FastLabel Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Takeshi Suzuki; hereinafter "FastLabel"), which supports the development of robot foundation models and domain-specific Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, and MW Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Shuzo Narita; hereinafter "MW") announce that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and commenced a collaboration aimed at building large-scale and highly reliable datasets that are essential for the development of AI robots designed to automate and replace household chores in residential environments, as well as robot foundation models. "Physical AI" × "Housing and Household Chores" is a field in which Japan can aspire to become the world's leader. The two companies aim to develop AI robotics that functions optimally in Japanese residential environments and realize a world where household chores are automated. Comments Shuzo Narita CEO, MW Inc. "MW aims to create 'Living Homes'—the future of housing that combines beautiful architecture, AI, and robots. While the Physical AI revolution will bring massive transformation to housing and lifestyles, MW will become a pioneer by creating 'Living Homes' that can liberate humanity from housework, allowing them to enjoy richer time and space. To build that world, we believe that proprietary architecture, proprietary hardware, proprietary software, proprietary learning infrastructure, and proprietary AI data are indispensable. This MOU signing with FastLabel marks the entrance to this AI data collection and learning infrastructure development. Toward creating an overwhelming volume of data, a high-quality learning infrastructure, and our ideal housing environment, we will build a wonderful partnership and co-creative relationship." Tetsuya Ogata Professor, Department of Intermedia Art and Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University "In recent years, as generative AI and large language model (LLM) technologies have advanced rapidly, the availability of high-quality, large-scale real-world data has become indispensable for realizing Physical AI and robot foundation models for robots operating in the real world. In particular, to automate household chores in Japan's complex residential environments, building diverse and highly reliable datasets that cannot be replaced by simulation alone is the key to success. This collaboration between FastLabel, which possesses extensive expertise in dataset construction, and MW, which envisions the future home as a 'Living Home,' is a groundbreaking initiative to collect and accumulate unique real-world data unlike anything achieved before. We strongly expect that the foundation models created through this collaboration will become a new path to success for Japan's robotics industry and serve as a pioneering example of opening the way to a richer future where humanity is freed from household chores." Takeshi Suzuki President and CEO, FastLabel Inc. "MW's vision is not simply a 'household robot,' but a world called the 'Living Home.' The data generated from this vision has unique value unlike anything else. As a behind-the-scenes partner helping bring this vision to life, FastLabel is delighted to support MW from the perspective of data. Together, we will expand the new industrial field of Physical AI × Housing from Japan to the world and build a pioneering example that demonstrates Japan's path to success." About FastLabel FastLabel, Inc. is committed to building data infrastructure that enables data-centric AI development. The company provides end-to-end support across the AI development lifecycle, including data collection and generation, annotation, model development, and DataOps implementation. In recent years, FastLabel has expanded its focus to the field of physical AI, including robotics, and has been developing data pipelines that support the creation of robot foundation models and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models. Company Overview Company Name: FastLabel Inc. Headquarters: Shinjuku Sumitomo Building 24F, 2-6-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan Representative: Takeshi Suzuki, President and CEO Business: Provider of professional services and products supporting Data-centric AI development Website: https://fastlabel.ai/service/robotics Media Contact Corporate Communications FastLabel Inc. E-mail: pr@fastlabel.ai