Toyoda Gosei (TG), a Japanese auto parts manufacturer, has recently invested some US$463,000 (JPY50 million) in Japanese AI startup Tryeting, which specialises in the rapid development of materials using artificial intelligence (AI).
Nagoya University’s Tryeting provides an AI platform that integrates various types of software, with particular focus on materials informatics – Tryeting applies its informatics techniques, such as AI and big data, to materials, allowing it to significantly speed up the development of new, high-functioning materials.
According to TG, the company will combine Tryeting’s AI technology with its in-house materials knowledge to quickly develop large numbers of material compounding patterns that will have superior functionality and accommodate LiDAR2 and other sensors, to cope with the evolving trends of the automotive industry.
“Toyoda Gosei is seeking to achieve greater added value of products with the integration of sensors and other electronic components into the plastic and rubber parts that are its core technologies; the development of high functional materials that can accommodate electronics technology is an urgent task.”