Hitachi Vantara Unveils Hitachi iQ Studio to Simplify and Accelerate Agentic AI Development

India, 06th November, 2025: Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501), has announced the launch of Hitachi iQ Studio, the newest addition to its Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI solutions.

Designed to help enterprises build, deploy, and manage agentic AI applications at scale, Hitachi iQ Studio serves as a turnkey integration hub featuring a no-code/low-code agent builder and a library of pre-built industrial AI templates. This enables rapid prototyping and production across diverse data environments while allowing organizations to maintain full control of their data and models.

Aimed at bridging the gap between experimentation and scaled deployment, Hitachi iQ Studio empowers enterprises to operationalize AI securely, compliantly, and cost-effectively. A recent Boston Consulting Group report highlights that 74% of companies struggle to scale AI effectively—often due to talent gaps and process limitations—issues that iQ Studio directly addresses.

Unlike fragmented point tools or cloud-only AI platforms, Hitachi iQ Studio offers a fully governed, on-premises, and sovereign AI environment. Built on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, it integrates retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines with Model Context Protocol (MCP) to deliver AI-ready data to agentic workloads. This setup enables enterprises to create and manage AI agents with minimal technical expertise, ensuring secure, high-performance, and compliant AI operations.

Jason Hardy, Chief Technology Officer for AI at Hitachi Vantara, said:

“AI has evolved beyond experimentation, but many organizations still need the right foundation to scale it effectively. With Hitachi iQ Studio, we’re making AI more user-friendly and manageable by combining accessible tools with enterprise-grade performance and governance. The result is faster innovation, stronger oversight, and scalable, responsible AI.”

Key Features of Hitachi iQ Studio:

• AI-ready data for agentic AI: Secure RAG pipelines unlock the value of unstructured data.

• Accelerated time-to-value: Pre-integrated components and MCP connectors shrink the time from idea to production.

• Democratized AI: A visual, no-code interface empowers nontechnical users to build and deploy AI agents.

• Industrial AI enablement: Built-in blueprints for predictive maintenance, operator evaluation, and fleet optimization.

Jacob Liberman, Director of Enterprise Product at NVIDIA, added:

“By combining Hitachi Vantara’s enterprise data expertise with NVIDIA accelerated computing and software, Hitachi iQ Studio gives customers the performance, scalability, and efficiency they need to build and deploy advanced AI systems at enterprise scale.”

The underlying Hitachi iQ infrastructure, which includes Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF), has earned NVIDIA Enterprise Storage Certification, validating its readiness for large-scale AI and high-performance computing workloads. Additionally, HCSF has achieved NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) certification for cloud-native and service provider environments.

Ashish Nadkarni, Group Vice President and General Manager, Worldwide Infrastructure Research at IDC, noted:

“Scaling AI depends as much on the right data and infrastructure readiness as it does on models or compute. Solutions like Hitachi iQ Studio, which provide built-in templates and enhanced data visibility, are crucial to transforming AI experimentation into measurable business outcomes.”

Hitachi Vantara will showcase Hitachi iQ Studio at Supercomputing 2025, taking place from November 16–21 in St. Louis, Missouri, where attendees can experience how the platform simplifies and accelerates agentic AI development across industries.