Mitsubishi Electric has invested in Sakana AI as part of a broader push to apply advanced artificial intelligence to complex industrial and business operations.

The collaboration will focus on integrating Sakana AI’s next-generation foundation model technologies into Mitsubishi Electric’s Serendie digital platform, with the aim of developing new solutions across sectors such as manufacturing and infrastructure.

Mitsubishi Electric said it plans to leverage its own industrial expertise, customer assets, and accumulated data alongside Sakana AI’s technology to improve decision-making in challenging operational environments.

Ren Ito, co-founder of Sakana AI, said the partnership will expand the company’s focus on industrial applications. “We will position AI use in the manufacturing domain, including physical AI, as our third strategic pillar, following our initiatives in the financial and defense sectors, striving to create innovative solutions that leverage Japan’s strengths. By combining Mitsubishi Electric’s manufacturing knowledge and extensive datasets with our next-generation AI technologies, we will collaborate to bring AI into practical implementation across society.”

Satoshi Takeda, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Mitsubishi Electric, said the investment supports the company’s broader digital transformation strategy. “By strengthening our Serendie digital platform and leveraging generative AI, we are creating new business value and enhancing our competitive position. We are confident this investment will be an important step toward broadening AI’s capacity to address concrete, real-world challenges.”