Solba Corporation, a construction company in Mie Prefecture, partners with AI Arcs, a venture from the University of Tokyo, to launch a new service

Solba Corporation (Headquarters: Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, Representative Director: Takumi Tanaka, hereinafter 'Solba') has entered into a business partnership with AI Arcs Corporation (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Daiga Fuyatani, hereinafter 'AI Arcs'), which supports AI utilization, and will launch a new service 'AI Consultant Service' for regional companies.

This service is a monthly subscription-type accompaniment support service that allows regional companies to utilize the expertise of AI specialists and DX specialists, who are difficult to hire locally.

Solba, which has been engaged in the construction industry in the region for over 50 years, will be responsible for creating points of contact with regional companies, organizing management issues, and accompanying the site, while AI Arcs will provide specialized knowledge in the AI and DX fields. This will create a system that makes it easier for regional companies to engage in AI utilization.

So far, Solba has not only focused on building and space creation but has also promoted 'scene creation' by combining hardware, digital, and software to connect customer company investments to results. Through this business partnership, we will further strengthen our support in the digital field of 'scene creation'.

Background of the Solba × AI Arcs Partnership

Concerned about the 'reversal of cost competitiveness' due to AI and DX investments by large companies. We will not simply bring 'AI utilization by large companies' to the region. We will adjust to the real challenges faced by regional companies and create a new model for utilizing specialized personnel.

In recent years, there has been a growing trend among large companies to utilize AI and DX to improve business efficiency, enhance development productivity, reduce management costs, support sales, and improve customer response efficiency.

So far, regional companies have had the advantage of being able to compete on price because their personnel and fixed costs are lower than those of large companies.

However, as large companies improve production efficiency and reduce their high-cost structure through AI and DX, the advantage of 'low total cost' that regional companies have had may be weakened.

Solba believes that what regional companies need to counter this is not simply introducing expensive AI tools uniformly.

We believe that the essence is to review the company's business processes, create a virtuous cycle of reinvesting the 'time and resources' generated by improving production efficiency and cost reduction in sales, recruitment, and internal improvement.

On the other hand, it is not easy for regional companies to hire and in-house AI specialists or DX specialists.

Isn't this one of the major factors that create differences in corporate competitiveness?

Through this business partnership with AI Arcs, Solba will provide a system that allows regional companies to utilize the expertise of specialized personnel according to their own scale.

What is the AI Consultant Service?

The AI Consultant Service is a monthly subscription-type accompaniment support service that allows regional companies to utilize the expertise of AI specialists and DX specialists, who are extremely difficult to hire locally.

The purpose is not to introduce AI tools themselves, but to organize the management and business issues of each company and prescribe the optimal AI utilization method tailored to each company's resources. We will clearly indicate where AI and DX should be utilized to lead to improved production efficiency, cost reduction, addressing labor shortages, improved sales efficiency, and strengthened recruitment and customer acquisition.

This service does not include individual system development, bot construction, API connection, or production environment construction. If development is necessary, we will propose it separately after organizing the issues and objectives.

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Features of this Service

Regional companies can utilize the expertise of urban specialized personnel as needed.

It is not easy for regional companies to hire and in-house AI specialists and DX specialists.

On the other hand, whether or not AI and DX can be utilized will have a significant impact on future production efficiency, cost structure, recruitment capabilities, and sales capabilities.

Through this business partnership with AI Arcs, Solba will provide a system that allows regional companies to utilize specialized knowledge according to the necessary time and themes, rather than having high-level specialized personnel within the company.

Three Strengths of the AI Consultant Service

In addition to online consultations, flexible support is possible by combining on-site visits as requested.

It is a monthly subscription type, making it easy for regional companies to introduce the service.

AI personnel appropriate to the level of the issue will be on the front lines of the site to solve the issue.

AI Consultation Session for Executives Held at the End of May

Solba held an AI consultation session for executives (including executives) of regional companies at the end of May 2026.

On the day, executives from manufacturing, wholesale, construction, fisheries, and other regional companies participated, providing an opportunity to think about the impact of AI and DX on corporate production efficiency and cost structure.

The consultation session covered the following themes.

Large companies' AI and DX investments are beginning to change the competitive environment for regional companies.

AI introduction is not about tool introduction but is a management theme of reviewing production efficiency and cost structure.

There is a possibility that the advantage of 'cheapness' that regional companies have had so far will be weakened.

The importance of taking stock of one's own business and visualizing unnecessary man-hours.

The necessity of utilizing the expertise of specialized personnel according to the scale of the company.

Solba plans to continue holding consultation sessions on various themes, mainly AI, for regional company executives in the future.

Solba's Vision for 'Scene Creation × AI'

What Solba aims for is not the introduction of AI alone.

Hardware such as buildings, offices, stores, and workspaces.

Digital such as AI, web, SNS, and data utilization.

Soft such as recruitment, organization, systems, culture, and brands.

Integrating these three elements to turn customer company investments into results is what Solba calls 'scene creation'.

The AI Consultant Service is a new support menu in the digital field of this.

It is not easy for regional companies to hire and in-house AI specialists and DX specialists from urban areas. Through this business partnership with AI Arcs, we will make the expertise of specialized personnel concentrated in urban areas usable for regional companies according to their own scale and support the first step of AI and DX utilization.

In today's accelerating population decline in the region, the era of 'making something and that's it' has passed. We will transcend the boundaries of the industry that have existed so far and, through essential 'scene creation' required for the times to come, shape a sustainable future for companies and the region together.

Representative Comments

Solba Corporation

CEO Tomokazu Yamashita

AI is not just a convenient tool but a management theme that will greatly change the production efficiency and cost structure of companies in the future.

Major companies in urban areas have already started utilizing AI and DX to improve business efficiency and productivity.

If this change progresses, the advantage of 'cheapness' that regional companies have had so far may be weakened.

On the other hand, it is not easy for regional companies to have AI specialists or DX specialists within the company.

That is why we believe that a system is necessary that allows regional companies to utilize the expertise of specialized personnel who are difficult to hire locally according to their own scale.

Solba will utilize its points of contact and understanding of the field with regional companies, combine them with the specialized knowledge of AI Arcs, and deliver AI to regional companies in a way that leads to results.