Japanese AI startup aims to invent healthier food

Junichi Hasegawa has been involved in tackling tough problems, from connecting PlayStation 3 users for online play to researching self-driving cars. He wants to invent healthier food ingredients with the help of artificial intelligence.

Hasegawa built up Japan's top AI startup, Preferred Networks PFN, by striking deals and partnerships with the country's industrial giants, from Toyota Motor to Eneos Holdings. He aims to adapt those skills to the notoriously cost-conscious food sector and revive the Osaka-based maker of Pocky chocolate sticks, as well as to the century-old snack maker Ezaki Glico.

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