ChatGPT VS. The Government of Japan’s Web3 Roadmap
We were excited to see that the Government of Japan released a detailed roadmap of their Web3 plans earlier this week, titled Approach to Improving Web3.0 Business Environment From token economies to the foundation of Society5.0. We’re still digesting the whole thing - its pretty long at 76 pages - but wanted to get something over to you, lovely readers, asap.
Shinka Labs x Creative Tokyo Event Review
After a few months of planning, Shinka Labs’ founder and CTO Aaron Randall spoke to the public about the opportunities that Shinka Labs sees in Japan’s aging, and failing, IT sector. The event was put together by Creative Tokyo and was hosted at Monstar Lab in Shibuya, Tokyo.
VC: Not As Rock & Roll As You Think?
A big part of our work here at Shinka Labs is to explore alternative approaches to nascent products and services in the wide world of IT. Sometimes, it results in a hit; others, a miss. But our goal isn’t necessarily to be calling the shots on the big bucks all the time. Rather, we’re interested in understanding the framework in which all of these activities function in order to determine best practice depending upon circumstance.
Global IT Firms’ Top 5 Top Uses of AI for Japan Market Entry
There’s a whole lot to do for any international firm yet without a presence in the Japanese market to successfully develop one. Our CTO (Aaron) and COO (Matt) have collectively seen over 20 years of nobly optimistic and lamentably unprepared efforts by cocksure orgs from across the globe try their best at getting a foothold here only to fail rather spectacularly.
Out Like a Tiger, In Like a Rabbit
2022, The Year of the Tiger, had some wildily interesting developments, from eSports to AI to indie gaming and more, read up on some of the highlights as we enter 2023, The Year of the Rabbit!