NTT Innovation Institute

Name

NTT Innovation Institute

Website

https://ntti3.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Research and Commercialization Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Technology Transfer & Innovation-Driven Research Universities (High Commercialization) (EDAHABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical Universities with Computing, Data & AI Focus (EDAHAEAK), Emerging Tech (IoT, Blockchain, AR/VR, Edge) Consulting (BPAHAEAL)

Keywords

• Technology innovation services
• Applied research and development
• Technology commercialization
• Lab to market consulting
• Emerging technology evaluation

Headquarters

HQ city

East Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Core offering

NTT Innovation Institute accelerates the transformation of innovative technology ideas from the lab into marketplace reality. Operating as a privately held applied research and innovation firm founded in 2013 and headquartered in East Palo Alto, United States, it focuses on evaluating, developing, and commercializing emerging technologies for organizational clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Battelle Memorial Institute: A large non-profit applied research organization that conducts commercial R&D across physical and life sciences for government and industry clients. Comparable as an independent applied research entity, though with a much broader sector footprint than NTT i3's telecom-adjacent emerging-tech focus.
• SRI International: An independent, non-profit applied research institute that conducts contract R&D across AI, robotics, and computing, with a mission to transition innovations into commercial and government use. Comparable to NTT i3 as a Silicon Valley-based applied research organization focused on tech commercialization.
• Bell Labs (Nokia): The corporate research arm of Nokia, Bell Labs is the most direct analogue to NTT i3: a telecom-parent-owned R&D lab focused on fundamental and applied research with a mandate to feed innovations into the parent's product portfolio. Same parent-company-funded model, same lab-to-marketplace role.
• Xerox PARC: A storied corporate research lab now operating as a subsidiary of SRI, focused on applied research and technology commercialization for enterprise clients. Directly comparable as a corporate R&D entity whose value depends on successfully transitioning inventions into commercial products.

Others

• NTT Data: The primary IT services operating company within NTT Group. While not a direct peer in research, NTT Data is one of the principal internal customers for any technology commercialized by NTT i3 and is the most likely channel through which the institute's innovations reach market.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Research: A large-scale corporate research division within a major tech incumbent, pursuing both fundamental and applied research across AI, systems, and emerging tech with the goal of feeding innovations into the parent company's products — comparable in function though vastly larger in scale than NTT i3.
• IBM Research: One of the world's largest corporate research organizations, operating global labs that develop emerging technologies and transition them into IBM's product and services portfolio. Highly comparable mission (lab-to-market) though broader in scope and much larger than NTT i3.
• Samsung Research: The consolidated R&D division of Samsung Electronics, covering AI, semiconductors, communications, and emerging tech with a mandate to feed innovations into Samsung's global product lines. Comparable as a parent-owned applied research organization, though much broader in scope than NTT i3.
• Google X (Alphabet moonshot factory): Alphabet's R&D lab for developing breakthrough emerging technologies and spinning out standalone companies. Comparable lab-to-marketplace mandate within a deep-pocketed parent, though operating at substantially larger scale and a more venture-like model than NTT i3.
• Hitachi Research: Hitachi's corporate R&D organization, similarly structured as a Japanese conglomerate's research arm developing emerging technologies (AI, IoT, digital infrastructure) for commercialization across the parent's operating businesses. Comparable as a Japan-headquartered parent-funded applied research entity.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ntti3
• Facebookfacebook.com/nttinnovation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nttinnovationinstitute

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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