# Mitsubishi Electric invests ¥5B in Akari for AI factory robots

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is investing ¥5 billion ($32 million) in construction-tech startup Akari Inc. and will collaborate on teaching robots to recalibrate movements in real time for full factory automation.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2026-01-29
- Value: $32.0M (5.00B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Products: AI factory robots
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsubishi Electric](https://endata.com/companies/2378.md) (investor)
- [Akari Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/89957.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-29/mitsubishi-electric-backs-startup-to-push-into-ai-factory-robots), 2026-01-29: "Mitsubishi Electric, a maker of industrial electronics and factory automation, said it will invest ¥5 billion ($32 million) in Akari and collaborate on teaching robots to recalibrate their movements in real time to master multiple tasks"

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