Tomohiro Fujita - CEO, CHITOSE Group

Tomohiro Fujita, founder and chief executive of Chitose Group, discusses his company's mission to shift from an oil-based era to a biomass era using microorganisms. He emphasizes that AI is not a future technology, but a present one, already used to manage agriculture and fermentation. Chitose Group aims to expand its business globally, including the Middle East, and plans to go public next year. Fujita highlights the importance of AI in managing microorganisms, learning from master craftsmanship to scale the business. He believes in healthy competition between Japan, the Middle East, and Europe to create new rules for a new world. Fujita envisions a future where Asia can lead the world, with strong connections between Japan and Saudi Arabia. He anticipates multiple winners in the bio-era, unlike the internet era dominated by a few companies. He sees the connection between Japan and Saudi Arabia as crucial for leading the world.