Japan, July 17 -- Noetra Corp., along with its core member companies and investors-Sony Group Corporation, SoftBank Corp., NEC Corporation, and Honda Motor Co., Ltd.-launched full-scale R&D for a Japan-developed multimodal foundation model that will serve as the foundation for AI-enabled robots and physical AI, in collaboration with a broad range of partners engaged in the development and application of sovereign AI in Japan.Noetra has received investments from a total of 44 companies and organizations, including enterprises engaged in the development of sovereign AI and companies across a wide range of industries, led by the manufacturing sector, that are promoting AI adoption, all of which share Noetra's vision and business strategy. For ...