Abstract

◆This book gives a glimpse into "business implementation" in the age of generative AI.

Generative AI has now gone beyond the era of a buzzword and has entered a stage where the success of implementation determines corporate value. As an investor, author Shibata Naoki has scrutinized over 1,000 generative AI startups, mainly in Silicon Valley, and invested in dozens of them. This book also includes the honest voices of leading Japanese companies working to implement generative AI.

◆Three features of this book:

1. A bird's-eye view and future map based on cutting-edge US startup cases.

2. An easy-to-understand structure organized into "two fundamentals," "six job types," and "two industries."

3. A document on "real-life generative AI implementation in Japanese companies" based on dialogue with Japanese practitioners.

◆Recommended for:

・Want to know the gap between the latest overseas trends and practice in Japan.

・Searching for the "optimal use" of generative AI for Japanese companies.

・As a manager or business manager, who is forced to make the decision to implement generative AI.

Author’s Information

As a partner at NSV Wolf Capital, he is responsible for fund investments in emerging VCs in Silicon Valley and direct investments in startups. He has a track record of investing in over 50 startups as an angel investor. After working as an executive officer at Rakuten and an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, he moved to the US as a visiting researcher at Stanford University. He started AppGrooves in Silicon Valley, USA. He founded "Notes that Help You Read Financial Statements" (business sold in 2022). He completed his doctoral course in Technology Management and Strategy at the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo (Doctor of Engineering). His books include "The Habit of Reading Financial Statements, Easier Than an MBA and More Important Than English" (Nikkei BP) and "The Geopolitics of Technology" (co-authored) (Nikkei BP).