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Daisuke Okanohara 岡野原大輔
Co-founder & CEO, Preferred Networks
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¥38.4Braised by the company, as of 2025-04-30 (incl. debt/grants)
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Background
PhD in information science and technology, University of Tokyo (2010). Co-founded Preferred Infrastructure in 2006 while a student, then PFN in 2014. Also president of Matlantis. Source
Public appearances
| 2025-02-25 Interview | PFN's Okanohara on low-cost LLMs and putting AI to work (Nikkei xTECH) 低コストで高性能のLLMを開発、プリファード岡野原氏が語るAIの社会実装 Okanohara recalls co-founding Preferred Infrastructure with Toru Nishikawa while a student, and pivoting to deep learning after 2012. He discusses PFN's domestic LLM work. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the article text (free excerpt). |
| 2025-08-06 Talk | JERI Tokyo lecture: generative AI and semiconductors 2025年度 第4回東京講演会（AI×半導体） A lecture on how LLMs depend on chips and compute, and how work and society will need to adapt. A written digest was later published. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the event page abstract. |
| 2025-12-17 Interview | Raising R&D odds with a VC mindset (Hitotsubashi Business Review) VC的な発想で研究開発の勝率を高める（一橋ビジネスレビュー） An academic interview on balancing research talent with running a business at PFN. Full text is paid. Summary by The Raising Sun. From the publisher listing only. |