GMO Internet Group Offers Free AI Access Exclusively to University of Tokyo Students

GMO Internet Group (GMO Internet Group) has launched a program allowing University of Tokyo students to access over 40 AI models for free, with the company covering all costs. Masatoshi Kumagai (熊谷正壽), the group's representative, explained on X on September 17 that the decision was driven by the company's focus on recruiting top-tier talent from the university and his personal family ties to the institution, as his great-grandfather and grandfather were both alumni. The service, provided through GMO's subsidiary GMO Tenbin AI (GMO 天秤 AI), offers features equivalent to the corporate Biz plan, which typically starts at 1,400 JPY per account monthly.