GROWTH VERSE Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Chairman and CTO Mitsunori Minamino, President and CEO Tomohiro Watanabe) is pleased to announce the establishment of "Growth AI Partners (GAIP)," a division that partners with companies to execute AI transformation by providing an AI OS. Background and Objectives for Establishing "Growth AI Partners" As AI is rapidly being implemented in society and all industries are being called upon to restructure their business models, many companies face challenges such as "having introduced AI tools but being unable to utilize them effectively in their operations" and "being unable to keep up with the redesign of operations and restructuring of organizations." "Growth AI Partners," established this time, is a specialized organization designed to achieve "true business partnership" based on close communication and deep customer understanding with client companies. By having professionals well-versed in both operations and technology involved, not just providing technology, we support drastic operational transformations for our client companies. Services and Strengths of Growth AI Partners Growth AI Partners is not a conventional consulting firm that ends with research and strategy proposals; we are thoroughly committed to the phase of "actually executing and achieving results (e.g., sales improvement, cost reduction)." Fusion of Engineering and Consulting In situations where the "what should be built (operational requirements)" and "what data is needed (technical requirements)" are unclear, which often occurs in the early stages of a project, we seamlessly collaborate with in-house AI engineers and data scientists to simultaneously unravel challenges from both business and technical perspectives. Social Implementation through "IQ x EQ" In addition to the "IQ" approach, which logically examines which business domains can build AI with the highest ROI (return on investment), we emphasize careful communication (EQ) that understan