Ignition Point Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Takafumi Suemune; hereinafter referred to as Ignition Point) has launched "R&D X," a new service to support the transformation of research and development departments through the utilization of AI and data (R&D Transformation). ■ Ignition Point's R&D Transformation Support Service "R&D X" R&D X is an end-to-end support service that fundamentally transforms the way research and development is conducted by combining AI agents and a knowledge base to address challenges such as researchers being unable to concentrate on their core work due to time spent on non-core tasks like literature/patent searches, regulatory compliance, and report creation; experimental data and veteran tacit knowledge being siloed in each department and not utilized as organizational assets; and an inability to overcome the "valley of death" for commercialization due to being stuck in a mindset focused on technological seeds. In recent years, the premise surrounding research and development has drastically changed due to diversifying consumer needs, discontinuous technological innovation driven by AI, and increasingly stringent regulations. However, in many R&D departments, structural issues such as organizational silos, the burden of non-core tasks, and theme proposals heavily biased towards technology have become bottlenecks for transformation. R&D X supports the transition to next-generation R&D by freeing researchers and intellectual property staff from routine tasks to focus on core activities, and by combining market/customer needs with the company's assets to generate themes with a clear path to success. ■ How Should R&D Be Transformed? Amidst the drastic changes in the external environment surrounding R&D, conventional, incremental approaches are becoming obsolete. What is required is a shift to next-generation R&D that liberates researchers from siloed organizational walls and non-core tasks, and leverages AI and data to co