Recursive's Executive Officer, Shun Wakabayashi, delivered a lightning talk at Google's "AI for the Planet"; a special event hosted by Google as part of the 47th ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS 2025) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event was dedicated to exploring the potential of technology and AI in realizing a resilient planet.
ABIS 2025 centered its main theme on "Unifying markets for shared prosperity". While focused on economic integration, the summit recognized that climate change response and sustainable development remain critical priorities for the rapidly growing ASEAN region, setting the stage for the Google-hosted event.
Google's "AI for the Planet" was organized to directly address the urgent challenges facing the ASEAN region. It focused on demonstrating how AI solutions can accelerate sustainable outcomes and provide concrete solutions to global challenges.
Shun's session, titled "Empowering Local Futures with Scientific AI", provided an in-depth explanation of how Recursive's AI technology can support a sustainable future for local communities. The core of Recursive's offering is its Scientific AI solutions, which are foundational for understanding and predicting complex physical phenomena and economic systems. Shun emphasized the potential for this advanced AI to contribute to solving specific issues within the ASEAN region, which is particularly susceptible to the impact of climate change while simultaneously undergoing rapid economic growth.
This event served as a crucial opportunity to showcase how Recursive's AI technology and vision play a vital role in global problem-solving. The positive interest in Recursive's AI solutions from industry leaders and policymakers underscores the relevance of our innovative technology in addressing critical sustainability challenges.
Founded by a former senior research engineer at Google DeepMind, Recursive brings together world-class talent from across disciplines to engineer results where others can't.
