Mizuho tackles Japan’s dementia crisis using artificial intelligence & machine learning

Apr 25

The Client

Mizuho Information & Research Institute (MHIR)- part of Mizuho Financial Group, one of Japan’s largest banks.

The Objective

MHIR has set a strategy to develop innovative solutions for the aging population. The number of dementia patients in Japan is expected to reach nearly 7 million by 2025.

The Solution

Using our proprietary process and Mizuho’s criteria, our team identified and vetted all relevant technology partners. With our guidance, MHIR selected MyndYou whose technology monitors cognitive and behavioral functions of older adults, using machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, to detect aberrations which then signal cause for human intervention.

The Outcome

MHIR validated MyndYou’s technology with 30 therapists in 5 locations across Japan. The two companies have signed a commercial agreement and plan to scale the technology systems and services across Japan.

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Ana Martinez

Ana has extensive experience in corporate innovation. She has helped over 25 Global 1000 corporations from a wide range of industries develop new business strategies using the latest technologies in the market and has also led 70+ partnerships between corporations and startups. Ana has worked with corporate clients such as Nestle, PepsiCo, Volkswagen, Procter & Gamble, JetBlue, Mizuho, BP, Repsol, Nissan, Avis Budget Group, Magna, Renault, Ferguson, Allstate, GrainCorp, Givaudan, BSM, Griffith Foods, AGC, IAG, among others.

As a member of Rabobank’s first Innovation Team, Ana successfully launched Foodbytes, a pitch competition and networking platform that connects the top food and agriculture startups, corporates and investors. With 15 global pitch competitions, 260+ startup pitches and 4700+ attendees, Foodbytes has become the top startup pitch competitions in the food and agriculture industries. She also launched TERRA, a food and agriculture accelerator that brings together the industry’s most disruptive startups and leading corporations to fuel industry innovation and strategic partnerships.

Ana graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a major in Economics. She was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and loves to play golf!