【November 26th 2024】Hack Osaka 2024 ～ Link Innovation to Our Future ～

Hack Osaka is an international conference that showcases global innovation trends and the results of innovation originating in Osaka and the Kansai region and has been held annually since 2013.
Now in its 12th year, Hack Osaka has expanded its scale to include a variety of startup events in the Kansai region.

Hack Osaka 2024 was held on the largest scale ever!
In the main hall, the first session was NVIDIA, a world leader in artificial intelligence computers, introduced its startup support efforts with startups, the second session was young entrepreneurs talked about their overseas experiences in fostering entrepreneurship and a global mindset, and the third session was introducing global fintech trend and Information with case studies of successful strategies.

In the afternoon session, starting off with the startup called Herald Bonnie, the first Japanese winner of the LVMH Innovation Award 2024, and JIKAN TECHNO, the startup from Osaka, took the stage.
The next was to introduce growth strategies in overseas markets learned from Australian unicorn companies, and after that, the startup presentation by six international startups presented by JETRO Osaka were took place.

The second half of the afternoon session was introduced AI development trends and social implementations in Southeast Asia related to this year’s Hot Topic, “Generative AI.”

The last content of Hack Osaka was the startup pitch battle called “GET INTHE RING OSAKA – AI Revolution – ” ,in which Japanese startups challenging the global market had a heated pitch battle on a boxing ring.

In the exhibition hall, over 70 promising Japanese and foreign startup companies with unique technologies and services in IoT, AI, etc. were exhibited.
The “Shout-Out Stage,” a pitch showcase to promote their products and services had a full of audience making the day lively from start to finish.

Hack Osaka, one of the largest innovation festivals in the Kansai region, was successfully held on the largest scale ever leading to the Osaka-Kansai Expo in 2025, with a variety of contents held simultaneously to communicate the strength and attractiveness of Osaka’s startup ecosystem to the world.