AI-Business
— Where to take position in the age of the SaaS shake-up Hello! This is Qualiteg Consulting! Over the past few years, we have seen a steady increase in consultations and discussions on the theme of "Japan's AI strategy." Since the arrival of generative AI, everyone from
LLM Security
Hello! In this sixth installment of the series, we cover Troubleshooting - common problems and how to solve them. In the previous installment (Part 5), we looked at how Integrated Windows Authentication behaves in the browser. By understanding the concept of the intranet zone, it became clear why authentication behaves
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AI Agents
— What to design now to make AI adoption business-ready (a three-part series) Hello! This is the Qualiteg Consulting Team. In the previous installment (Part 1), we looked at the Replit/Lemkin incident and the Deloitte Australian government report problem, and saw that the real challenge of deploying AI agents lies
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AI Agents
What AI Deployment Incidents Reveal — What to design now to make AI adoption business-ready (a three-part series) Hello! This is the Qualiteg Consulting Team. Even as more companies adopt AI agents, the difficulty of moving from the "trying it out" stage to the "running it in the
LLM
Introduction This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the performance of Japanese-capable LLMs, based on benchmark data from Nejumi Leaderboard 4 (March 6, 2026 edition). Last time, we published our analysis report on the December 18, 2025 edition, and in roughly three months the landscape has shifted dramatically once again.
Generative AI Frontlines
Hello! Greetings from the Qualiteg consulting team! As of 2026, we believe coding is one of the biggest use cases for LLMs. Indeed, Menlo Ventures' research positions coding as a flagship use case for enterprise AI. Having recognized this, AI platform providers have been launching their own AI coding
LLM
Hello! Welcome to a special extra installment of our LLM Inference Infrastructure Provisioning Course! Part 3, "Estimating Inference-Time Memory Consumption for Your Model", we introduced the two major consumers of GPU memory, the model footprint and the KV cache, and explained how to calculate the KV cache size
AI-Business
Hello! Between 2025 and 2026, AI-related investment in Japan has been moving fast. Domestic LLM development, a data center construction boom, expanding government support programs. The sense of urgency—"Japan cannot afford to fall behind in AI"—shows up clearly in the numbers. This momentum is welcome, and
IT & AI Technology
Hello! In this fifth installment of the series, we cover "Browser Configuration and Authentication." In the previous installment (Part 4), we explained how joining the proxy server to the domain makes it possible to reliably identify who accessed ChatGPT or Claude. You should now have a good grasp
LLM Security
Hello! Now that generative AI services like ChatGPT and Claude are making their way into everyday work, "the risk of sending confidential information to AI" has emerged as a new security challenge. As we grappled with this challenge, we found ourselves looking back at how enterprise security architecture
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Learning from IT History
Hello. —— From SOA in 2003 to AI in 2026 —— This article looks back at past technology trends and reflects on the lessons we can draw from them. History always teaches us that what seems obvious in hindsight was invisible at the time. And what we believe to be "right&
AI-Business
Hello! This is Qualiteg Consulting! In Part 1, we covered the basic structure of subscription businesses and the revolutionary concepts of LTV and unit economics. Do you remember the golden rule, "LTV > 3 × CAC"? The Complete Guide to Subscription Business, Part 1: Never Get Lost in "
AI Agents
Hello! Welcome to the second installment of our coding agent series. In the previous installment, Part 1, we took a bird's-eye view of the AI coding agent landscape as of December 2025—a field in full bloom. The State and Future of Coding Agents, Part 1: The Landscape
Generative AI Frontlines
Hello! Today we take up Claude Code, the AI coding agent that has been generating a lot of buzz among engineers lately. AI coding assistants have multiplied rapidly over the past year or two, and many of you probably feel you can no longer tell which one to choose. In
LLM
⚠️ A newer version of this article is available The latest LLM ranking (March 2026 edition) is here Read the latest LLM ranking (March 2026 edition) → Introduction This report is a comprehensive analysis of the performance of Japanese-capable LLMs, based on benchmark data from Nejumi Leaderboard 4 (the 2025/12/18
AI Agents
Hello! This time, we present a grand tour of the more than 20 flourishing AI coding tools out there—introduced and explained all in one go! AI-assisted coding is by now simply how things are done, and new tools appear at a dizzying pace. We use several tools in our