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NEC

NEC

1 model across 1 family · Latest: cotomi (2023-07)

Enterprise Japanese language models.

Business

NEC's portfolio covers 1 active model across 1 current family, spanning general LLM work. Open a model detail page to compare provider routes and sourced benchmarks.

Covers 0 workload areas across 1 active tracked model; last verified 2026-06-29.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating general LLM work across this lab's releases
  • Comparing model families before committing to a flagship
  • Migration and pricing follow-ups across 1 tracked models

Do not use it for

  • Choosing a hosting provider without opening a model page for price ladders

Active models

1

Current models from this lab, excluding deprecated ones

Active families

1

Current model families from this lab

Open catalog

0 open

0 open source / 0 open weights

Lowest output price

Not tracked

No provider output pricing linked yet

Latest dated release

2023-07-01

cotomi

Freshness

2026-06-29

Researched 74d ago

stale

Information

Founded1899
Tokyo, Japan

Release cadence

Dated releases
1
Latest model
cotomi
Latest date
2023-07-01

Where this lab wins

Not enough capability or benchmark coverage yet to call strengths for this lab.

Flagship quality / price signal

Flagship
cotomi
Selection source
Best sourced coding Q/$
Coding grade
unknown
Benchmark / output price
Not enough sourced benchmark and price coverage

About

NEC Corporation developed cotomi, a family of proprietary generative AI large language models optimized for enterprise use. NEC cotomi Pro achieves performance comparable to GPT-4 and Claude while running approximately 87% faster using just two GPUs, and cotomi Light matches GPT-3.5 Turbo for high-throughput workloads. The models support a 128K context length, are MCP-protocol compliant for AI agent use, and are deployed across finance, manufacturing, healthcare, and government sectors in Japan.

Featured models

ModelReleasedContextInput price ($/1M)Output price ($/1M)LicenseOpenness
cotomi2023-07-01---ProprietaryProprietary

Model families

Recent releases

  1. cotomi- 2023-07-01

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public lab announcements and provider documentation.