Quest Research Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kenta Minami), a provider of AI research solutions, will begin offering a beta version (free Trial plan) of "Cork Talk" from July 2026. Cork Talk is a new era "talk form" that uses AI to delve into "why" with each individual, something that cannot be captured by survey forms. Starting with AI interviews, it can be utilized in a wide range of business scenes, including customer understanding, concept verification, and UX research, as a research workflow driven by AI from design to analysis. Based on the company's accumulated achievements in AI interviews and research expertise, it has been redesigned to integrate flow design, MCP linkage, and contextual review. Prior to the official product launch, the company will exhibit at "Marketing Sales World Summer" held at Tokyo Big Sight from July 8 (Wed) to 10 (Fri). At the booth, you can experience a demo of "Cork Talk" before anyone else, and on the final day, July 10 (Fri), Representative Director and CEO Kenta Minami will hold a seminar. ▼ Pre-registration for exhibition visits and seminar reservations here https://www.bizcrew.jp/expo/entry/marketing-sales-tokyo "Cork Talk" Service Site: https://talk.qork.ai ■ Background of Cork Talk Development Quest Research has so far developed and operated the AI research product series "Cork Series," which provides integrated qualitative and quantitative research. The AI interview function installed in Cork Interview within the series has achieved cumulative results of approximately 25,000 people, with a peak of over 100 simultaneous connections and an inquiry rate of about 0.5% in actual operations, and this knowledge has been condensed into Cork Talk. Through repeated operations, the following needs have become apparent: "I want to use AI interviews more casually." "I want to increase the freedom of design." "I want to improve efficiency by linking with AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude." Against this