NTT Research
NTT Research is a Silicon Valley-based corporate research lab that conducts basic research in physics, cryptography, and health informatics.
Founded
2019NTT Research is a Silicon Valley-based corporate research lab that conducts basic research in physics, cryptography, and health informatics.
NTT Research organizes its research through four laboratories, each functioning as a focused program rather than a conventional product line. The Physics & Informatics Lab advances optical and quantum-inspired computing, including the Coherent Ising Machine and thin-film lithium niobate photonics. The Cryptography & Information Security Lab works on attribute-based encryption, functional encryption, secure multiparty computation, and post-quantum cryptography.
The Medical & Health Informatics Lab builds bio-digital twin and heart-on-a-chip technologies aimed at precision medicine, while the Physics of Artificial Intelligence Lab studies how AI systems form beliefs, organize knowledge, and behave in multi-agent settings. Together these programs define NTT Research's research portfolio and guide its collaborations and publications.
NTT Research's work targets long-horizon challenges in computing, security, and health that are expected to shape enterprise and consumer technology over the coming decades. Its programs in post-quantum cryptography, photonic accelerators, bio-digital twins, and multi-agent AI systems align with growing demand for secure computation, energy-efficient processing, and personalized medicine.
The organization amplifies its impact through an annual public summit, Upgrade, where it presents research progress alongside collaborators from academia and industry. As these fields mature, NTT Research aims to transition breakthroughs from laboratory papers into prototypes and partnerships that can influence standards, products, and clinical practice.
NTT Research is backed by NTT, one of the world's largest technology and telecommunications companies, which provides long-term funding and stability rare in corporate basic research. This backing allows the organization to hire leading researchers, support multi-year programs, and maintain partnerships with major universities and institutions without near-term product revenue pressure.
Its lab structure concentrates expertise in high-impact domains: the PHI Lab explores optical and quantum computing, the CIS Lab pursues next-generation cryptography, the MEI Lab develops bio-digital twin technologies, and the PAI Lab investigates the physical principles behind artificial intelligence. The combination of focused labs, academic collaboration, and corporate resources gives NTT Research a distinct position among industrial research organizations.