And-dot Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yuta Ibaraki; hereinafter: And-dot), which operates AX Produce business, announced that its representative, Yuta Ibaraki, has been appointed as a member of the 'Nagoya City Hall DX Promotion Plan Expert Panel' established by Nagoya City.

As one of the experts, Representative Ibaraki will leverage his knowledge from supporting local governments and companies to provide specialized recommendations on the direction of the city's DX initiatives.

### What is the AX Produce Business: End-to-End Support for AI-Driven Business Transformation from Planning to Implementation

The AX Produce business comprehensively produces AI-driven business transformation (AX = AI Transformation) to help companies achieve it in an ideal form. It goes beyond merely providing knowledge or supporting tool implementation, offering consistent end-to-end support from current state analysis and AI utilization strategy formulation to practical implementation support and subsequent effect measurement. We provide diverse programs tailored to organizational characteristics and job types, including company-wide AI basic training, AI implementation training for development departments, and generative AI utilization training for sales departments, supporting the transformation into an AI-centric organization.

### Background and Purpose of Next Plan Formulation

Nagoya City's current 'Nagoya City Hall DX Promotion Policy' plan period extends until FY2026. Therefore, the city is proceeding with the formulation of the 'Nagoya City Hall DX Promotion Plan' for the period from FY2027 onwards.

The purpose of formulating this plan is to gather a wide range of opinions based on specialized knowledge from experts in various fields, for which an expert panel has been established. This panel will analyze 'the current state and future challenges of Nagoya City Hall DX' from an expert perspective and deliberate on 'the basic direction of DX measures to be taken in the future.' The objective of this initiative is to formulate the next plan through these processes.

### Overview of the Expert Panel

The expert panel is scheduled to hear opinions from a specialized perspective on the following matters for the formulation of the next plan.

### Representative Profile

Yuta Ibaraki

Representative Director of And-dot Co., Ltd., concurrently a Council Member of the Generative AI Utilization Promotion Association (GUGA), and DX Producer for Fukuoka Prefecture.

Since 2017, he has been engaged in new business development across various industries as a software engineer. In 2020, he established ject Co., Ltd., which supports the launch of new businesses for operating companies, assisting a wide range of business launches in finance, government, healthcare, and more. In 2023, he established And-dot Co., Ltd., specializing in R&D and commercialization of cutting-edge technologies such as AI. He has supported comprehensive DX for over 30 listed companies, more than 250 local governments, as well as financial institutions and university corporations.

### Message from the Representative on His Appointment as an Expert

I intend to contribute to the further development of Nagoya City by leveraging my extensive experience in supporting local government DX and AX. In particular, I will incorporate the perspective of 'AX (AI Transformation),' which is a fundamental transformation based on AI utilization, not limited to conventional digitalization/DX. I will dedicate my full efforts to providing recommendations from an expert perspective towards providing 'citizen services better suited to each individual citizen' and optimizing overall internal operations.

**[About And-dot Co., Ltd.]** Company Name: And-dot Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Yuta Ibaraki) Headquarters: Futaba Building (GUILD) 2F-O1, 1-16-6 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0043 Business Activities: Solutions business utilizing generative AI, and related businesses

URL: https://and-dot.co.jp/

**[About Nagoya City]** Organization Name: Nagoya City Location: 3-1-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi 460-8508 URL: https://www.city.nagoya.jp/

**[Media Inquiries Regarding This Release]** Headquarters: Futaba Building (GUILD) 2F-O1, 1-16-6 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Company Name: And-dot Co., Ltd. E-mail: pr@and-dot.co.jp Contact Person: And-dot Public Relations Office

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