Hachi Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yu Kato; hereinafter "Hachi") and Future Sessions Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEOs: Hideyuki Arifuku, Dairou Kakei; hereinafter "Future Sessions") will merge on June 30, 2026, and launch anew as Artiql Inc. ■ Background of the Merger Hachi has operated under the mission of "Rewrite Our Futures," running digital media such as IDEAS FOR GOOD—an ideas magazine that creatively addresses social issues—and providing sustainability and circular business (city) design services for corporations and local governments. Future Sessions has advanced numerous co-creation projects in urban development, civic collaboration, talent development, sports utilization, and future creation by facilitating creative dialogue spaces known as "Future Sessions" to realize social innovation alongside corporations and municipalities. Over the years, both companies have collaborated extensively, leveraging their respective strengths in sustainability × media and social innovation × Future Sessions. Joint initiatives include co-developing the circular design learning program "Circular Design Sprint" and the future design learning program "Facilitating Sustainable Futures," jointly participating in Kanazawa University's COI-NEXT (JST's Program for Creating Interdisciplinary Research Fields), and establishing the social art organization "Shakai Geijutsusha." Since January 2026, both teams have operated from a shared office, deepening discussions on the role of media and co-creation in the age of climate crisis and AI. Through these collaborations, both companies reaffirmed their strong complementary relationship—using media to generate empathy and co-creation processes to facilitate transitions toward better futures. They concluded that integrating their strengths into a unified organization would enable them to go beyond mutual supplementation, accelerating and deepening societal transformation through new value creation—leading to the deci