Our mission is to open up the frontier of creativity through the production of artwork, and contribute to building a society where more people can work, learn and live more creatively by developing AI tools for artists, companies and individuals.
Why is art necessary for technology development and business?
We believe that as digital technology, especially AI technology, is becoming more prevalent, solutions are becoming commodities.
The more you strive for optimization, the narrower the range of answers that are considered suitable. Everybody gets the same answer if everybody seeks the optimum.
The value lies in differences. Commoditized optimal solutions are sure to bring price competition. In this society and business world, it is not the optimal solution that has value, but novel perspectives that help to find a unique problem.
We create art and advertisement upon request
We support clients develop and integrate AI into services and products
License for use our unique ready-for-production algorithms
The works we have created to date have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art(MoMA) in New York, Barbican Centre in London, and other venues. We got invited to perform at the keynote of Google I/O in 2019. In the academic field, we have co-organized a workshop on AI and creativity at NeurIPS, one of the most prominent international conferences on AI. Based on these achievements, we have been working with leading Japanese and foreign companies.
We see things differently from the artists' point of view.
We develop novel methods based on the expertise of researchers.
We execute with advanced skills of programmers and designers.
We are Qosmo.
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Qosmo is collaborating with the following universities and research institutes on various research and development projects.
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Do not pursue profit without contributing the social/cultural goodness.
From local to global. Art to the cutting-edge technology. We value diversity, flexibility and broad perspectives.
Think deeply beyond the bounds of common sense.
Just striving for the best solution is not enough. We always strive for the most significant impact.
Qosmo is a group of artists, researchers, designers, and programmers.
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Nao Tokui
CEO of Qosmo / Associate Professor at Keio University / Dentsu Craft Tokyo, Head of Technology
Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan in 1976. Nao received his Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo for his research on Human-Computer Interaction using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance human creativity. After pursuing his research and creative interest at several research institutes in Japan and Europe, Nao founded Qosmo in 2009. With the motto, "Computational Creativity and Beyond," Qosmo became a unique creative studio focusing on the application of AI in the creative field. Nao, himself, has been exploring the potential expansion of creativity through the symbiosis between AI and humans. His recent works include a music video of a song by Brian Eno, using AI. In addition, Nao has continued to present live performances titled AI DJ Project in Japan and overseas. These performances feature an AI DJ playing alongside a human DJ (Nao), taking turns selecting and playing one song at a time. In April 2019, he started his professorship at Keio University and founded the Computational Creativity Lab to advance his practices in both research and educational environments.
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Ryosuke Nakajima
Programmer
Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 1995. Ryosuke received his master's degree from Keio University SFC Graduate School of Media and Governance (X-Design program). He is interested in generative visual generation and philosophical studies, and working on varied projects from creation to research. One of his strong fields is real-time computer graphics, and working on visual expression using data visualization and deep learning. He initially joined Qosmo as an intern, and officially joined full-time in 2020.
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Bogdan Teleaga
AI Engineer
Born in Romania in 1993, Bogdan received his BEng in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, and his MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Amsterdam. He worked at Cloudbase Solutions developing cloud computing solutions in collaboration with enterprise cloud platform company Canonical. He interned for a summer at CERN, implementing AI techniques for use at the LHCb detector and for a year at Japanese AI start-up company working on Natural Language Understanding. Bogdan joined Qosmo in 2020. He is interested in music composition using AI and also plays several instruments by himself.
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Naoki Ise
Senior Designer
Born in Aomori Prefecture in 1986. Naoki completed his Master’s degree at the Information Design Department of Tama Art University Graduate School. After he studied at the studio “schtücco” led by Shin Akiyama, he joined the YCAM InterLab and led visual designs for media art exhibitions. He joined Qosmo in 2020, focusing on computational algorithm’s ability to express form, typography and physical phenomena of graphic design.
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Sakiko Yasue
Project Manager
Sakiko is in charge of production and management of various projects, such as mobile application & system development, installations and theater performances. Prior to Qosmo, she worked at a film & video production company and an event & sales promotion production company.
Company
Qosmo, Inc.
Foundation
April 1, 2009
Address
REVE Nakameguro 2F, 1-13-14 Kamimeguro Meguro, Tokyo, JAPAN （c/o Dentsu Craft Tokyo）
Executive
CEO : Nao Tokui
External Board Member : Alexander Reeder (Art and Program, Inc.)
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