Owned Inc. (Tokyo, Minato-ku; President and CEO: Sho Ishii), a subsidiary of Vector Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Minato-ku; President and CEO: Koji Nishie; Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market: 6058), will hold a free online seminar titled “2026 Edition: AIO (AI Optimization) Strategies to Win in the Era of AI Search and Generative AI: What Companies Should Do Now in the Age of Google SGE and SearchGPT” from 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 21. Background: With the emergence of ChatGPT, Google AI Overview, SearchGPT, and similar services, corporate digital customer acquisition is reaching a new turning point. Until now, search strategies have focused on increasing visibility in search results. Going forward, that alone will no longer be enough. Whether a company’s information is recognized by AI as a “trustworthy information source” during the answer-generation process will influence the entry point for awareness, comparison, and consideration. In other words, companies now need information design that enables them to be selected by AI, in addition to conventional search measures. Owned defines these initiatives for adapting to the changing era as “AIO (AI Optimization)” and supports companies in information dissemination, content design, and traffic improvement. This seminar will organize the basics of AIO through practical approaches and explain the key points companies should understand now. Recommended for: marketing professionals concerned about declining traffic to their company websites; executives who want to adopt the latest AIO strategies ahead of competitors; people who want to understand the overall picture of AI search measures, including how they differ from SEO; and those who want to learn concrete information-design methods for being cited and recommended by AI. What participants will learn: changes in the search environment and why traditional SEO measures alone are becoming insufficient; the definition of AIO (AI Optimization) and key elements companies shoul