ROUTE06 Research Team

Transformation

Priority Plan 2024 for the Realization of a Digital Society: The Future of Business Competitiveness and Digital Transformation

This article explains how the Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society will impact Japan's business environment and how companies should leverage digital transformation.

Management

CCPA Compliance: Data Privacy Strategies and Responses in the U.S.

This article provides an overview of the CCPA and its impact on companies' compliance, and explains the importance of responding to the upcoming regulatory changes.

Marketing

Zapier: An Automated Platform Built on Unique Content Marketing

Zapier's success is due in large part to their unique content marketing, which they have continued to focus on since their early days. This article highlights the content marketing that has been the driving force behind Zapier's growth.

Marketing

HubSpot: Envisioning the Future of Inbound Marketing and CRM Platforms

This article presents HubSpot's Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy, which focuses on inbound marketing and multi-products that have enabled HubSpot's growth.

Management

Generative AI and GDPR: New Data Privacy Challenges

In the EU, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an important guideline for companies dealing with generative AI. This article explains how companies providing generative AI services should comply with the GDPR.

Platform

AI Revolution: The Growth Strategy of Hugging Face

This article explores the journey, growth strategy, and future outlook of Hugging Face.

Research

Fair Source: A New Software Licensing Model

Open Source Software (OSS) emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a counterbalance to commercial software. From the beginning, OSS was based on the principles of transparency, cooperation, and sharing in software development; Richard Stallman launched the GNU Project in 1983, and the first General Public License (GPL) was released in 1989, leading to rapid advancements in OSS development.

Research

OSS Startup License Selection

This article describes the major licensing issues facing OSS startups and discusses how choosing the right license can contribute to the success of your company.

Technology

The Outlook for Open Source LLM

This article details the major players and future prospects for open source LLM.

Research

Vector Databases: Leveraging Corporate Data in the Accelerating AI Era

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the methods of storing and retrieving data are changing dramatically. One area that is garnering attention is the vector database. Unlike traditional relational databases or NoSQL databases, vector databases efficiently store high-dimensional data and allow for searches based on similarity. This new type of database provides innovative solutions across various fields, including AI applications and content recommendation systems.

Research

Databricks' Strategy in the Age of Generative AI

This article describes the origins of Databricks and our latest AI strategy.

Spotlight

Scent Designer Megumi Fukatsu: Creating Fragrances that Embody a Company's Essence

What does it mean to design a brand or space with fragrance, what is the process of creating it, and what does fragrance bring to people? We asked Fukatsu about the story of how she made fragrance her career.