| Representative |
Atsuhiro Takeda
Representative Director of Quick, Inc. While studying medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Tsukuba, he witnessed the strain on emergency medical services and the exhaustion of frontline workers, leading him to found Quick in 2024. The company is promoting the social implementation of AI analysis of 119 emergency calls, support for patient transport and admission, and hospital robotics. It has been certified as a University of Tsukuba spin-off venture, participates in the Tokyo Fire Department’s INNOVATION PROJECT 2025, and was selected for the ICT Startup League for the 2026 fiscal year. The company is working to build medical infrastructure that can be used safely on the front lines, transcending the boundaries between medicine, firefighting, government, and engineering. |
| Main Achievements |
June 2024: Grand Prize, 2nd G-1 Startup Grand Prix
January 2025: Ichibiz Award 2024, Idea Category: Excellence Award and Sponsoring Company Special Award (“Doctor Helicopter Award”)
March 2025: Certified as a University of Tsukuba Spin-off
December 2025–March 2026: Joint demonstration of AI-powered 119 emergency calls as part of the Tokyo Fire Department’s “INNOVATION PROJECT 2025”
February 2026: Listed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Fire and Disaster Management Agency’s “Catalog of Advanced Technologies for Promoting Digital Transformation (DX) in Emergency Medical Services”
March 2026: Strategic business alliance with MRT Co., Ltd.
March 2026: Conducted a proof-of-concept experiment with humanoid robots at the University of Tsukuba Hospital
April 2026: Obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for the Information Security Management System
June 2026: Selected for the 22nd cohort of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “ASAC Acceleration Program”
2026: Selected for the ICT Startup League |
| Childhood Dream |
My childhood dream was to become a professional soccer player. I started kicking a ball at age 4 and played in the youth system of the Kashima Antlers and on the soccer team at Tsukuba University. Through my passionate efforts, I learned the importance of persevering in the face of setbacks and working with teammates toward a common goal. |
| Influential People, Things, and Events |
People: ”The coaches and teammates I met through soccer"
Things: “A soccer ball”
Events: “The 18 years I spent playing soccer, starting at age 4. Through my experiences in the Kashima Antlers youth system and the Tsukuba University Soccer Club, I learned about taking on challenges, dealing with setbacks, and the mindset needed to achieve success as a team. |
| Motivation, Goals, and Ideal World |
While studying medicine and working in hospitals and emergency medical settings, I witnessed firsthand the crisis where, due to increasing demand for ambulances and the burnout of healthcare workers, it was becoming difficult for medical care to reach those who truly needed it—and that experience was the catalyst for starting this business. This challenge cannot be solved by the efforts of individual healthcare workers alone. Emergency calls to 119, dispatch coordination, patient transport, hospital admission, and in-hospital operations form a single, continuous social infrastructure; the more decisions and information are fragmented, the greater the burden on frontline workers becomes. Therefore, in 2024, we founded Quick, Inc. to rebuild this entire process through technology and operational design. We are currently developing technology that uses AI to analyze 119 emergency call audio to assist with urgency assessment and conversation summarization, as well as systems to connect patients suspected of having minor injuries to appropriate medical facilities and transportation options. At the same time, we have realized that software alone cannot address certain areas of indirect tasks within hospitals—such as wayfinding, patrols, and transporting supplies—and are therefore also exploring robotics. Our goal is not simply to replace human jobs. Our goal is to reclaim the time and environment where healthcare professionals can focus on patient care and professional judgment, and where patients and their families can feel secure in accessing the medical care they need. We aim to safely integrate AI, software, and robots based on real-world data, creating a system that can be used consistently across regions and organizations. To achieve this, we engage in ongoing dialogue and validation with frontline staff and continuously learn from our failures. Our ultimate goal is not to stop at research and pilot projects, but to build a society where essential emergency medical care reaches those who need it without delay. |
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