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“Rakuten Technology Excellence Awards 2024” award ceremony will be held on November 16th
Rakuten Group, Inc. (Rakuten) has announced the winners of the Rakuten Technology Excellence Awards 2024. This award was established to honor individuals and companies that utilize innovative technology to contribute to society . This year marks the 15th anniversary of the event, and it has been decided that three excellence awards will be presented under the theme of "AI-nization 4.all."
The award ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 16th as part of the Rakuten Technology Conference 2024, a technology event sponsored by Rakuten. Please visit the official page for this event ( Rakuten Technology Conference 2024 Official Page
About “Rakuten Technology Excellence Award”
The Rakuten Technology Excellence Award recognizes and recognizes innovation and social impact for individuals and organizations that have contributed to social change through advanced technology. This year's theme "AI-nization 4.all" symbolizes Rakuten's efforts to develop and popularize AI technology, and aims to "democratize AI" to create a world where everyone can utilize AI technology. We are promoting it.
Award winners and reasons for award
excellence award
- GMO Cyber Security by Ierae Co., Ltd.
- Reason for award : The company is a cybersecurity company specializing in cyber attack countermeasures, and has won first place in the world in the cloud security field at the global competition "DEF CON 32" for two consecutive years. He has made a significant contribution to the Japanese cybersecurity industry and was recognized for his high level of technical ability and expertise.
- Preferred Networks, Inc.
- Reason for award : A company that develops products that combine AI and hardware technology, and leads the AI industry by providing OSS (open source software) such as "Optuna" and "CuPy." We have also released the large-scale language model "PLaMo-100B-Pretrained", contributing to the development of the entire industry.
- LlamaIndex
- Reason for award : A company that has developed the RAG framework that integrates generative AI and external data, and is supported by AI developers around the world. It is capable of handling a variety of data and flexible workflow management, contributing to the expansion of applications of generative AI and natural language processing.
Judging committee
- Chairman : Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and President, Rakuten Group, Inc.
- Committee member : Akihito Kurosumi, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten Group, Inc.
- Committee member : Ting Tsai, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten Group, Inc.
"Rakuten Technology Conference 2024" event overview

- Event name : Rakuten Technology Conference 2024
- Date and time : Saturday, November 16, 2024, 10:00-18:00 (Excellence Award Ceremony will be held from 17:00-18:00)
- Venue : Rakuten Crimson House (1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
- Official page : https://tech.rakuten.co.jp
- Apply to participate : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rakuten-technology-conference-2024-tickets-1012141661957
This announcement is based on current information, so please check the official website for the latest information.
Rakuten will continue to promote the use of superior technology and innovation, and support organizations and individuals who support innovations that impact society.
■Press release source - Rakuten Group, Inc.
https://companydata.tsujigawa.com/company/9010701020592/
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