CROSS Business Producers Co., Ltd. Establishes "AI Research and Development Team"; Invites International Experts to Launch Call for Co-creation Partners.

CROSS Business Producers Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kotoba Miki; hereinafter "the Company") established the "AI Research and Development Team" on April 1, 2026.

This team will be joined by renowned global product developers, accelerating the technological advancement of the Company's AI foundation product, "CROSS Graph" (https://cross-graph.com/), and its market expansion based on client needs.

Background of the Establishment of the AI Research and Development Team The Company released "CROSS Graph" late last year, supporting the knowledge structuring and strategic decision-making of corporations and organizations. To rapidly adopt the ever-evolving AI technologies and consistently implement optimal architectures, we have launched a specialized team comprising AI development engineers with international experience and sociologists specializing in the co-creation of machines and humans.

Role of the Team The mission is to make "CROSS Graph" the "world's most reliably trusted AI foundation that speaks of an excellent future." This team will conduct research and development to deliver the value of "optimal AI-driven decision-making" to corporations, organizations, and individuals, thereby improving the quality and speed of decision-making.

The main scope of work includes the following: - Research and development for the introduction of cutting-edge technologies (Research and testing of the world's most advanced AI technologies) - The ideal personality for AI (Consideration of AI's role and UX for shaping human-machine coexistence) - Development of AI Avatars (Development of avatar-type future AI models actually equipped with the above technologies) - Legal and ethical investigation (Consideration of algorithm configuration and implementation scenarios, taking into account international trends and human culture) - Participation in the international consortium "Frontria" and WG operation (Operation of study groups based on the Company's vision)

Future Development Towards Achieving This Mission – Recruitment of Co-creation Partners and Technology Development Companies On April 2, 2026, we will broadly recruit individuals and companies who agree with this mission and are willing to cooperate in research and development.

Comment from President and CEO Kotoba Miki "CROSS Graph, developed under the mission of 'Creating the Future' that we have pursued since our founding, is an AI product that supports each of your individual decision-making based on correct knowledge. The pace of change in the world is dizzying, but to overcome it and deliver valuable products to society, we sincerely look forward to collaborating with all of you."

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Overview of CROSS Business Producers Co., Ltd. In December 2025, we officially released the AI platform "CROSS Graph" (https://cross-graph.com/). We are a professional firm that supports business development through future-predictive business design (Future Drawing©) (https://crossproducers.com/service/), with the purpose of "capturing societal changes and delivering value to society through business development." Since our founding, we have collaborated with the US-based IFTF (Institute for the Future) (https://crossproducers.com/iftf/) to provide recommendations for corporate strategies and conduct field surveys. We received the APAC Entrepreneur "The Most Inspiring Japanese Entrepreneurs of the 2021" award in 2021, the Wood Design Award in 2021, and The Silicon Review's "5 Best Management Consulting Firms to Watch" in 2022. The Company has implemented the "Vision 2050" future forecasting program and launched the "Future Drawing©" (https://crossproducers.com/service/) service. By bringing Data Resources, Inc. (DRI) (https://www.dri.co.jp/), a long-established research company providing data from approximately 200 companies worldwide, under its subsidiary, we are strengthening our global market intelligence capabilities.

Company Name: CROSS Business Producers Co., Ltd. Address: 4F, Shin-Tokyo Building, 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan Representative: Kotoba Miki Established: October 3, 2011 URL: https://crossproducers.com

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