Recursive
Chikara Shimizu has a strong background in managing AI/web/software development projects to help achieve a fairer, sustainable society. With experience at companies like Recursive, TELUS International, and Gengo, Chikara has managed data collection projects for AI, including audio, image, and language-related projects. Additionally, Chikara has experience as an Operations Quality Analyst and as an English to Japanese Language Specialist. Chikara holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Waseda University.
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Recursive
As the world's population grows, we are facing a number of global challenges in the realms of environmental conservation, societal equity and ensuring that nobody is left behind in the transition to a digital economy. Artificial intelligence is a key technology to not only address some symptoms of these issues, but also helping create completely new innovative approaches that can create a more sustainable economy and lifestyle. Recursive is an AI consulting company based in Japan working on developing solutions to some of these challenging problems. We collaborate with large Japanese enterprises to create innovative solutions to sustainability challenges, merging in our expertise in AI research and our client's domain knowledge. Our development projects focus around the main themes of improving efficiency, accelerating innovation, risk mitigation and better work and education. Recursive is founded by Tiago Ramalho and Katsutoshi Yamada. Tiago was a Senior Research Engineer at Google Deepmind and Lead Research scientist at Cogent labs and brings years of machine learning expertise to the company. Katsutoshi is a serial entrepeneur and AI expert with experience in developing and establishing innovative business models in Japan and abroad.