Fujitsu Limited and Cohere have announced a partnership to develop and offer large language models (LLMs) tailored for enterprises. The collaboration aims to leverage Japanese language capabilities to enhance customer and employee experiences.
The partnership will see Fujitsu become the exclusive provider of these services globally through Fujitsu Data Intelligence PaaS and Fujitsu Uvance.
Fujitsu and Cohere will jointly develop “Takane” (tentative name), an advanced Japanese language model based on Cohere’s latest enterprise-grade LLM, Command R+. The model, which features retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) capabilities to reduce hallucinations, will be available starting September 2024 through Fujitsu Kozuchi AI services for private cloud environments.
Takane is designed to meet the needs of industries requiring high security, including financial institutions, government agencies, and R&D units. The model combines Fujitsu’s expertise in Japanese language training and fine-tuning with Cohere’s enterprise-specific technologies. Cohere’s Embed and Rerank models will also be part of the offering, providing advanced enterprise search applications and RAG technology to unlock business value from data.
Fujitsu plans to release additional AI technologies, including a knowledge graph extended RAG technology in July 2024 and generative AI auditing technology in September 2024, through Fujitsu Kozuchi. These technologies aim to convert large-scale data into knowledge graphs for LLMs and ensure compliance with corporate and legal regulations.
“This partnership is a crucial step in offering world-class LLM capabilities to a key enterprise market. Our work with Fujitsu will unlock the potential of Cohere’s technology to empower the next generation of Japanese businesses,” said Cohere chief Aiden Gomez.
Fujitsu’s generative AI amalgamation technology, available from August 2024, will be integrated with Takane and other domain-specific models to enhance AI capabilities for enterprises.
The partnership between Fujitsu and Cohere aims to accelerate the adoption of AI in enterprises and promote digital transformation globally.Vivek Mahajan, CTO and CPO of Fujitsu Limited, emphasised the significance of combining Fujitsu’s knowledge graph and generative AI technologies with Cohere’s secure enterprise LLMs to provide adaptable AI solutions.