Rakuten's online market keeps losing merchants over its drone deal with Helsing
The Tokyo cafe bar Berg left the Rakuten Ichiba platform on Thursday, followed by the Osaka leather goods maker QuatroGats and the mail-order firm Cataloghouse. All three objected to Rakuten's tie-up with the German defence artificial intelligence company Helsing. Berg cited its anti-war stance, while QuatroGats, which sells peace and nuclear-abolition designs, said the partnership did not match its corporate philosophy.
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Rakuten keeps losing merchants over its drone deal with Helsing The Tokyo cafe bar Berg left the Rakuten Ichiba platform on Thursday, followed by the Osaka leather goods maker QuatroGats and the mail-order firm Cataloghouse. All three objected to Rakuten's tie-up with the German defence artificial intelligence company Helsing. Berg cited its anti-war stance, while QuatroGats, which sells peace and nuclear-abolition designs, said the partnership did not match its corporate philosophy. Berg cited its anti-war stance, while QuatroGats, which sells peace and nuclear-abolition designs, said the partnership did not match its corporate philosophy.[1]
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The Tokyo cafe bar Berg left the Rakuten Ichiba platform on Thursday, followed by the Osaka leather goods maker QuatroGats and the mail-order firm Cataloghouse. All three objected to Rakuten's tie-up with the German defence artificial intelligence company Helsing. Berg cited its anti-war stance, while QuatroGats, which sells peace and nuclear-abolition designs, said the partnership did not match its corporate philosophy. Helsing, founded in 2021, builds artificial intelligence for autonomous drones, and the tie-up aims to supply Japan's Defense Ministry. Rakuten Ichiba carries more than 50,000 merchants.[1]
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Rakuten keeps losing merchants over its drone deal with Helsing The Tokyo cafe bar Berg left the Rakuten Ichiba platform on Thursday, followed by the Osaka leather goods maker QuatroGats and the mail-order firm Cataloghouse. All three objected to Rakuten's tie-up with the German defence artificial intelligence company Helsing. Berg cited its anti-war stance, while QuatroGats, which sells peace and nuclear-abolition designs, said the partnership did not match its corporate philosophy. Helsing, founded in 2021, builds artificial intelligence for autonomous drones, and the tie-up aims to supply Japan's Defense Ministry. Rakuten Ichiba carries more than 50,000 merchants.[1]
