VOX TOKYO Voice AI Hackathon

🎙️ 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗩𝗢𝗫 𝗧𝗢𝗞𝗬𝗢 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀!

March 1st, we hosted the 𝗩𝗢𝗫 𝗧𝗢𝗞𝗬𝗢 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 at the 𝗙𝘂𝗷𝗶𝘁𝘀𝘂 𝗨𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 in Kawasaki, and the energy was absolutely electric!

More than 𝟳𝟬 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 joined forces to tackle challenges across four critical themes: 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗢𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗔𝗜, 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲, and 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

🚀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: Teams had just 𝟰.𝟱 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 of building time to turn concepts into working prototypes. The results were staggering: we received 𝟯𝟬 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, and in a massive feat of technical execution, 𝟮𝟬 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 successfully integrated our partners' full tech stacks!

🛠️ 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀:
→ TRAE (ByteDance): The AI-native IDE setting the gold standard for rapid builds.
→ MiniMax: Creating the most lifelike, emotionally resonant Japanese AI voices.
→ Agora: The backbone of real-time, ultra-low latency voice infrastructure.

🏆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀!
🥇 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲: 𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶 — Your voice, always home. An AI companion that sounds just like you to bridge the distance. (Silver Voice) by Bayanmunkh Delgersaikhan & Tenuun Erdenesugar

🥈 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲: 𝗞𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝘁 — Ending "reporting burnout" for Japan’s frontline healthcare heroes. (Agentic Workforce) by Bijay Basnet & Puncoz Nepal

🥉 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲: 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 — A seamless AI medical bridge for the Japanese healthcare journey. (Omotenashi AI) by Ishaq Ibrahim

✨ 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀:
𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗔𝗜 (Agentic Education) by Arihant Lodha, 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 (Omotenashi AI) by Umbhorn Ungkulpasvich & Yuemeng Li, and 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗕 (Omotenashi AI) by Madhu Sudhan Subedi & Bijaya Prasad Kuikel.

Our judges were blown away by the commercialization potential of these projects. If you are a participant ready to take your idea further into a startup, please comment below! Along with our mentors, we are offering 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 for your journey.

🎥 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭:𝟱𝟲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀!

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Huge thanks to our hosts at 𝗙𝘂𝗷𝗶𝘁𝘀𝘂 𝗨𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼, our tech partners TRAE, MiniMax, and Agora, and every mentor and volunteer who made this possible.

Thanks to: Atsushi Kasugai, Abhishek Gupta, Ikuo Hiraishi, Lee Jean, Alejo Cain, Noah Youngs, James Patrick, Lei Meng, James Patrick, Sae Nuruki, Xiuxi Pan, Ph.D., Jeffery Phonn, T-Bot 👾 ., Rin(Lindsay) R., Kaori Rei
Camera & Video Crew: ZiHao Guo