduces you to the most innovative founders and VCs, and shows you what it’s like to be an innovator in a society that prizes conformity.
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Startups work differently in Japan, and there is a lot happening here right now. Disrupting Japan introduces you to the most innovative founders and VCs, and shows you what it’s like to be an innovator in a society that prizes conformity.
In the popular imagination, Japan is almost synonymous with robots.
While Japan once dominated cutting-edge robotics, over the past decade she has fallen further and further behind Japan and China.
Today we sit down with Chiamin Lai of Firstlight Capital, who believes that Japan might just regain that leadership. We talk about the unique opportunity and advantage Japan has in the deployment of practical physical AI, the enterprise culture that is holding it back, and what a handful of innovators are doing about it today.
It's a great conversation, and I think you'll enjoy it.
Disrupting Japan
Startups work differently in Japan, and there is a lot happening here right now. Disrupting Japan introduces you to the most innovative founders and VCs, and shows you what it’s like to be an innovator in a society that prizes conformity.
