SyntheticGestalt (headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo; CEO: Koki Shimada; hereinafter "our company") is pleased to announce that our CTO, Kotaro Kamiya, presented at the AI Leader's Meetup 2026 Spring (hosted by Google Cloud), held on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at Google for Startups Campus.
This event was held shortly after the opening of applications for the fourth round of "GENIAC (Generative AI Accelerator Challenge) *1," a project by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and NEDO aimed at strengthening domestic generative AI foundation model development capabilities. The event served as a venue for information gathering and networking, bringing together companies considering applying for the next round of GENIAC, as well as engineers and researchers involved in AI foundation development.
Our CTO, Kotaro Kamiya, presented under the theme "Initiatives by GENIAC Phase 3 Participating Companies *2," sharing the development achievements of the molecular generative model advanced during GENIAC Phase 3.
• Established a novel approach to compound design and optimisation through molecular generative model R&D
• Shared practical insights on large-scale model development utilising Google Cloud's computing infrastructure
• Introduced the verification process for model outputs through wet-lab experimentation (laboratory-based validation)
• Presented use cases for molecular generative models in collaborative research with pharmaceutical companies and chemical manufacturers
Our company has been consecutively selected for GENIAC Phases 2 and 3, and continues to advance the development of molecular generative models utilising Google Cloud's computing infrastructure. We are progressing the utilisation of molecular generative models with multiple domestic pharmaceutical companies, and aim to apply AI across diverse fields including drug discovery, cosmetics, agrochemicals, and new materials.
About SyntheticGestalt
SyntheticGestalt is a company that develops AI technology specialised in molecular information. In 2024 and 2025, we presented the world's largest molecule-specialised foundation model at NVIDIA GTC (one of the world's largest AI conferences). SyntheticGestalt's molecule-specialised foundation model resolves the accuracy challenges faced by conventional molecular AI. We aim to apply AI across diverse fields including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, agrochemicals, and new materials, with a mission to realise new inventions through AI.
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*1 GENIAC
A project aimed at strengthening domestic generative AI development capabilities, termed "GENIAC (Generative AI Accelerator Challenge)," which provides support including computational resources for the development of foundation models, the core technology of generative AI.
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/mono_info_service/geniac/index.html
*2 Initiatives by GENIAC Phase 3 Participating Companies
A session within the AI Leader's Meetup 2026 Spring programme.
https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/aileader26spring