Chiba University, a national university corporation headquartered in Inage Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture and led by President Kotaro Yokote, has signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with Triple Eyes Inc., headquartered in Minato Ward, Tokyo and led by CEO Hiroya Katafuchi, to promote AI education and digital transformation in local communities. A signing ceremony was held on Friday, May 1, 2026. Since October 2025, Chiba University and Triple Eyes have collaborated on AI-related courses for high school students under ASCENT-6E, an innovative education and research support program operated by Chiba University’s Next-Generation Talent Support Office as part of its high school-university partnership initiatives. The program aims to foster outstanding talent in science and technology at an early stage. Under the new agreement, Chiba University will launch a new general education course, “AI Co-Creation and Digital Design Fundamentals” for two credits, beginning in April 2026. The course will be open to students from all faculties and years. The partnership will also connect researchers across the diverse fields of a comprehensive university with Triple Eyes’ AI technologies and implementation expertise, further strengthening collaboration to address a wide range of social challenges. Chiba University President Kotaro Yokote said the agreement will organically connect Triple Eyes’ cutting-edge AI technologies with the university’s resources in general education, high school-university collaborative education, entrepreneurship education, and related areas. He said the university aims to build a partnership that maximizes the strengths of both sides. He also expressed high expectations that the collaboration will be flexibly customized according to its purposes and target audiences, leading to the realization of human resource development suited to the AI era. Triple Eyes CEO Hiroya Katafuchi said that combining Triple Eyes’ social implementation capabilities