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AI Engineering

From the right
question to a
working solution.
Weeks, not quarters.

We build custom AI software. From business aspiration to production code — discovery and delivery in the same team. No handoffs.

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How We Work

“We begin with the business — with intent. Architecture follows. Code serves.”

Phase 0
Alignment
90 minutes
A hands-on session before any commitment. You experience how DTJ works — how we collaborate, the shape of an engagement.
Phase 1
Architect the Intent
Define the right problem before building the right solution. We map your goals to AI opportunities, stress-test feasibility, and establish the intent that guides everything that follows.
Phase 2
Prove the Concept
Three AI concepts built with your actual data. You see it, test it, challenge it. The prototype earns its way and gets refined to production.
Phase 3
Craft the AI
Working solution deployed to production. The system is documented, the software is yours — built to scale.
From 2 weeks to your AI running in production.
What Makes It Different

Every person on a DTJ engagement holds dual capability — design thinking methodology and technical implementation.

The team that discovers the problem builds the solution. The insight survives into the product.

Build Work
From the Studio
AI Atlas
www.ai-atlas.ai

Live intelligence on where 195 countries sit in the global AI order — infrastructure, alignment, sovereignty, and which way they're moving.

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AI Cards
aicards.designthinkingjapan.com

100+ AI capabilities mapped to real business problems. Used by teams across 14 countries to run internal discovery sessions.

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Racing Intelligence
racing.designthinkingjapan.com

Real-time AI race engineering for motorsport. Telemetry into decisions — for the driver, the engineer, the principal.

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Custom AI Engagements
Sports Technology
Live telemetry processing 70,000+ data points per second at under 100ms response time, with natural language race strategy analysis delivered in real time.
→ Decision support at the speed of competition.
Healthcare
Computer vision overlay delivering patient data and imaging directly into the surgeon’s field of view — without disrupting the operating environment.
→ Clinical information at the point of decision.
Distribution
AI system processing distributor patterns, market conditions, and historical data to generate forward-looking inventory and logistics recommendations.
→ Reduced overstock, faster response to demand shifts.
Research
Multi-stream research architecture combining supervised and unsupervised learning across patent filings, academic research, and investment signals. Human-AI feedback loop for continuous pattern refinement.
→ 85% directional accuracy, verified at year-end. Co-presented with Microsoft across Tokyo, Fukuoka, Yokohama.
Organizations we’ve worked with
MicrosoftNissanDellRocheStarbucksMuralSRI
The Right Fit

We work with organizations that have a real problem — and the readiness to act on it.

The engagement is senior, hands-on, and time-bound.

Both services reinforce each other. Leaders who complete the Academy make better clients. Build clients who want their teams to develop judgment enroll in the Academy.

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