SusHi Tech Tokyo isn’t a conference — it’s a deal room with 60,000 people; AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed

About this episode

The episode discusses the unique format of SusHi Tech Tokyo as a deal room and highlights NeoCognition's recent funding.

When 60,000 attendees descend on Tokyo Big Sight April 27–29, the headline numbers are hard to ignore: 750 startup exhibitors, 151 sessions, city leaders from 49 countries. But the stat that tells you what kind of event this actually is? It's 10,000 facilitated business meetings — brokered, booked, and tracked before most attendees even land. Here's the link to the article. Also, founded by an OSU researcher, NeoCognition is developing AI agents that can become experts in any domain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• startup events
• AI development
• business meetings
• technology
• investment

Keywords

• SusHi Tech Tokyo
• NeoCognition
• AI agents
• business meetings
• startup exhibitors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SusHi Tech Tokyo, NeoCognition

Places: Tokyo, Tokyo Big Sight, 49 countries

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