Company GMO Research & AI, Inc.

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Business Summary

GMO Research & AI Inc, formerly GMO Research Inc, is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the Internet research business, which provides outsourced research, tabulation, and analysis services for market research activities using the Internet. The two main services are outsourcing services, in which it responds to the needs of research firms in Japan, Asia, Europe, and the United States that want the Company to cover all or part of their research needs, and do it yourself (D.I.Y.) services, in which research firms conduct their own research using the Company's platform. The Company also provides other services such as conventional research. The Company is also engaged in the research, planning, development, sales, agency sales, maintenance, operation, and outsourcing of various services that utilize artificial intelligence (AI), event planning, production and management, and worker dispatch business.

Number of employees: 140

Sales per Business

JPY in Million	2022	Weight	2023	Weight	Delta
Outsourcing 67.3 %	3,424	65.8 %	3,442	67.3 %	+0.53%
D.I.Y 31.1 %	1,704	32.8 %	1,591	31.1 %	-6.63%
Other 1.6 %	72	1.4 %	84	1.6 %	+15.67%

Sales per region

JPY in Million	2022	Weight	2023	Weight	Delta
Japan 72.3 %	3,706	71.3 %	3,697	72.3 %	-0.24%
North America 14.2 %	769	14.8 %	725	14.2 %	-5.69%
Europe 8.0 %	402	7.7 %	412	8.0 %	+2.32%
Asia 5.5 %	324	6.2 %	283	5.5 %	-12.44%

Managers

Managers	Title	Age	Since
Shinichi Hosokawa CEO	Chief Executive Officer	51	06-02-28
Tetsuya Takano DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	55	18-12-31
Kenichiro Ando CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	47	07-06-30
Tetsuya Hongo COO	Chief Operating Officer	52	13-07-31
Takashi Ito BRD	Director/Board Member	48	05-10-31
Masashi Yasuda BRD	Director/Board Member	52	06-08-31
Koichi Tachibana AUD	Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	54	16-02-29

Members of the board

Members of the board	Title	Age	Since
Masatoshi Kumagai CHM	Chairman	60	02-03-31
Masashi Yasuda BRD	Director/Board Member	52	06-08-31
Tetsuya Takano DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	55	18-12-31
Shinichi Hosokawa CEO	Chief Executive Officer	51	06-02-28
Takashi Ito BRD	Director/Board Member	48	05-10-31
Masaji Hashimoto BRD	Director/Board Member	56	14-02-28
Tetsuya Hongo COO	Chief Operating Officer	52	13-07-31
Kenichiro Ando CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	47	07-06-30

Share class

	Vote	Quantity	Free-Float	Company-owned shares	Total Float
Stock A	0	1,677,000	579,106 ( 34.53 %)	43,144 ( 2.573 %)	34.53 %

Shareholders

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
GMO INTERNET GROUP, INC. 53.04 %	889,500	53.04 %	16 M ¥
Hosokawa KK 3.781 %	63,400	3.781 %	1 M ¥
GMO RESEARCH & AI, INC. 2.570 %	43,100	2.570 %	777 287 ¥
Shinichi Hosokawa 1.210 %	20,300	1.210 %	366 101 ¥
Eiichiro Sotoike 1.193 %	20,000	1.193 %	360 690 ¥
Shigeru Kameyama 1.103 %	18,500	1.103 %	333 638 ¥
GMO Research Employee Stock Ownership Plan 0.9273 %	15,550	0.9273 %	280 437 ¥
Moto Takahashi 0.8945 %	15,000	0.8945 %	270 518 ¥
Atsushi Ito 0.7454 %	12,500	0.7454 %	225 431 ¥
Simplex Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.4948 %	8,298	0.4948 %	149 650 ¥