SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026: April 27–29, Four Domains
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- SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 runs April 27–29 at Tokyo Big Sight, with business days April 27–28 and a free-admission public day on April 29.
- The four conference domains are AI, Robotics, Resilience, and Entertainment, each with dedicated exhibit floors, live demos, and sessions on real-world deployment rather than abstract themes.
- TechCrunch is an official media partner; its Startup Battlefield team will select one semifinalist from the SusHi Tech Challenge to advance to the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200.
- AI sessions feature Howard Wright of Nvidia, Rob Chu of AWS, and Eric Benhamou of Benhamou Global Ventures, with university startups pitching alongside global players and an AI Film Festival Japan partner event at Tokyo Innovation Base in Yurakucho.
- Robotics programming includes Nissan, Isuzu, and Applied Intuition's Qasar Younis discussing software-defined vehicles, with interactive robots on the floor rather than behind glass.
- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is hosting a parallel summit of leaders from 55 cities across five continents on "A New Urban Future Built on Climate and Disaster Resilience" as part of its G-NETS multicity forum, streamable on YouTube.
Why it matters: SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 concentrates major global players—Nvidia, AWS, Trend Micro, Breakthrough Energy, and Japan's top animation studios—into a single Tokyo venue, giving startups direct access to both capital and infrastructure partners across AI, mobility, cyber defense, and IP. The TechCrunch Disrupt pipeline slot raises the stakes for early-stage companies competing for the semifinalist pick.
