財閥 Founded 2022 · Shin-Kōbe
A century of steel. Four years of mind.
ZNSI began as the neuromorphic division of Kurogane Semiconductor, part of a conglomerate that has built ships, rails and steel since 1921. In 2022 the Kurogane group spun it out with one instruction: build a mind that does not need to be rebuilt.
- Employees
- 6,400
- Endowment
- ¥1.4trillion
- Outside shareholders
- 0
- Fabs that can make KIRIN
- 1
01 Leadership
The people responsible.
Chair
Sayo Kurogane
Fourth generation of the Kurogane family. Chairs ZNSI and the Office of Harmony's oversight board.
Founder and Chief Executive
Dr. Haruto Ishida
Twenty years as a Kurogane fab engineer. Coined “plastic inference” and ordered the Ignition.
Chief Scientist
Dr. Imani Okonkwo-Reyes
Led the MUGEN team through the Ignition. Previously computational neuroscience.
Director, Office of Harmony
Lucien Varga
Leads safety and alignment. Reports to the Chair, not to the Chief Executive.
General Manager, Site 7
Mireille Achterberg
Runs the only fab on Earth that makes KIRIN wafers. Sleeps on site during excursions.
Clinical Lead, KIZUNA
Dr. Tomasz Wierzba
Runs trial KZ-2 in Reno and Kobe.
02 History
Four years, no restarts.
Spun out of Kurogane Semiconductor as Zaibatsu Neural Super Intelligence K.K.
First KIRIN-7 wafer passes burn-in at Site 7.
The Harmony Charter adopted. Office of Harmony established.
MUGEN-3 and the ZNSI API launch.
The Ignition. MUGEN-4 made plastic.
KIRIN-9 unveiled.
KIZUNA trial KZ-2 begins.
MUGEN-5 released.
03 Locations
Where the neurons are.
Tower Zero, Shin-Kōbe
61 storeys. The top twelve are the Crown: 48 Shōgi pods.
Site 7, Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Halls A to F. 210 Shōgi pods and every KIRIN wafer ever made.
Reno, Nevada
KIZUNA clinical centre. Trial KZ-2.
Singapore · Frankfurt
Regions ap-1 and eu-1, relayed to the Crown.