Inside NTT Research’s push to commercialize deep tech

# NTT Research Tries to Speed Up Its Science Japanese telecom giant NTT has spent years doing cutting-edge research in its Silicon Valley lab without much pressure to turn discoveries into products—but that's changing. The company is now creating a startup incubator to commercialize its best research faster, starting with a security company called SaltGrain, because artificial intelligence is making it harder to justify doing research that never actually reaches customers. It's essentially trying to figure out how to stay a serious science lab while also making money from what it discovers.