KDDI, also known as KDDI Corporation, is a publicly owned company headquartered in Japan. Founded in 1984, this Japanese telecommunications company employs approximately 2,100 individuals and reported $40.6B in revenue as of 2025. It specializes in providing telecommunications services.
KDDI and Google launched an AI startup program in Japan on July 31, 2026, offering equity investment from the Google AI Futures Fund and the KDDI Open Innovation Fund, along with early access to Google’s latest AI models and tools, to strengthen Japan’s AI innovation ecosystem. Previously, on July 30, Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issued administrative guidance to KDDI after concluding that unauthorized access to the company's email system for internet-service providers constituted a leak of communications secrecy under the Telecommunications Business Act. Earlier on the same day, KDDI initiated a promotional campaign, running until September 8, to reward customers using au PAY for purchases on Apple's App Store and Google's Google Play, enabling those spending at least JPY 2000 to share three million Ponta points. Also on July 30, KDDI and Avita integrated Google's Gemini generative AI model into a jointly developed humanoid robot, demonstrating the system at Google Cloud Next Tokyo, addressing the long-standing challenge of humanoid service robots failing to interpret vocal tone.
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