unerry Completes Acquisition of Blogwatcher, Making it a Wholly Owned Subsidiary

unerry Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Hidetoshi Uchiyama; hereinafter "unerry") announced today that it has completed the acquisition procedures for all shares of Blogwatcher Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Iku Niimura; hereinafter "Blogwatcher") as of May 1, 2026, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Both unerry and Blogwatcher are leading players in the location information industry, possessing large-scale data platforms centered on location data and developing businesses and services utilizing them. Furthermore, through a business alliance in 2024, high commonalities were confirmed, leading to this share acquisition to expand data, technology, and customer bases and to more integrally leverage the strengths of both companies. Stepping forward as a unified group from today, and anticipating further advancement in AI utilization across all industries, we aim for sustained growth by providing 'AI Ready' data platforms and services. Additionally, Blogwatcher is scheduled to relocate its head office on May 11, 2026. unerry and Blogwatcher will consolidate their bases to improve operational efficiency and activate communication, thereby maximizing group revenue. Comment from Hidetoshi Uchiyama, Representative Director and CEO, unerry Inc. Since our business alliance with Blogwatcher in 2024, we have collaborated extensively, particularly in the tourism sector. Through this, we have realized a high affinity in both companies' long-cultivated technologies for acquiring, processing, and utilizing location data, as well as our sincere approach to privacy. By taking this new step as a unified group, we will combine the strengths of both companies to establish a foundation for organizing and utilizing approximately 1 trillion real-world behavioral data points annually in an 'AI Ready' format, which has a significant presence globally. This is not merely an expansion of human flow data volume but will enable a more integrated understanding of consumer behavior, including movement, purchasing, and media contact. By utilizing such data, AI's understanding of the real world and prediction accuracy will improve, dramatically enhancing our 'power to understand the world.' Towards building a world model that integrates real and digital, which cannot be achieved solely with information on the internet, both companies will accelerate their challenges to create new value. We will steadily advance the construction of a world-class data infrastructure originating from Japan, evolving into an entity that supports better decision-making for consumers, businesses, and society. Comment from Iku Niimura, Representative Director and President, Blogwatcher Inc. Blogwatcher has been engaged in the utilization of location data under the philosophy of 'good choices and actions for people and society through data.' Through the business alliance with unerry, we realized that while we share a common stance on prioritizing consumer privacy and a common philosophy on the struggles and value creation in the data business, our cultivated customer assets and domain knowledge differ in a positive way, leading to the decision to move forward as a group. By integrating the data platforms of both companies, the quantity and quality of real-world behavioral data will dramatically improve, enabling highly accurate analysis not only in areas with large human flows but also in local areas and specific regions. The world where services can be provided based on diverse consumer behavioral trends and contexts is finally becoming a reality. We hope that the members of both companies will enjoy the opportunities and possibilities expanded by this integration in their own way. While valuing mutual respect, we will accumulate challenges one by one, saying 'Let's do it,' and deliver new value to society as the unerry group. For more details, please also see: Announcement Regarding the Acquisition of Shares of Blogwatcher Inc. (Making it a Subsidiary) (2026.02.06) Blogwatcher Joins unerry Group - The Day Two Data Companies Become ONE TEAM / unerry & Blogwatcher Representative Interview *Product and service names mentioned in this news release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. *The contents described in this news release are as of the announcement date. They may be changed without prior notice thereafter. unerry Inc. Public Relations: Uchiyama, Yanagida information@unerry.co.jp ■About unerry Inc. Company Name: unerry Inc. Representative Director and CEO: Hidetoshi Uchiyama Established: August 2015 Head Office Location: Toranomon 4-1-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6901, Kamiyacho Trust Tower 23F (within WeWork) *As of announcement date URL: https://www