{"id":174055,"date":"2025-11-05T11:50:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174055&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:50:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:50:28","slug":"fukuoka-launches-ai-startup-training-program","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-launches-ai-startup-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Launches AI Startup Training Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City will begin a free three-month program in December to train engineers to launch solo AI-based businesses. The \u201cEngineer Ignition Camp\u201d offers lectures on AI development, mentoring by active entrepreneurs, and a final presentation event. Open to 20 local engineers or students, it will be held at the Engineer Caf\u00e9 in the Red Brick Cultural Center. Mayor Soichiro Takashima said the initiative aims to create \u201cone-person startups\u201d amid Japan\u2019s labor shortages. Applications close November 19. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/site.engineercafe.jp\/ignition-camp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engineer Ignition Camp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/shisei\/mayor\/interviews\/documents\/kaiken_engineerignitioncamp.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/engineer-cafe-WEB-003.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Launches AI Startup Training Program\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/engineer-cafe-WEB-003.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/engineer-cafe-WEB-003.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/engineer-cafe-WEB-003.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/engineer-cafe-WEB-003.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka City will begin a free three-month program in December to train engineers to launch solo AI-based businesses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":127475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174055","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}