KAKEZAN 2026 Up Close: Watch the Future Take Shape! | Monthly Woven City #4 | Toyota Times News

The Monthly Woven City Series    • Monthly Woven City, Episode 1: All About t...      • [Pollen-Less Space] Woven City Demonstrati...      • A Neighborly Chat with SVP Daisuke Toyoda ...   Videos related to Woven City    • [Woven City] Who Lives There? What Trials?...      • An Up-Close Look at a Hot Topic: Woven Cit...   Check out Toyota Times articles! Which One Is Akio Toyoda: The Real One or the AI? We Asked Both the Same Questions https://toyotatimes.jp/en/newscast/18... Hack the Mobility--The Woven City Challenge Begins https://toyotatimes.jp/en/series/welc... This episode of Monthly Woven City covers KAKEZAN 2026, the event that marked a major turning point for Woven City. Exhibits included the latest technology from Woven by Toyota (WbyT) aimed at achieving zero traffic accidents as well as displays from Inventor companies. One exhibit that drew throngs of visitors was the Akio Toyoda AI, an AI that Chairman Akio Toyoda himself took part in developing. Watch the video to see how well its speech resembles the real Akio. The event also featured a pitch competition where ten startups vied with one another to become new Inventors in Woven City. Who came out on top? [Chapters] 00:00 Opening 00:41 KAKEZAN 2026 02:15 Cars as moving infrastructure 04:13 AI that translates video into language 08:09 CEO Kumabe’s goal of zero traffic accidents 09:21 SVP Toyoda discusses Woven City AI 10:33 New Inventor: Daiichikosho 11:48 Just like the real deal! Akio Toyoda AI 13:19 AI vs. the real Akio 19:53 The story behind the creation of Akio Toyoda AI 21:19 Chairman Toyoda arrives at the event 22:57 Message from the chairman: “Do whatever you like” 26:23 A pitch competition between 10 startups 31:42 And the winners are… Ending Theme Song Woven City Official City Anthem “Woven City” Lyrics and Music: Naoto Inti Raymi