​日英で開催）Antler Japan Open House / オープンハウス

​🇯🇵日本語も交えながら開催します

​Join us for an evening of 💡insights, 🤝connections, and 🌍opportunities as Antler Japan brings together founders building the next generation of global startups.

​Whether you're an investor seeking high-potential ventures, a corporate exploring innovation partnerships, or a founder considering your next move, this is your chance to engage with the teams and ideas shaping the future of these markets.

​Antler Japanのスタートアップが集結！
新たなインサイト💡、つながり🤝、そして可能性🌍に満ちた一夜をお届けします。
投資家、CVC、オープンイノベーション担当者、創業初期〜プロダクトリリース期のスタートアップの皆さまに開かれた場に、お越しください。

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​🗓️Agenda & Venue

​Feb 24 2026, Tuesday

• ​5:30pm Doors Open

• ​6:00~6:45pm [PART 1] "The Unglamorous Truth About Building AI Startups" with Ilya from Tokyo AI / AI Foundry

• ​6:45-7:30pm [PART 2] Founder Story Talk with Antler Portfolio Startups, Uttam from Avete AI and Slava from TokumaLabs + Q&A

• ​7:30-8:30pm Networking!!

​📍Kayabacho (Available only to those registered and accepted)

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​[PART 1]
"The Unglamorous Truth About Building AI Startups" with Tokyo AI.

​AI has never been more accessible. But as the ecosystem matures, the real questions are becoming clearer:

• ​What makes an AI startup defensible?

• ​Where is durable value actually being created?

• ​And what does it truly take to build beyond the initial wave?

​In this fireside chat with Ilya Kulyatin hosted by Antler Japan, we’ll explore the realities behind the hype — drawing from insights within the Tokyo AI community and frontline experience working with founders.

​AI may look glamorous from the outside. This session looks at what it really takes to build something that lasts.

​ーーー🇯🇵 日本語ーーー

​生成AIの進化により、プロダクト開発のハードルはかつてないほど下がりました。しかし今、エコシステムが成熟するにつれ、より本質的な問いが浮かび上がっています。

• ​AIスタートアップの「真の競争優位」はどこにあるのか？

• ​一時的なブームではなく、持続的な価値を生む企業とは何か？

• ​日本市場におけるAI活用のリアルな機会とは？

​Ilya Kulyatinと行う本セッションでは、Antler Japan主催のもと、Tokyo AIコミュニティでの知見や、最前線での観察をもとに、AIスタートアップの“華やかさ”と“現実”の両面に迫ります。

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​[PART 2]
Founder Story Talk with Antler Portfolio Startups.

​Hear directly from portfolio startups solving critical challenges in construction safety and legal technology—industries ripe for AI-driven transformation.

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​👫Who should attend

• ​Corporates and Investors interested in speaking with Antler startups

• ​Antler Japan startups and ex-cohorts

• ​New Founders interested in joining Antler

​This is an open door event aimed to foster communication, collaboration, and networking across various players in the startup ecosystem.

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​🎙️Speakers

​Ilya Kulyatin

​Founder of Tokyo AI (TAI) and AI Foundry

​Ilya has an interdisciplinary academic background, with degrees in Business (BSc), Finance (MA), and Machine Learning (MSc). He spent the first 10 years of his career in Finance, working mainly as a Quant in 4 countries across 3 continents (Italy, USA, Netherlands, and Singapore). Ilya built two Fintech startups, out of Singapore and New York. Most recently, Ilya was Co-founder of Cloudwall, a VC-funded NYC and Singapore-based Fintech SaaS startup providing institutional investors with tools to analyze risk in digital assets. Ilya is passionate about building communities and is now helping the Tokyo startup and angel investor communities grow.

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​Uttam Dwivedi

​Founder&CEO of AveteAI

​Uttam is the founder and CEO of Avete AI; an Antler portfolio company saving construction companies from fatalities and costly liabilities by improving site safety and productivity through AI-powered real-time monitoring and hazard detection.

​In the construction industry, a single human error can result in fatal injury or death—halting entire projects involving hundreds of workers, vendors, and clients, while severely damaging a company's liability exposure and public credibility. Avete leverages AI to help companies anticipate risks, enhance training, and streamline workflows for safer construction sites.

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​Slava Minamoto

​Engineer, Entrepreneur, CTO of TokumaLabs

​Slava is an engineer, entrepreneur, and CTO of TokumaLabs - a Time Intelligence platform for international law firms.

​As a portfolio company of Antler Japan, TokumaLabs targets a niche market with an untapped opportunity - they enable high-value legal professionals to fully focus on revenue generating tasks through a platform that automates time intelligence in the legal technology space.

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​Florian Geier

​Antler Japan, Senior Director

​Florian Geier is a Senior Director at Antler Japan, where he works closely with founders to build and scale innovative startups beginning their journey to global greatness in Japan. 

​He brings extensive experience from his roles at the US-Japan Unicorn Playco, where he led Partnerships and Operations, and at Fujifilm’s Innovation and Strategy Planning division, where he led global collaborations with startups and VCs. His strategic investments have led to significant value add for both corporates and startups, including one early-stage startup achieving an IPO with a valuation over $1 billion due to its collaboration with Fujifilm. 

​Florian originally came to Japan as a physics PhD student and has since developed a deep, multi-faceted understanding of both the startup and corporate ecosystem, which he now applies to support new entrepreneurs in Japan and globally.

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​🚀Other Antler Startups Attending

• ​Marlene Pinzi, Co-Founder of ACSIRYO

• ​Alexandre Fournier, CEO & Co-Founder of glass by XenosLabs

• ​Shakhboz Khayrilloev, CEO of Logistical

• ​Kang Ni (Connie), CEO & Co-Founder of Novana

• ​(and more coming!)