Hitachi, Ltd. has positioned physical AI as its next key growth driver, creating an FDE team and advancing cross-business integration through an organization reporting directly to the President.
Hitachi, Ltd. is said to be placing particular emphasis on physical AI, whose use has taken the lead in its railway business, as a source of future growth. The company is reportedly seeking to create new value by accelerating the technology’s deployment across its businesses and strengthening collaboration among them.
In this process, the company is reported to regard the role of GlobalLogic (GL), the U.S. IT company it brought under its umbrella through an acquisition on the order of ¥1 trillion, as important. GL’s technological capabilities and scale are expected to support the advancement of physical AI.
Hitachi is said to have created an FDE (Physical AI Development and Enablement) team and established a structure for business integration under an organization reporting directly to the President. This is expected to accelerate information sharing and joint development across different business areas.
The matter has been reported by Nikkei Business, and attention is focusing on the positioning of physical AI in the company’s future growth strategy and changes to its organizational structure.