Confidential Computing for Sovereign AI: The Emerging ... - T. Kondo & S. Ueki, Acompany Co., Ltd.

Confidential Computing for Sovereign AI: The Emerging Opportunity in Japan - Takeharu Kondo & Shuzo Ueki, Acompany Co., Ltd. As generative AI and AI agents rapidly evolve, interest in Sovereign AI is growing worldwide. In Japan, demand is increasing for trusted AI infrastructure across sectors such as defense, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure. This session introduces the latest trends in Sovereign AI and Confidential Computing (CC) in Japan. Japan is advancing Confidential Computing enabled data centers, secure data collaboration platforms, and privacy-preserving AI environments. Expectations are also growing for CC adoption in government-led projects and critical infrastructure sectors. In this session, we discuss the opportunities surrounding Sovereign AI in Japan for AI model providers, cloud providers, GPU vendors, and data center operators. Through real-world examples, we explore how CC is becoming a core technology for building Trusted AI Infrastructure in the AI agent era.