Hitachi and Google Cloud announce collaboration in Generative AI space

Bengaluru, 29 May: Hitachi and Google Cloud on Wednesday announced a multi-year partnership to accelerate enterprise innovation and productivity with generative AI, the company said in a press release.

According to the company, Hitachi will form a new business unit focused on helping businesses solve industry challenges with Gemini models, Vertex AI, and other cloud technologies.

The company will also adopt Google Cloud’s AI to enhance its own products and services. Through the partnership, Hitachi will further accelerate growth of Lumada, its core digital business, along with advancing operational efficiencies for the Hitachi Group.

The company also said that its subsidiary, GlobalLogic will establish the Hitachi Google Cloud Business Unit and the Google Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) to scale Google Cloud technology to new and existing enterprise customers. Moreover, Hitachi will collaborate with Google Cloud to incorporate training on Google Cloud’s GenAI as part of Hitachi’s GenAI Professional training programme.

“Through this partnership, Hitachi will leverage Google Cloud's AI capabilities to improve and enhance employee productivity and accelerate innovation. By augmenting the capabilities of our developers and customer success units with Google Cloud GenAI solutions, such as Vertex AI and Gemini models, Hitachi will be able to better serve the needs of its customers in diverse industries and across complex domains such as energy, mobility, manufacturing and digital services,” Toshiaki Tokunaga, Executive VP and Executive Officer at Hitachi said.

Commenting on the collaboration, Nitesh Banga, CEO, Digital Engineering Business Unit, Hitachi, and President & CEO of GlobalLogic said, “Through this global alliance, Hitachi is strategically aligning its go-to-market approach together with Google Cloud to drive tangible results. We are establishing clear pathways for collaboration, ensuring enhanced efficiency and acceleration in delivering solutions to our collective clients. This investment in building our Google Cloud Business Unit will provide the necessary energy, focus, and cohesive teamwork essential for achieving the desired accelerated time-to-market, translating innovation into swift revenue growth.”