Preferred Networks, Inc.

Founded in March 2014 with the aim of promoting business utilization of deep-learning technology focused on IoT, PFN advocates Edge Heavy Computing as a way to handle the enormous amounts of data generated by devices in a distributed and collaborative manner at the edge of the network, driving innovation in various fields, with a focus on three business areas: transportation, manufacturing, and bio/health care. PFN develops and provides ChainerTM, an open-source deep-learning framework. PFN prom