Japan puts startup ambitions at center of $2.3tn tech strategy

Technology July 01, 2026 03:02 AM

TOKYO -- When Guido Appenzeller came to Japan in the late 1990s, he was struck by how little interest its universities showed in entrepreneurship. Today, as a partner at Silicon Valley's Andreessen Horowitz, he sees them displaying a newfound focus on creating and attracting investors to the next generation of deep-tech champions in biotech, artificial intelligence and robotics.

Japan puts startup ambitions at center of $2.3tn tech strategy

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