NTT Research Launches Scale Academy and SaltGrain Quantum-Safe Platform： A Criti

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Why is NTT Shifting from “Research” to “Products” Now?

Simple answer: Because the time is right. Seven years of foundational research investment have allowed NTT Research to accumulate technical capital in specific areas sufficient for productization; simultaneously, external market anxiety over quantum-safe solutions is intensifying, creating an unprecedented window of demand. The establishment of Scale Academy is essentially aimed at solving the most headache-inducing “valley of death” problem for research institutions—how to bridge the vast gap between laboratory prototypes and market-viable products.

Since its founding in 2019, NTT Research has played the role of a “future technology explorer.” According to its public data, its investments in areas such as physics and informatics, cryptography and information security, and medical and health informatics over the past few years have yielded hundreds of academic papers and patents. However, academic influence does not equate to market influence. Senior Vice President Bennett Indart bluntly pointed out that transforming theories, papers, and patents into things people genuinely want to use in their daily lives is a “completely different challenge.” The mission of Scale Academy is to systematically address this challenge.

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NTT Research Launches Scale Academy and SaltGrain Quantum-Safe Platform： A Criti

Why is NTT Shifting from “Research” to “Products” Now?