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- Rakuten’s fine-tuned Mixture of Experts LLM and first SLM aim to accelerate Japan’s AI development with best-in-class scores Tokyo – Rakuten Group, Inc. has announced the release of both Rakuten AI 2.0, the company’s first Japanese large language model (LLM) based on a Mixture of Experts (MoE) *1  architecture, and Rakuten AI 2.0 mini, the company’s first small language model (SLM). Both models were unveiled in December 2024, and after further fine-tuning, Rakuten has released Rakuten AI 2.0 foundation *2 and instruct models *3 along with Rakuten AI 2.0 mini foundation and instruct models to empower companies and professionals developing AI applications.  Rakuten AI 2.0 is an 8x7B MoE model based on the Rakuten AI 7B model released in March 2024. This MoE model is comprised of eight 7 billion parameter models, each as a separate expert. Each individual token is sent to the two most relevant experts, as decided by the router. The experts and router a...

Rakuten is expanding its delivery routes to the sky to make sure that everyone, including those who live in less populated areas, receive their goods safely and on time. EMPOWER Society with Drones Rakuten Drone also provides drone solutions such as building inspections and aerial photography, as well as pilot training drone schools and the matching platform connecting pilots with drone jobs. Through the establishment of Rakuten's "drone ecosystem", the group is empowering society with the reach of drones.    

Rakuten Group, Inc. (Head office: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; Chairman and CEO: Hiroshi Mikitani, hereinafter “the Company”) announces the details of the shareholder benefit program for the 28th fiscal year (for qualified shareholders as of the end of December 2024). The details are as follows: Purpose of the shareholder benefits program The Company offers a benefit program for shareholders for the purpose of showing its gratitude to all its shareholders for their support and aims to provide everyone more opportunities to understand the services of the Rakuten Group. Outline of the benefit program for shareholders for the 28th Fiscal Year 1 ) Qualified shareholders Shareholders who are listed in the shareholders register as of December 31, 2024, and own 100 shares (i.e., 1 share unit) or more are eligible. In addition, in order to be recorded on the shareholders register as of the end of December 2024, due to the system for transferring shares etc., it is necessary to purchase shares by the cl...

Rakuten Mobile announced the launch of "Rakuten Link AI," a newly added AI feature within its upgraded Rakuten Link app. Rakuten Link AI is an AI chat service that supports users as a consultation and ideation partner. Mickey spoke about wanting all Rakuten Mobile users to be able to utilize the power of GenAI (generative AI) without cost.  

Leveraging the Rakuten Ecosystem’s rich data assets to improve customer understanding and support businesses’ growth. Rakuten Group, Inc. announces the full-scale launch*1 of Rakuten Analytics, an analytics platform for corporate clients that leverages the rich statistical data of the Rakuten Ecosystem to deepen customer understanding and support data-driven decision-making. Introduction video for Rakuten Analytics Rakuten Analytics is a platform that enables businesses to strengthen their understanding of customer profiles by linking a company’s data with the statistical data assets held by Rakuten, while maintaining measures to protect personal information. It features an intuitive and easy-to-use simple user interface (UI), making it easy to understand analysis results. Corporate customers can use the insights gained from the platform’s analysis for ad delivery, marketing strategies targeting their own Rakuten member customers, product planning and more. The stati...

Rakuten and Science Arts Form Capital and Business Alliance to Drive Business Synergies Tokyo, October 15, 2024 – Rakuten Group, Inc. and Science Arts, Inc. announced that they have signed a capital and business alliance agreement to deepen their collaborations across a range of initiatives, and strengthen technological and business synergies. In addition, Rakuten Mobile, Inc. and Science Arts have entered into a business alliance agreement to drive sales for a package deal that combines Rakuten Mobile’s Rakuten Saikyo Plan Business for enterprise customers with Science Arts' communication platform "Buddycom." Rakuten, Rakuten Mobile and Science Arts also signed a basic agreement to jointly develop solutions that enhance business operation efficiencies for Rakuten’s partner companies by integrating Rakuten's AI technology and solution suite with Buddycom. Mickey Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group (left), and Hidekazu Hiraoka, President and CEO of Science Arts...