Spice Factory Ranked in the Top 500 of 'High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2026' for the 3rd Consecutive Year

Spice Factory Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Hironosuke Takagi; hereinafter 'the Company'), which supports digital transformation (DX), has been selected among the top 500 companies in the **Financial Times Ranking: High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2026**, conducted jointly by the UK's Financial Times and Germany's Statista, **for the third consecutive year**. **The Company was evaluated as 303rd overall in the Asia-Pacific region (41st in Japan), and 60th in the IT & Software category in the Asia-Pacific region (15th in Japan).** This ranking is determined based on revenue growth rates, and being selected for three consecutive years demonstrates our continuous growth trajectory. The driving force behind this is the enhancement of customer value through the company-wide utilization of generative AI. Furthermore, as we mark our 10th anniversary, we are advancing investments for further growth while returning the fruits of our success to our employees through initiatives such as wage increases. **

** **2026** (Reference: 2025) **[Overall]** **Asia-Pacific: 303rd / 500 companies** (Asia-Pacific: 248th / 500 companies) **Japan: 41st / 82 companies** (Japan: 30th / 91 companies) **[IT & Software Category]** **Asia-Pacific: 60th / 107 companies** (Asia-Pacific: 72nd / 134 companies) **Japan: 15th / 27 companies** (Japan: 12th / 30 companies) ## ■ Value Creation and Growth through Company-wide Use of Generative AI The Company positions generative AI as a core domain to accelerate business transformation and value creation for client companies, promoting its utilization across the entire organization. As a result, **we have achieved a 100% internal usage rate of generative AI tools**. We continue to advance the sophistication of our AI utilization, and in March 2026, we launched the **corporate human resource development service 'Spice AI Enablement'**. Early adopting companies have reported a high satisfaction score of 4.6 (out of 5). ## ■ Wage Increases and Continuous Returns Backing Up Growth At the milestone of our 10th anniversary, **we implemented a base salary increase of 5,000 JPY per month per employee**. Following the previous year, we are continuing our base salary increases, returning the results of our growth to our employees. Moreover, **for 2026, we expect an average salary increase of approximately 9.26% or more across the company (an annual salary increase of roughly 180,000 JPY or more)**.