01. Vision: The Protocol Converter
The world is at an irreversible turning point. "Legacy Protocols" based on physical constraints and "Next-Gen Protocols" driven by AI and decentralized networks cannot connect directly due to differences in language and velocity. This disconnection causes chaos and lost opportunities for many organizations.
LLC Q3 serves as the "Interface" standing between these two divergent worlds. We translate the "trust, track record, and assets" of traditional enterprises and individuals into "information and algorithms" that function in the next-generation context, establishing two-way communication. We do not merely fill the gap. We connect different standards and close the new circuit. That is the function of Q3.
02. Domain: Boundary Operations
Q3 does not aim to expand organizational scale. As a micro-entity with maximized agility, we operate in the following domains:
- Context Translation: Translating technical concepts of the AI/ASI era into language actionable for traditional management. Conversely, structuring tacit field knowledge into explicit knowledge processable by systems.
- System Architecture: Designing and implementing systems that span physical and information spaces, from cloud infrastructure to IoT devices.
- Interface Design: Acting as an "API" to allow existing hierarchies to coexist with autonomous decentralized networks.
03. Corporate Profile
| Company Name | Q3, LLC |
| Representative | Hirotaka Hayashi |
| Location | Kawanehon-cho, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Established | October, 2019 |
| Business | IIT Consulting, System Architecture, Design of Information Space |
| URL | https://q3ic.com |
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Team
HAYASHI Hirotaka
Structural Designer / Representative of Q3 LLC
An architect who redesigns the boundaries between the material world (business and real-world issues) and the information world (IT and logical space).
The engineering skills I've cultivated at the forefront of foreign companies and international projects are not simply tools for the job; I use them as a common language for organizing chaotic phenomena and elevating them into sustainable structures.
Based on the belief that "technology is not magic, but an imitation of the laws of nature," I implement optimal solutions in a wide range of fields, from infrastructure construction to business strategy and human resource development. Currently based in the natural surroundings of Kawane-cho, I explore and practice next-generation social systems that combine urban rationality with rural vitality.
My role is to help you take your intuition and ideas and turn them into resilient systems that are firmly established in the real world.

FUJITA Akihiro
Managing Partner / Chief Technology Officer
After researching quadrupedal robots using reinforcement learning during his university days, he became interested in reinforcement learning and deep learning, and entered the world of neural networks. He developed embedded software for mobile phones, car navigation systems, home gateways, etc. in the software division of a general electronics manufacturer. He then gained experience in product support and in-house system development for in-house developed software at a foreign software vendor, as well as development and construction at a domestic IT company. In 2019, he founded Q3 LLC with Hayashi.
NAWATA Shigemasa
Managing Partner / Chief Strategy Officer
He has experience in field engineering and project management at software houses and information security companies. He also has extensive experience in education and training. He excels at analyzing issues systematically and from a broad perspective. He will join Q3 LLC in 2021.
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Scheduled to open in Kuwanoyama, Kawanehon-cho, Haibara-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture in 2026
沿革
| 2019/10/07 | Established Q3 LLC in Shinagawa, Tokyo |
| 2021/10/01 | Shigemasa Nawata appointed as managing partner |
| 2024/09/01 | Head office relocated to Kawanehon-cho, Haibara-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture |
