Company GMO Research & AI, Inc.

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JP3386530004

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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	28/02/06
Tetsuya Takano DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	55	31/12/18
Kenichiro Ando CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	47	30/06/07
Tetsuya Hongo COO	Chief Operating Officer	52	31/07/13
Takashi Ito BRD	Director/Board Member	48	31/10/05
Masashi Yasuda BRD	Director/Board Member	53	31/08/06
Koichi Tachibana AUD	Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	54	29/02/16

Members of the board

Members of the board	Title	Age	Since
Masatoshi Kumagai CHM	Chairman	60	31/03/02
Masashi Yasuda BRD	Director/Board Member	53	31/08/06
Tetsuya Takano DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	55	31/12/18
Shinichi Hosokawa CEO	Chief Executive Officer	51	28/02/06
Takashi Ito BRD	Director/Board Member	48	31/10/05
Masaji Hashimoto BRD	Director/Board Member	56	28/02/14
Tetsuya Hongo COO	Chief Operating Officer	52	31/07/13
Kenichiro Ando CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	47	30/06/07

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 %	15 M ¥
Hosokawa KK 3.781 %	63,400	3.781 %	1 M ¥
GMO RESEARCH & AI, INC. 2.570 %	43,100	2.570 %	750 949 ¥
Shinichi Hosokawa 1.210 %	20,300	1.210 %	353 695 ¥
Eiichiro Sotoike 1.193 %	20,000	1.193 %	348 468 ¥
Shigeru Kameyama 1.103 %	18,500	1.103 %	322 333 ¥
GMO Research Employee Stock Ownership Plan 0.9273 %	15,550	0.9273 %	270 934 ¥
Moto Takahashi 0.8945 %	15,000	0.8945 %	261 351 ¥
Atsushi Ito 0.7454 %	12,500	0.7454 %	217 793 ¥
Kenichiro Ando 0.2862 %	4,800	0.2862 %	83 632 ¥