inovie Inc. (Location: Kita-ku, Osaka City, Representative Director: Kazunari Kuwatani, hereinafter "inovie") is pleased to announce the launch of "Vertical AI Studio," a business co-creation studio designed to jointly develop industry-specific AI products by combining the deep understanding of industry-specific challenges held by our partners with inovie's AI-native product development capabilities. Vertical AI Studio aims to rapidly launch AI products that deeply integrate into industry-specific operations by combining partners who possess problem-solving insights, customer touchpoints, and sales channels within specific industries, with inovie's execution power in planning, design, development, and improvement. As our first initiative, we have developed "FitDesign AI," an AI design creation tool for fitness studios. FitDesign AI is a product that enables store staff to create promotional materials such as social media images, flyers, and in-store POPs in a short amount of time. It is scheduled to be introduced and showcased at "SPORTEC 2026 Tokyo," to be held at Tokyo Big Sight East Exhibition Hall from July 8 (Wed) to 10 (Fri), 2026. This announcement is not a launch of FitDesign AI alone, but rather about the commencement of "Vertical AI Studio," which aims to co-create industry-specific AI businesses with partners. FitDesign AI is positioned as the first product to practically validate the co-creation model of the studio. "Vertical AI Studio" for Co-Creating Industry-Specific x AI-Native Businesses Together Background of Vertical AI Studio Launch While the use of generative AI and AI agents is expanding, creating products that become established in actual operations and are continuously used requires an understanding of industry-specific business customs, on-site operations, customer touchpoints, and decision-making structures. In many industries, there are tasks that can be significantly streamlined by AI. However, there is a disconnect between the human reso