What is Rakuten AI provided by Rakuten? A thorough explanation of how to use the most powerful AI agent!

2025-08-06

https://weel.co.jp/media/innovator/rakuten-ai/
 

September 01, 2025

Introducing AI technology on display at the Rakuten Mobile booth at Rakuten AI Optimism! Discover how Rakuten Mobile contracts can be completed at vending machines, a high-quality AI avatar customer service prototype, and why enterprises can use "Rakuten AI for Business" easily from day one. What changes will AI bring?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fHqhYtv3Es
 

ASTS Almost Doubles in 6 Months: Worth Including in Your Portfolio?

Supriyo Bose

Tue, September 2, 2025

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...ost-doubles-6-months-131700349.html

 

Rakuten Symphony revenue climbed 53.8% to JPY18.1 billion in Q2/2025, with six new contracts signed in the quarter, including one with U.S. carrier AT&T.

https://www.rcrwireless.com/20250811/5g/rakuten-mobile
 

"Rakuten National Supermarket" holds a campaign such as sharing 1 million points of "Rakuten Points" to commemorate the number of registered users exceeding 1 million
Four special plans are being implemented for users who have shopped at the target online supermarket

August 28, 2025

Rakuten Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Rakuten") is pleased to announce that the number of registered users of the online supermarket platform "Rakuten National Supermarket" has exceeded 1 million, and the "Rakuten National Supermarket User Surpassing 1 Million Registered Users Campaign" (hereinafter referred to as the "Campaign") will be held to commemorate the number of registered users of the online supermarket platform "Rakuten National Supermarket" exceeding 1 million.

This campaign will be held for users who have entered and made purchases at eligible online supermarkets that will open stores at "Rakuten National Supermarkets" during the period from September 1 (Monday) to September 30 (Tuesday), 2025. There are four types of contents: a plan to divide 1 million "Rakuten Points" into a prize, a project to give away "Rakuten Points" equivalent to the entire shopping amount by lottery for users who shop for the first time, a project to give "Rakuten Points" to each person who is considered to have introduced an acquaintance), and a project to give away a coupon that can be used for the next purchase.

"Rakuten National Supermarket" is Rakuten's store-opening platform service that supports the operation of online supermarkets for supermarket operators nationwide. Leveraging the strengths of the technology that Rakuten has cultivated, in addition to providing functions such as user order management and online payments, we are providing the necessary support for the operation of online supermarkets, such as customer attraction and promotional activities, and the construction of operations associated with delivery, and as of August 2025, 10 supermarkets (Note 2) have opened stores. By logging in with your Rakuten ID at the time of payment, users can smoothly shop using their pre-registered address and credit card information, as well as accumulate and use "Rakuten Points".

Rakuten National Supermarket will continue to provide users with a highly convenient shopping experience by converting local supermarkets to e-commerce, aiming to further contribute to the local community.

Note 2: The supermarkets that have opened are as follows.
Beisia Co., Ltd. "Beisia Net Supermarket", Inageya Co., Ltd. "Inageya Net Supermarket", Osakaya Shop Co., Ltd. "Osakaya Shop Net Supermarket", Commodi Iida Co., Ltd. "Commodi Iida Net Supermarket", Osaka Izumi Civic Cooperative "Izumi Citizen Co-op Co-op Net Supermarket", Takara MC Co., Ltd. Food Market Momnet Supermarket", Elena Co., Ltd. "Elena Net Supermarket", Ryobi Holdings Co., Ltd. "Ryobi Magokoro Net Supermarket", Seiyu Co., Ltd. "Seiyu Net Supermarket", Yamazawa Co., Ltd. "Yamazawa Net Shop"

https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/news/update/2025/0828_01.html
 

Ignore the nonsense of Ian Morris and read the facts

Rakuten Mobile, DT seen as cloud-native telco pioneers

By Ray Le Maistre
Jun 6, 2025

TelecomTV recently conducted its second Cloud-Native Telco Market Perception Survey
We asked network operators which of their peers they regard as the cloud-native telco sector pioneers
Rakuten Mobile and Deutsche Telekom took the top spots, with Orange in third

Rakuten Mobile is the network operator sector’s leading cloud-native telco pioneer, with Deutsche Telekom not far behind, according to the results of a survey conducted by TelecomTV that have just been published in our Cloud-Native Telco Market Perception Report.

We asked executives from a broad range of operators to participate in our second Cloud-Native Telco Market Perception study (the first was in September 2023), and received responses from 35 individuals representing more than 20 (mostly Tier 1) network operators in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. The job titles of the respondents ranged from CTO/CTIO and chief telco cloud executives to multiple group technology VPs, operations managers, network planners and more.

We posed a number of questions about cloud-native telco progress, including one that asked our respondents about which of their fellow network operators they regarded as cloud-native telco pioneers. We provided a lengthy list of options and our respondents could select as many as they deemed appropriate – they were also able to suggest others they regard as cloud-native telco pioneers.  
That Rakuten Mobile received the most support – 51% of our respondents identified the Japanese operator as a pioneer – is perhaps not a great surprise. As a greenfield operator without any legacy it was able to adopt cloud-native processes and associated technologies from the beginning, and talked a lot about how it was doing so and achieving significant operational efficiencies and agility as a result.

https://www.telecomtv.com/content/cloud-native/...lco-pioneers-53172/
 

I Asked ChatGPT’s Most Advanced Model to Find the Stocks Most Likely to 100x Over the Next 10 Years — Here’s What It Said

Caleb Naysmith
Wed, September 3, 2025

In an age where artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming everything from trading desks to drug discovery, we wanted to test how far the technology could go in investment research. So, we asked ChatGPT Pro, bolstered by its Deep Research mode, to identify U.S.-listed small-cap stocks that could plausibly return 100x in the next 10 years. Using these features, you can get investment-grade research in about 20 or 30 minutes, saving investors what could be days of research.

The Master List
According to ChatGPT’s top 15 ranked companies were:
        1.§AbCellera Biologics
        2.Schrödinger          §
        3.§Rocket Lab
        4.§Ginkgo Bioworks
        5.      IonQ          §
        6.§Solid Power, Inc. (SLDP)
        7.§AeroVironment (AVAV)
        8.§Aehr Test Systems
        9.§NuScale Power
       10.§Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX)
       11.§Origin Materials
       12.§Nano Dimension (NNDM)
       13.§C3.ai (AI)
       14.§AST SpaceMobile
       15.§Arqit Quantim (ARQQ)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...-most-advanced-model-165326942.html
 

Rakuten Mobile is Exclusive Carrier of Nothing's "Phone (3)" in Japan!

September 03,  2025

Rakuten Mobile announced that it has begun exclusive domestic sales of the "Phone (3)," London-based technology brand Nothing's first flagship smartphone model. RNN shares highlights of the press conference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrhLlEBz0Hc
 

Call Inquiries Halved! Rakuten Card's Contact Center Improvements and AI Use

September 04, 2025

At Rakuten Card's customer contact centers, a business improvement project was launched to divert inquiries to channels other than phone calls, successfully reducing the concentration of calls by more than half. Especially in live chat, a function that allows AI to instantly provide answers matching the inquiry from over 1,800 templates has been gradually introduced and is contributing to improvements in quality and efficiency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO7FUOM-WJk


 

UI vs. UX Explained: Viki UX Designer Shares Real-World Insights & Career Advice

Aug 28, 2025

https://blog.viki.com/...al-world-insights-career-advice-16065a18fbec
 

Modernizing Telco DNA: Strategic Transformation with Cloud-Native ODA - Intelligent Growth Series

August 08, 2025

Transforming telco infrastructure isn’t just a tech project – it’s a strategic evolution.

In this session, leaders from Jio and Rakuten Symphony explore how the adoption of cloud-native Open Digital Architecture (ODA) is reshaping CSP transformation. From modularization and containerization to open APIs and CI/CD pipelines, they discuss the steps needed to build agile, interoperable systems across multi-vendor environments.

The panel also dives into the operational challenges of service assurance in microservices-based networks and outlines architectural principles that reduce vendor lock-in while enabling long-term control and flexibility.

Featuring:
Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mittal, Executive Vice President & Director – Architecture, Jio Platforms Ltd
Sandeep Arora, SVP & Head of Sales – India, APAC, MEA, Rakuten Symphony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hMs2fqcVBo
 

Prepaid Cards Propel Japan Toward Cashless Society, Boosted by E-commerce Boom

June 24, 2025

Japan's prepaid card and digital wallet market is thriving with a forecasted growth rate of 10.7% annually, reaching $227.19 billion in 2025. Driven by government cashless initiatives, e-commerce expansion, and digital integration, this sector will shape Japan's financial ecosystem.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...-propel-japan-toward-154300889.html

 

Singapore’s ViSenze acquired by Nasdaq-listed Rezolve AI to power APAC expansion

Rezolve's ambitions and goals align closely with ViSenze's, focusing on leading the retail sector through AI, innovation, and impact

27 Aug, 2025

Since its inception, the company has raised US$34.5 million in funding from a slew of investors, such as 31VENTURES, Impossible Ventures, Rakuten Capital, SPH Ventures, WI Harper Group, UOB, Gobi Partners, Walden International, SPRING Singapore, Tembusu Partners, Global Brain, Innoven Capital, NUS Enterprise, and SEED Venture Capital.

https://e27.co/...listed-rezolve-ai-to-power-apac-expansion-20250827/
 

Driving Intelligent Growth: Rakuten Symphony at FutureNet Asia 2025

September 5, 2025

Mobile networks across Asia are at an inflection point. Artificial intelligence, network automation, and 5G are reshaping the industry, yet technology by itself is not enough to deliver sustainable growth. To thrive, operators must align technological innovation with business fundamentals and customer value.
At FutureNet Asia 2025, Rakuten Symphony will present its vision of Intelligent Growth—a strategy that unites telecom expertise with digital business fundamentals to help operators unlock profitability, efficiency, and long-term competitiveness.

On September 16–17 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Rakuten Symphony experts will engage industry leaders through keynotes, panels, fireside chats, and live demonstrations at booth #11, showcasing how operators can operationalize intelligent growth in today’s fast-evolving market.

https://symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...-symphony-at-futurenet-asia-2025
 

Illuminating the Future of the Affiliate Industry: New Horizons Drawn by Rakuten Optimism U.S. 2025

As the world of digital marketing is rapidly changing, an event brought together industry leaders to share insights and chart a path to the future. With the warm climate of Carlsbad, California, Rakuten Optimism U.S. 2025 marked two groundbreaking days for the affiliate marketing industry.

https://note.com/modern_knot7158/n/nd30b84a87155
 

Rakuten Card Fosters Secure Workplace with Customer Harassment Countermeasures

September 05, 2025

Rakuten Card has issued a joint statement with AEON Financial Service and Credit Saison regarding customer harassment, a growing issue in Japanese society. For many years, Rakuten Card has promoted customer harassment countermeasures, believing that creating an environment where Rakutenians can work with peace of mind is the foundation for providing better services to all customers. Through interviews with communicators on the front lines of phone support and the managers who oversee them, RNN delves into how their work environment has improved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jz-6Z_mBGI&t=18s
 

Kursfeststellung bei Ariva.

https://www.ariva.de/aktien/...n-group-inc-aktie/kurse/handelsplaetze  

KubeBot: Empowering NOC Engineers with AI-Powered Kubernetes Management

Developed by: Subha Shrinivasan, SVP, Global Head of Delivery and Customer Experience, Rakuten Symphony

The rapid adoption of containerization and Kubernetes has introduced new levels of complexity for NOC engineers. KubeBot has been built as an AI-powered assistant to help resolve incidents, perform diagnostics, and managing intricate Kubernetes commands.

KubeBot is built using Rakuten Symphony’s proprietary multi-agent orchestrator that processes several beta bytes of time series data, alerts, configuration drifts and orchestrates in real time for proactive incident management – from processing alerts to executing K8s commands and restoring
Key Innovations and Benefits for the Industry:

Natural Language to Kubernetes Commands: KubeBot's ability to translate natural language into complex Kubernetes commands is a game-changer. This feature democratizes Kubernetes usage, making it accessible to non-experts and bridging a significant skill gap in SRE roles across the tech and telecom sectors.

AI Co-Pilot for Incident Management: As an AI co-pilot, KubeBot assists with incident detection and response, provides on-demand diagnostics using AI-based observability, and generates AI-based proactive alerts. This proactive and intuitive support amplifies human capabilities, allowing engineers to focus on higher-level problem-solving.

Conversational Problem Solving and Context-Aware Recommendations: The agent's conversational problem-solving capabilities, combined with multi-modal intelligence and context-aware recommendations, provide a more efficient and user-friendly experience for engineers. This reduces the time spent on manual troubleshooting and searching for information.

Tangible ROI and Reduced Human Error: By accelerating incident resolution and providing AI-driven guidance, KubeBot drives tangible Return on Investment(ROI) through improved service availability and reduced operational costs. The reduction in human error further contributes to system stability and reliability.

KubeBot represents a vital asset for any organization in the global tech and telecom industry grappling with the complexities of Kubernetes management. It also empowers a broader range of engineers to manage containerized infrastructure, streamlines operations and improves incident response.

https://symphony.rakuten.com/blog/igniting-innovation-ai

 

Rakuten Viber launches Ads Manager in Ukraine for small and medium businesses

Rakuten Viber announced the launch of a unique advertising platform, Ads Manager, which allows Ukrainian small and medium-sized advertisers and agencies to independently create and launch advertising campaigns on Viber with a minimum budget of $100.

As noted by Rakuten Viber Commercial Director Christina Konstadake, Ads Manager is «the next stage in Viber’s development strategy as a superapp for businesses.» According to her, after successful testing, the company decided to introduce the product in Ukraine to make advertising tools accessible even to small businesses.

Previously, large brands were already actively using Viber’s corporate solutions for business, and small companies were using business profiles to communicate with customers. Now they also have advertising opportunities.

https://dev.ua/en/news/...a%2520minimum%2520budget%2520of%2520%24100.
 

Rakuten Mobile reported 90.6 billion yen in total segment revenue in the second quarter of FY2025 (ending June 30, 2025), up 33.5% year-over-year, driven by subscriber growth and increased Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). This growth contributed to Rakuten Mobile's progress toward achieving full-year EBITDA profitability in 2025.

Key Financials for Q2 FY2025:

Total Segment Revenue: JPY 90.6 billion (+33.5% YoY).

Mobile Service Revenue: JPY 47.7 billion (+26.9% YoY).

Net ARPU: JPY 2,474 (+JPY 114 YoY).

Subscribers: 8.97 million as of June 30, 2025, a net increase of 0.39 million from the previous quarter.

Contributing Factors:

Increased Subscriber Acquisitions and Lower Churn: The company saw a net increase in subscribers due to strong acquisition efforts and reduced churn, partly influenced by seasonal factors and carrier price revisions.

Improved ARPU: Growth in both business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) data ARPU directly impacted profitability metrics.

Network Quality: Improved network quality was cited as a key factor for subscriber growth.
Ecosystem Synergy: The broader Rakuten ecosystem offered cross-selling and up-selling opportunities.

https://www.google.com/...FjVqAFwAXgAkAEAmAGXAaABthiqAQQzNi40uAEDyAEA  

Rakuten Group's Q2 2025 financial results have emerged as a watershed moment in its evolution from a fragmented e-commerce and telecom player to a unified, AI-powered ecosystem. With a record-high EBITDA of ¥103.2 billion (up 54.5% year-on-year) and the Mobile segment's first quarterly EBITDA profitability since its standalone launch, the company has demonstrated a sustainable shift toward profitability.  10.3.2 billion Yen = about $275 million in the quarter or $1.1 billion on a yearly base = an important puzzle for self-founding. These metrics, coupled with strategic AI integration, position Rakuten as a compelling long-term investment in Asia's tech-financial landscape.

Q2 2025: A Catalyst for Ecosystem Synergies

Rakuten's Q2 performance underscores the power of cross-segment collaboration. The Mobile Ecosystem Contribution—a newly formalized metric—reveals how Rakuten Mobile subscribers drive activity across the group's services. For instance, mobile users are 30% more likely to engage with Rakuten Ichiba and Rakuten Travel compared to non-subscribers, creating a flywheel effect. This interdependence boosted the Mobile segment's EBITDA to ¥5.6 billion, despite Non-GAAP operating losses narrowing by ¥13.9 billion YoY.

https://www.ainvest.com/news/...h-ai-driven-ecosystem-dominance-2508/  

Rakuten's AI initiatives are not just incremental upgrades but foundational to its long-term strategy. The launch of Rakuten AI, a free agentic AI tool integrated into the Rakuten Link app and available as a web app, exemplifies this. By leveraging user data from its 9 million mobile subscribers and 17 million Rakuten Bank customers, the company is building hyper-personalized experiences.

For example:
Rakuten Ichiba will deploy AI-driven product recommendations in autumn 2025, using user preferences and purchasing trends to boost conversion rates.
Rakuten Securities employs AI avatars to deliver real-time financial advice, while Rakuten Travel uses AI concierges to tailor hotel packages.
Affiliate Intelligence, an AI-powered affiliate marketing platform, addresses fraud detection and multi-touch attribution, potentially revolutionizing the sector.

These tools are underpinned by Rakuten's investment in smaller, efficient AI models (e.g., Rakuten AI 2.0 with Mixture of Experts architecture), reducing operational costs by 40% compared to traditional models. The company's participation in Japan's GENIAC project further solidifies its R&D edge in next-gen language models.

https://www.ainvest.com/news/...h-ai-driven-ecosystem-dominance-2508/
 

Rakuten Securities adds 186 new stocks to the "Kabu Pita"  & "Kabu Mini " stocks!

September 4

To commemorate the addition of stocks, a campaign for target stocks will also be held -

https://www.rakuten-sec.co.jp/web/company/newsrelease/fy2025.html
 

Why Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Is Betting Big on AI

https://fashnfly.com/2025/01/...e-giant-rakuten-is-betting-big-on-ai/
 

SOY TRIP 2025: A Special Journey into the Future of E-commerce

September 08, 2025

"This trip was a once-in-a-lifetime, special experience," said a merchant who had just returned from "SOY TRIP 2025," a training trip exclusively for Rakuten Ichiba's Rakuten SHOP OF THE YEAR award winners. This edition, primarily held in Seattle, was packed with excitement and inspiration for the participants, including learning about AI during a visit to Microsoft headquarters and a surprise trip to an LA Dodgers baseball game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtKpP-SBDg