Bringing AI × Robotics into the real world.

Co-founder/ CTO @ Telexistence Inc.
End-to-End Technologist

Genki Sano

Co-Founder / CTO, Telexistence Inc.
Member Board of Directors, AI Robot Association (AIRoA)

Driving real-world adoption of AI and robotics for new human-robot collaboration. Co-founded Telexistence in 2017 to commercialise the telexistence technology pioneered by Prof. Susumu Tachi of the University of Tokyo. Committed to turning deep tech into viable business, leading end-to-end development from hardware to software. Recent focus: boosting AI autonomy with tele-operation data and building robotics foundation models (VLA: Vision-Language-Action).

Activities

2026.Feb.06 Presented at the GPU UNITE study meetup, "How Physical AI Changes GPU Usage: The Inference-and-Learning Loop Enabled by Robots and Teleoperation."
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2026.Jan.30 Spoke in a special panel session at the "DX&AI Forum", a lecture event on AI digital strategy.
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2025.Dec.05 Joined a panel discussion at the International Robot Exhibition (IREX) NEDO session, "The Future of Industry Transformed by AI Robotics."
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2025.Oct.16 Delivered a special keynote at Robotics NEXT Tokyo 2025 hosted by Nikkei BP: "Teleoperated Robots and the Path to Practical Physical AI."
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2025.Aug.27 Received the Prime Minister's Award at Japan Startup Awards 2025 and was honored at the Prime Minister's Office.
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2025.Aug.08 Featured in Nikkei Robotics interview on practical implementation of AI robots.
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2025.Aug.22 Provided commentary for Nikkei video article on humanoid robot development.
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2025.Mar.27 Interview on AI robots aired on TV-Tokyo World Business Satellite.
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2025.Mar.27 Panelist at Waseda Univ. × AIRoA joint symposium on next-gen robotics.
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2025.Jan.24 Featured in Microsoft Azure customer success story.
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2025.Mar.01 Published an article comparing robotics foundation models.
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2024.Jan.18 Ranked #7 in Forbes JAPAN “Japan’s Entrepreneurs 2024.”
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