17/09/2026
クウジットは、カナダ・トロント大学発のアグリテック企業 Lyrata Inc と、農業AI分野でMOUを締結しました。7月31日には、在日カナダ大使館で締結式を執り行いました。
Lyrataの「SmartSoil™ System」と、クウジットの「AI分身」技術を組み合わせ、農業熟練者の暗黙知を記録・構造化するだけでなく、AIとの対話を通じて次世代が活かせる知識へとつないでいくことを目指します。
実証の舞台は、農業法人さんさんとと進める「Micro Agri-Tech Living Lab.」の十勝・音更町のフィールドです。
■ Lyrata CEO Adnan Sharif
"The partnership is only the starting line. Hokkaido is a strategic proving ground. Its outdoor agricultural practices and growing conditions reflect those found across major markets in Oceania and the Americas. What begins in Tokachi is designed to travel."
■ クウジット代表 末吉隆彦
「十勝から日本へ、そして世界へと開かれた共創の場に育てていく。研究を起点としたご縁が、国を越えた新たな共創へとつながったことに、心より感謝いたします。」
※ 本連携は、元ソニーCSL研究員の竹内雄一郎氏の研究がSmartSoil開発の着想となり、竹内氏と北見工業大学 Sharifu Ura教授とのご縁から実現しました。また、在日カナダ大使館およびオンタリオ州政府のご支援に心より御礼申し上げます。
※写真は、さんさんと実証フィールドでのPoCの様子（写真左から）クウジット 取締役CMO 兼 さんさんと共同代表 雙木弘美、Lyrata CTO Stanley Lo、Lyrata CEO Adnan Sharif、クウジット代表 末吉隆彦
▼プレスリリース
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000034.000023749.html
#アグリテック #十勝 #日加連携
-- in English
Koozyt has signed an MOU with Lyrata Inc, a University of Toronto–born agri-tech startup, in the field of agricultural AI. We held the signing ceremony at the Embassy of Canada to Japan on July 31.
By combining Lyrata's SmartSoil™ System with Koozyt's AI Symbiont technology, we aim not only to capture and structure the tacit knowledge of experienced farmers, but to turn it into knowledge the next generation can put to use through dialogue with AI.
Our field is the Micro Agri-Tech Living Lab. in Otofuke, Tokachi, Hokkaido, which we run together with the farming company Sansanto.
■ Adnan Sharif, CEO, Lyrata
"The partnership is only the starting line. Hokkaido is a strategic proving ground. Its outdoor agricultural practices and growing conditions reflect those found across major markets in Oceania and the Americas. What begins in Tokachi is designed to travel."
■ Taka Sueyoshi, CEO, Koozyt
"We will grow this into a place of co-creation that opens out from Tokachi to Japan and the world. I am deeply grateful that connections rooted in research have led to new co-creation across borders."
*This partnership grew out of the research of Dr. Yuichiro Takeuchi, formerly of Sony CSL, which inspired the development of SmartSoil, and his connection with Prof. Sharifu Ura of Kitami Institute of Technology. We also extend our sincere thanks to the Embassy of Canada to Japan and Ontario Trade and Investment Tokyo for their support.
*Photo: PoC at the Sansanto demonstration field. From left: Hiromi Namiki, Director & CMO of Koozyt and Co-Representative of Sansanto; Stanley Lo, CTO of Lyrata; Adnan Sharif, CEO of Lyrata; Taka Sueyoshi, CEO of Koozyt.
▼ Press release (Japanese)
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000034.000023749.html
