Yahoo Japan

Yahoo Japan’s internal tool SeekAI helps with expense claims and data searches using prompt templates.

Justice Department lawyer David Dahlquist argued this deal shows Google’s ability to share data with third parties.

The newly formed joint venture will invest US$4.6 billion to develop its data and artificial intelligence capabilities.

Separately, Oyo is reportedly looking to lay off roughly 2,000 employees in its home country by January.

The deal could see SoftBank and Line parent Naver forming a joint venture that would control Yahoo Japan and Line.

The move is seen by analysts as part of Yahoo Japan’s efforts to strengthen its ecommerce businesses.

Japan’s big ecommerce players are suspected of forcing online vendors into shouldering the cost of reward points.

Oyo Life marks the hospitality startup’s full-scale entry into the house rental business.

Soichiro “Swimmy” Minami is looking to build the “Salesforce of hiring.” He sees Japan’s tradition of lifetime employment ending in the next 20 to 30 years.

Code Republic is a new YC-inspired accelerator designed to support those founders with global expansion plans.