- Comments from the Leaders of the Five Companies
Dr. Gill Pratt, Toyota’s Chief Scientist said, “There is tremendous enthusiasm across global Toyota for leveraging AI to improve speed and efficiency in everything from manufacturing to design to office work, and to create new products that utilize AI. While we cannot predict the future, especially in AI, we can prepare for it and ensure we bring our best traditions to the table, putting people at the heart of technological change. By working together as one team, transcending organizational boundaries and national borders, we will provide greater value to our customers through AI and improve happiness for all.”
Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Chief Technology Strategy Officer of AISIN, stated that “We are advancing the development of more highly skilled engineers in the areas of vehicle actuators, control, and software, which are AISIN’s strengths in order to realize our management philosophy of ‘Bringing excitement to mobility and smiles to the future’. By participating in the Toyota Software Academy AISIN aims to cultivate many engineers who can develop technologies with a holistic view of the vehicle. This will contribute to the evolution of mobility technologies, including electrification and intelligence, and enable AISIN to provide attractive products to customers.”
Atsushi Hayashida, Chief Software Officer (CSwO) of DENSO said, “DENSO is not only advancing the in-vehicle software technology that we have developed over the past 40 years, but also providing opportunities for each and every software engineer to learn and grow so that they can continue to improve their knowledge and skills for the future mobility society where people everywhere can feel happy. We also provide a place for each software engineer to learn and grow so that they can continue to improve their knowledge and skills. In collaboration with the Academy, we will not only strengthen our own human resource development, but also contribute to the development of software human resources in the industry as a whole.”
Eiji Matsuzaki, Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Solutions Division at Toyota Tsusho, stated “Toyota Tsusho has been engaged in software development and engineer training primarily overseas. With the evolution of AI, the ways of developing software and the necessary knowledge and know-how are constantly changing, requiring not only an update of the knowledge and know-how accumulated so far but also further advancement. Through engineer training at the Toyota Software Academy, Toyota Tsusho aims to realize “global, human-centered software development” and contribute to the sustainable development of the automotive industry.”
Hiroaki Okuchi, Chief Customer Officer of Woven by Toyota said, “Woven by Toyota is working to build a safe, secure, and human-centered mobility society through software-driven technologies and business initiatives. Through this academy, we hope to share our strengths in areas like software and AI, and help develop the next generation of talent. We’re excited to open up these efforts to many more like-minded partners so that we can grow and weave the future of mobility, together.”
