NTT, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, and Mujin Announce Capital and Business Alliance
~Advancing physical AI and robotics through the integration of communications, cloud computing technology, AI, and robotics technologies~

TOKYO - December 2, 2025 - NTT, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Akira Shimada; hereinafter "NTT") and NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Katsushige Kojima; hereinafter "NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS") entered into a capital and business alliance (the Alliance) with Mujin, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; CEO: Issei Takino; hereinafter "Mujin"), a global leader in intelligent robotics driving digital transformation in manufacturing and logistics through Physical AI with real-time Digital Twin technology.

Through the Alliance, the advanced technologies of the NTT Group, along with its AI era optimized platforms and integrated system capabilities, will be combined with Mujin's intelligent automation platform, MujinOS, the core technology enabling intelligent robot control across factories and warehouses. Together, the companies will accelerate the deployment of safe, secure, and scalable robotic automation solutions that will power the next generation of fully autonomous industrial operations.

Background and Purpose of the Alliance

The global robotics market is entering a period of rapid expansion due to worsening labor shortages, trade uncertainty, and accelerating digitalization. In the logistics and manufacturing , the rise of e-commerce and shortening of product life cycles have resulted in demand for highly flexible automation capable of handling a growing mix of SKUs and variation in workflows. Conventional automation solutions, which rely on repetitive programmed motions, are unable to keep up with this complexity. Intelligent robots that leverage extensive sensor data, perceive their surroundings, and autonomously adapt to real-time changes are now essential. Delivering such systems requires advanced robotics platforms that can process and act upon enormous volumes of physical world data at high speed. Mujin has addressed this challenge with MujinOS, a unified automation platform that enables intelligence, stability, and scalability in robotic systems. Deployed globally, MujinOS unifies diverse robot brands, automation devices, and warehouse or production systems under a single operating environment, reducing integration complexity and enabling faster, more scalable deployments. By collecting and processing real-time operational data from every robot and sensor in a facility, MujinOS not only improves reliability but also forms the computational foundation necessary for Physical AI where machines reason, learn, and continuously optimize performance.

In response, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS has been promoting a next generation AI-Centric ICT Platform concept designed for the AI era. The concept includes the provision of high-quality, flexible Network as a Service (NaaS)¹ integrating diverse security and network functions, along with data centers and managed services. Through these capabilities, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS aims to deliver secure and reliable robotic automation solutions together with Mujin.

Furthermore, the NTT Group's medium term management strategy identifies Data-Driven Creation of New Value as a key priority, advancing the Digital Transformation (DX) of society and industry as well as the enhancement of data utilization including AI and robotics. By combining NTT's advanced technologies such as IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network) concept based on optical technologies, generative AI (LLMs and world models²), and HRI (human-robot interaction) technologies³ with Mujin's robotics technologies, the Group aims to deliver autonomous automation and physical AI across a wide range of industries beyond manufacturing and logistics. These efforts seek to create new values that contribute to addressing societal challenges, including labor shortages and productivity improvement.

Details of the Alliance

■ Capital Alliance

NTT and NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS made capital contributions to Mujin through a third-party allocation of shares.

■ Business Alliance

Building on the Alliance, NTT, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, and Mujin will accelerate initiatives for process automation, IoT integration, and the advancement of physical AI in manufacturing and logistics. The companies also aim to create new value by combining NTT's advanced technologies with Mujin's robotics technologies.

Specific initiatives are as follows:

[Glossary]

¹NaaS (Network as a Service) refers to the provision of networks and associated security functions as cloud like services available on a subscription basis. NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS offers integrated security NaaS including docomo business RINK^® WAN Security, docomo business SIGN^TM, and docomo business APN Plus powered by IOWN^®.

²A world model is a framework that learns physical laws and causal relationships in the external environment, enabling prediction of future state changes based on the system's actions.

³HRI (human robot interaction) technologies enable external perception, decision making, and other capabilities required for interaction, collaboration, and assistance between humans and robots.

⁴Digital BPO^® is a registered trademark of transcosmos and refers to a suite of services that combine BPO operations with various technologies to support business transformation.

About NTT

NTT contributes to a sustainable society through the power of innovation. We are a leading global technology company providing services to consumers and businesses as a mobile operator, infrastructure, networks, applications, and consulting provider. Our offerings include business consulting, agentic AI solutions, managed application services, cloud, data center and edge computing, all supported by our deep global industry expertise. We are over $90 billion in revenue and 340,000 people, investing 30% of our profits into fundamental research and development each year. Our operations span across 70+ countries and regions, allowing us to serve clients in over 190 of them. We serve 75% of Fortune Global 100 companies, thousands of enterprises, government clients and millions of consumers.