Japan Funds AI Startups with Free GPU Server Access to Spur Generative AI Development
• Japan's government providing funding and computing resources to support domestic AI startups • Aims to spur development of generative AI companies in Japan • In response to global AI boom since ChatGPT launch and Nvidia processor shortage • Startups getting free access to Google servers with Nvidia H100 GPUs to train models • Funded by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry under "Generative AI Accelerator Challenge"