Telexistence Inc.

Japan - Chuo-ku, Tokyo

• 06/07/2023
• Series B
• $170,000,000

“TELEXISTENCE” is a concept that was first proposed in 1980 by Dr. Susumu Tachi, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo and the chairman of TX inc, which refers to the notion of humans being in a place other than where he or she actually exists and being able to act freely in that remote environment – essentially expanding the presence of human beings – as well as the technological systems that make this possible.

Our mission at TX inc is to change robotics, change structures, and change the world.

テレイグジスタンス（TELEXISTENCE/遠隔存在）とは、TX incの創業者の一人でTX会長でもある東京大学名誉教授 舘暲氏が1980年に世界で初めて提唱した、人間が、自分自身が現存する場所とは異なった場所に実質的に存在し、その場所で自在に行動するという人間の存在拡張の概念であり、また、それを可能とするための技術体系です。 TX incのミッションは、ロボットを変え、構造を変え、世界をかえることです。

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Jin TomiokaCo Founder

Japan - Greater Tokyo Area

Jin has had a career as both a technology entrepreneur and an investor. In 2015, Jin, as an employee of Mitsubishi Corporation, the largest trading and investment company in Japan, co-founded Geodesic Capital, a Silicon Valley growth capital fund investing in US tech unicorns. While at the fund, he led the LP fundraising in Japan and made a couple of key investments in US including Snap and Tanium. He subsequently joined Supership Inc in 2016, a leading digital marketing and data management platform company in Japan, as the managing director of virtual reality streaming department.

In 2017, he co-founded and became CEO of Telexistence Inc, a Tokyo robotic startup building real-life avatar robots. With Telexistence robots, people can now port yourself into a local robot avatar to see and feel the prototype while interacting with factory staff. With your gestures transmitted in real time while the robot relays audiovisual and haptic sensor data, people feel like they’re right there. Welcome to the world of “telexistence.”

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jin-tomioka-209a0046/