
ARAYA
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AI
Research and Development
coded an analogous novelty-seeking agent, for purposes of comparison. The experiments I conducted using my finished scripts yielded interesting results, which I presented repeatedly at meetings of the research team of ARAYA Inc. Through conversations with my supervisor and the CEO, Ryota Kanai, I developed an understanding of how basic research conducted at ARAYA Inc. relates to the entrepreneurial wing of the company and, more generally, how science and business can lock arms and fuel each other.