What does Noetra make?

Noetra has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Noetra builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

Where is Noetra headquartered?

Noetra is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Noetra has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Noetra: robot AI company

Overview

Japanese national AI/robotics infrastructure company. CEO Hironobu Tamba (also SoftBank executive). Government funding 380B yen ($2.33B) first year. 44 companies backing: SoftBank, Honda, Sony + 41 others. Procuring 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips. Construction starts April 2027, operations June 2028. Provides Japanese companies safe foundational AI model for data sovereignty. Government aims 10M AI-enabled robots by 2040. Tamba: "last chance for Japan."

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Government Funding

380B yen ($2.33B) first year

Backerssee investors →

SoftBank, Honda, Sony + 41 others (44 total)

CEO

Hironobu Tamba (also SoftBank executive)

Chips

27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips procured

Timeline

Construction April 2027, operations June 2028

National Goal

10M AI-enabled robots by 2040

Data & sources

Web sources

1

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Noetra.

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Recent activity

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Record createdJul 22, 2026
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Sources (1)

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/robot-ai-company-noetra-last-050905060.html

Common questions

What is Noetra?: Japanese national AI/robotics infrastructure company. CEO Hironobu Tamba (also SoftBank executive). Government funding 380B yen ($2.33B) first year. 44 companies backing: SoftBank, Honda, Sony + 41 others. Procuring 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips. Construction starts April 2027, operations June 2028. Provides Japanese companies safe foundational AI model for data sovereignty. Government aims 10M AI-enabled robots by 2040. Tamba: "last chance for Japan."
What does Noetra make?: Noetra has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Noetra builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.
Where is Noetra headquartered?: Noetra is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Is Noetra safe?: Noetra has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-22

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

No press coverage on file for Noetra yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

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RSS feed: /companies/noetra/feed.xml
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REST API: /v1/companies/64bdd6f7-833f-4db2-b670-650a978b23e4
Revision history: /companies/noetra/history
Data documentation: /data
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