March 19, 2026

Final Aim CEO Masafumi Asakura Speaks at NVIDIA GTC 2026 “Startup and VC Reception”

Delivered a pitch in San Jose, US on “Final Design,” a platform that enables creators and designers to conduct design development safely and securely while balancing creativity and rights protection

San Jose, US, March 19th, 2026 - Final Aim, Inc.  (Headquarters: Delaware, US / Co-Founder & CEO: Masafumi Asakura, Co-Founder & CDO: Yasuhide Yokoi, hereinafter referred to as “Final Aim”) is pleased to announce that its Co-Founder & CEO, Masafumi Asakura, spoke at the event “Startup and VC Reception,” held during “NVIDIA GTC 2026,” which took place in March 2026 in San Jose, California, USA, organized by NVIDIA Corporation (Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, US; Chief Executive Officer: Jensen Huang; hereinafter “NVIDIA”), a global leader in accelerated computing.

NVIDIA GTC is one of the world’s leading AI conferences hosted by NVIDIA. It is an international event that attracts significant global attention each year, where cutting-edge technologies and application cases across a wide range of industries—including artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, robotics, autonomous driving, data centers, healthcare, and manufacturing—are presented.

GTC brings together researchers, engineers, startups, large enterprises, investors, and students from around the world, where the latest research and business trends are shared through keynote speeches, technical sessions, exhibitions, and networking events. In recent years, driven by the rapid advancement of generative AI, participation from AI-related companies and startups has increased, making GTC an important platform for exchange and dissemination within the AI ecosystem.

The “Startup and VC Reception” is a networking event held at NVIDIA GTC 2026, aimed at fostering connections among startups, venture capital firms, and corporate participants. At this event, Final Aim’s Co-Founder & CEO, Masafumi Asakura, explained the challenges of design data management and IP management in the era of generative AI, and introduced the company’s design and IP management platform, “Final Design.”

With the widespread adoption of generative AI, the processes of design and content creation are undergoing significant transformation. Final Aim aims to enable the coexistence of “creation” and “protection” by providing new frameworks for design data management and IP management tailored to creative workflows in the generative AI era.

Overview of “NVIDIA GTC 2026”

  • Dates: March 16 (Mon) – March 19 (Thu), 2026
  • Venue: San Jose McEnery Convention Center
    (150 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA 95113)
  • Organizer: NVIDIA
  • Website: https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/

About NVIDIA

Founded in 1993, NVIDIA is a U.S. based technology company that has driven innovation in computing, centered on the development of GPUs (Graphics Processing Units). Originally developed for computer graphics, GPUs are now widely used across fields such as AI, deep learning, data science, robotics, autonomous driving, and data centers, playing a critical role as foundational technology in the AI era.NVIDIA is globally recognized as a provider of AI computing platforms, building an ecosystem that integrates hardware, software, development tools, and cloud services. The company also hosts NVIDIA GTC, one of the world’s premier AI conferences, fostering a global technology community where AI researchers, enterprises, and startups come together.

About Final Aim

Final Aim develops a design & IP management platform supporting new design development with generative AI and IP rights management. The company established its U.S. headquarters in April 2022 and was selected by the Berkeley SkyDeck startup accelerator in September of the same year. During the program, the company was awarded “The Most Likely to Become the Next Unicorn” in February 2023. Additionally, in June 2023, Final Aim was selected for the “Innovation Showcase” at the Japan-US Innovation Awards, co-hosted by the Japan Society of Northern California and Stanford University. The company has also been accepted into Alchemist X, a Silicon Valley-based accelerator highly regarded in the enterprise sector. Furthermore, in October 2024, Final Aim was introduced in the keynote speech of Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost at Autodesk University, one of the world’s largest conferences attended by over 12,000 people. The company continues to build global recognition and achievements, including presenting at DesignAI Live at NVIDIA GTC 2025 in San Jose.

Company Name: Final Aim, Inc.
Headquarters: Delaware, USA / Tokyo, Japan
Founders: Masafumi Asakura, Chief Executive Officer / Yasuhide Yokoi, Chief Design Officer
Website: https://final-aim.com

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