GMO Commerce, Inc. (President and CEO: Masato Yamana, hereinafter referred to as GMO Commerce), a member of the GMO Internet Group, will begin offering the AI search optimization service for stores, "GMO Tenpo AIO," on July 1, 2026 (Wed). This service is a customer acquisition support service that automatically handles the specialized AI search optimization "AIO" (※1) on behalf of stores. It supports everything from a single store to multiple stores and chain operations, allowing store owners to easily create a state where they are "recommended" by AI, leading to new customer acquisition. Furthermore, it constantly monitors the behavior of major AIs such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and continuously optimizes the service in response to algorithm changes. In the store customer acquisition market of approximately 1.9 million stores nationwide (※2), responding to AI search is a new area where significant market expansion is expected. Through this service, GMO Commerce aims to establish a new standard for store customer acquisition as a pioneer in the AIO market for stores. GMO Tenpo AIO: https://www.gmo-c.jp/lp/tenpo-aio/ (※1) AIO (AI Optimization) is the AI version of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). It is a measure to create a state where one is introduced as a "recommendation" by AI. It refers to efforts to organize information structures so that stores are recognized and recommended by generative AIs such as ChatGPT and Gemini. (※2) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2024 Economic Census, December 2025: https://www.stat.go.jp/data/e-census/2024/pdf/kekka_k.pdf [Background] In recent years, users' methods of searching for stores have begun to shift from searching by keywords like "Shibuya Yakiniku" and choosing from a list, to asking AIs like ChatGPT to suggest places, such as "Find a private room yakiniku restaurant in Shibuya that's good for dates." Furthermore, AI summaries are now appearing in regular search results, such as Google Search's "AI Overvie