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Setting the Stage in Tokyo
Cognite recently held a press conference in Tokyo ahead of its flagship user event, the Cognite Atlas AI Summit. The event brought together CEO Girish Rishi, founder John Markus Lervik, and Japan branch president Ryoichi Egawa. Together, they outlined Cognite’s strategy in Japan, shared two major announcements, and addressed questions from the media.
Key Announcements and Highlights
Business Focus: Driving Autonomous Operations
Cognite reiterated its mission to help industries achieve autonomous operations through AI. Its industrial AI and data platform enables enterprises to rapidly scale AI use cases and deploy industrial AI agents across their organizations.
Company Milestones
Founded in 2016 in Oslo, Cognite is now headquartered in Phoenix, USA, with a strong presence in Bangalore, India. The company employs over 750 people worldwide and serves customers across energy, chemical, and general manufacturing sectors.
Japan plays a pivotal role in Cognite’s global growth story. Since the opening of its Japan branch in 2019, the country has come to represent roughly 20 percent of Cognite’s global business. Over the past 2.5 years, the number of active users globally has increased eightfold, with the Japanese market experiencing a remarkable thirtyfold surge.
Market Potential in Japan
Japan’s well-defined business needs, strong manufacturing base, and supportive legal framework make it an ideal market for industrial AI agents. Cognite sees significant opportunities to accelerate AI adoption across the country.
Major News Announcements
1. Cognite Announces Major Release of Atlas AI™
"Cognite Atlas AI™ Drives Customer Momentum with New Major Release, Accelerates Adoption of Agentic AI to Unlock More Industrial Value"
Cognite introduced a major update to Cognite Atlas AI™, its low-code industrial AI agent workbench. The platform now supports faster, more secure deployment of AI agents with enhanced integration, creation, and governance features.
Key Enhancements:
Seamless Integration: Automate tasks by integrating agents directly with existing Cognite apps for root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and performance monitoring.
Streamlined Agent Creation: Build agents up to 10× faster using preconfigured templates for time-series data analysis, work package generation, and cross-data source information gathering.
Purpose-Built Industrial Tools: Rapidly query the industrial knowledge graph to find relevant information and accelerate scaling.
Secure, Governed Operations: Ensure trust and reliability with granular user access controls and well-governed agent execution.
This release aims to bridge the gap between AI exploration and full-scale adoption—79 percent of businesses are experimenting with AI agents, but only 19 percent have deployed them at scale. The new features are designed to make production deployment faster, easier, and more reliable.
2. Tokuyama Adopts Cognite to Accelerate DX in Manufacturing
"Driving Automated Operations with AI"
Tokuyama Corporation, a leading Japanese chemical and materials manufacturer, has selected Cognite Data Fusion®, the company’s industrial data foundation, to integrate siloed data systems and accelerate digital transformation (DX).
Key Selection Criteria:
Breaking Down Data Silos: Integration and contextualization of equipment diagrams, sensor data, and inspection records across departments.
High Compatibility: Smooth connectivity with existing systems for a seamless rollout.
AI Agent Utilization: Using Cognite Atlas AI™ to reduce the workload of data exploration and speed up analysis.
Tokuyama aims to visualize equipment status, improve anomaly detection, and streamline inspection tasks. Implementation across all nine manufacturing departments at the Tokuyama Factory is targeted for completion by March 2026.
Q&A Insights from the Press Conference
Success Factors: Effective use of on-site data is critical to digital transformation. Cognite’s strength lies in its ability to make complex data easily accessible and contextualized for AI.
Future Growth: Cognite will maintain its focus on the energy sector while expanding into discrete industries like automotive and electronics.
Importance of Japan: Japan remains a priority market, with local customer requirements influencing Cognite’s global roadmap.
Looking Ahead
The press briefing underscored Cognite’s growing influence in Japan and its commitment to enabling autonomous operations through AI. With major product updates, a strong customer base, and ambitious plans for expansion, Cognite is positioning itself as a key driver of digital transformation for Japanese industry.