#13: Japanese healthtech & AI possibilities to help people with dementia | Yu Shimizu, CTO at Aikomi
August 31, 2022
People with dementia don’t become distant, they just lose their way of communicating. How can software possibly help them?
Aikomi is a Japan-based startup that helps find a connection between a person with dementia and their family members via software.
Yu Shimizu, CTO at Aikomi, tells about the challenges of an healthtech startup in Japan, its features, and the technologies that are used. She shows real-time cases of how AI helps create personalized content for people with dementia using a possible amount of data.
Enjoy the listening!
Links:
Aikomi: https://www.aikomi.co.jp/
Yu in Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yu-shimizu-499149110/
In this episode, we will answer the following questions:
[01:15] how Aikomi works and how AI is used
[08:00] why at Aikomi don’t use the word «patient»
[08:55] differences from other similar apps
[14:16] current development focus of the company
[15:41] outsource team experience
[18:04] AI team management
[20:32] generated unpredicted results from AI and how it recognizes Asian people
[25:08] how the Japanese market is different
[31:08] in-house vs. outsource approach: pros and cons
[32:48] Aikomi scaling plans in Japan and abroad
[34:51] the most interesting projects from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Yu worked on
[37:54] how to become a good-skilled engineering manager
[40:26] Rapid Fire Round (3 questions)
People with dementia don’t become distant, they just lose their way of communicating. How can software possibly help people with dementia?
Aikomi is a Japan-based startup that helps find a connection between a person with dementia and their family members via software.
Yu Shimizu, CTO at Aikomi, tells about the challenges of an healthtech startup in Japan, its features, and the technologies that are used. She shows real-time cases of how AI helps create personalized content for people with dementia using a possible amount of data.
Enjoy the listening!
Links:
Aikomi: https://www.aikomi.co.jp/
Yu in Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yu-shimizu-499149110/
[01:15] how Aikomi works and how AI is used
[08:00] why at Aikomi don’t use the word «patient»
[08:55] differences from other similar apps
[14:16] current development focus of the company
[15:41] outsource team experience
[18:04] AI team management
[20:32] generated unpredicted results from AI and how it recognizes Asian people
[25:08] how the Japanese market is different
[31:08] in-house vs. outsource approach: pros and cons
[32:48] Aikomi scaling plans in Japan and abroad
[34:51] the most interesting projects from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Yu worked on
[37:54] how to become a good-skilled engineering manager
[40:26] Rapid Fire Round (3 questions)
People with dementia don’t become distant, they just lose their way of communicating. How can software possibly help people with dementia?
Aikomi is a Japan-based startup that helps find a connection between a person with dementia and their family members via software.
Yu Shimizu, CTO at Aikomi, tells about the challenges of an healthtech startup in Japan, its features, and the technologies that are used. She shows real-time cases of how AI helps create personalized content for people with dementia using a possible amount of data.
Enjoy the listening!
Links:
Aikomi: https://www.aikomi.co.jp/
Yu in Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yu-shimizu-499149110/