Rakuten India Inaugurates New Office in Bengaluru

Rakuten India has announced the formal opening of their new office Rakuten — Crimson House Bengaluru in the city. The Product, Engineering, and Advanced Research facility expand the company’s global technology footprint by focusing on developing and delivering a wide range of cross-industry deep technology solutions to help customers and partners drive digital transformation and innovation.

Rakuten — Crimson House Bengaluru is a 20-story state-of-the-art, modern building located in Cubbon Park, popularly known as Bengaluru’s ‘lung space’. It is the company’s largest building outside of Japan. It is the largest building by a tech company in the area, strategically located in the city’s central business district. With a capacity of 3000+ employees, it currently houses 2000 people with room to grow.

The opening of the new office marks a significant moment for Rakuten India and underscores the company’s commitment to making India its global innovation hub. The new office will strengthen the company’s capability for deep-tech innovation and R&D in areas such as e-commerce, fintech, content and entertainment, and AI in computer vision, speech, and natural language processing (NLP). Rakuten’s first B2B SaaS product, ‘SixthSense,’ an all-in-one observability intelligence and software testing automation platform, was released last year.

The building was inaugurated in the presence of global leaders from Japan led by CIO and CISO, Group Executive Vice President of Rakuten Group, Inc., Yasufumi Hirai, along with the India CEO, Sunil Gopinath, Chief People Officer, Nalini George, as well as employees, partners, and customers from across the region.

With employee expectations and the nature of work changing in recent years, Rakuten India’s new building is designed with the need for safe, fluid spaces that foster creativity, collaboration, and innovation in mind. The facility has 3 lakh square feet of office space and includes cafeterias, meeting and breakout rooms, a creche, a gym, and a dedicated floor for health and wellness.

Originally published at https://itvarnews.techplusmedia.com on August 26, 2022.