Challenging Sony Bank's Investment-Type Crowdfunding "Sony Bank GATE" for augment AI

augment AI Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Representative Director: Teppei Tsushima, hereinafter "augment AI") announced that it plans to start recruiting for the "wena Support Fund," with augment AI as the operator, on Sony Bank Corporation's (hereinafter "Sony Bank") investment-type crowdfunding platform "Sony Bank GATE," in relation to the next-generation smartwatch "wena X" that the company is developing.

Through this initiative, augment AI aims to accelerate business growth and product commercialization.
The official website of Sony Bank GATE features details of this fund, an overview of the wena business, and a "Story" content summarizing an interview with Representative Director Tsushima.

<"wena Support Fund" page> https://sonybank.jp/products/sbg/pj/20250008/

About Sony Bank GATE

"Sony Bank GATE," provided by Sony Bank, is an investment-type crowdfunding platform that supports companies challenging to create new markets or solve societal issues through "asset management x empathy and support." Its features include being an investment-type (fund-type) platform where one can invest directly in the business itself, and emphasizing the thoughts and stories behind the business, allowing investors to support companies' challenges based on "empathy." It aims to "create a culture that supports challengers" through empathy-driven investment in challenging companies, serving as a platform connecting companies, investors, and society.

Comment from Sony Bank Representative

Sony Bank GATE is a service aimed at connecting challenging companies that seek to create new markets, solve social issues, and realize rich lifestyles through highly unique initiatives, with supporters who empathize with such aspirations. Leveraging the knowledge gained from "First Flight," a crowdfunding service launched by the Sony Group (now discontinued), we have established this platform as a place for companies to take on challenges by gaining the empathy of supporters. "wena" is a project that was born using "First Flight." Its stance of sincerely addressing user feedback, valuing respect for watch culture, and continuously delivering value that enriches people's lives perfectly aligns with the spirit of challenging companies on Sony Bank GATE. We feel great significance and a certain fateful connection in welcoming "wena" to its new beginning through the Sony Bank GATE platform. We hope that this fund will gather much empathy and that this challenge will advance to the next stage.

Positioning of this Press Release

This press release is not intended to provide information on specific financial products or recruitment conditions, but rather to disseminate information aimed at deepening understanding of the business and development background undertaken by augment AI, and is not intended as a solicitation for transactions.

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