Agreements reached under this partnership
Business alliance- 1
Technical validation with target equipment and development of implementation configurations QNAP’s target products will be used as the execution infrastructure for VAAP ZBOX, with technical validation covering AI performance, data integration and stable operation. Configurations will be developed according to customers’ business scale and processing requirements, and support will be provided for Pro and Enterprise deployments.
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Deployment of AI agents using internal corporate data The Company will develop environments in which its AI technologies can be used within companies, including speech recognition and summarization, as well as the storage, search and use of generated meeting minutes. Access permissions, data storage locations and controls on external communications will be designed according to customer requirements, with operations aimed at complying with each implementation site’s information management policies.
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Support for post-implementation operations and expanded use The Company plans to provide support ranging from business process design at implementation, AI agent configuration and integration with existing systems to post-implementation maintenance and operations support. It will propose additional AI agent deployments as the user departments and target business processes expand, thereby supporting the continued expansion of use by each customer.
These are items that the documents state the two companies will work on. The lines above and below represent arrangements between the two companies.
The impact of this matter on the Company’s consolidated results for the fiscal year ending December 2026 is immaterial.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Name of alliance partner | QNAP Corporation |
| Alliance partner's business activities | Sales of NAS, networking products, software and other products, as well as solution development |
| Alliance partner's location | Arakawa-ku, Tokyo |
| Type of alliance | Business alliance |
| Details of the alliance | Technical validation with target equipment and development of implementation configurations QNAP’s target products will be used as the execution infrastructure for VAAP ZBOX, with technical validation covering AI performance, data integration and stable operation. Configurations will be developed according to customers’ business scale and processing requirements, and support will be provided for Pro and Enterprise deployments., Deployment of AI agents using internal corporate data The Company will develop environments in which its AI technologies can be used within companies, including speech recognition and summarization, as well as the storage, search and use of generated meeting minutes. Access permissions, data storage locations and controls on external communications will be designed according to customer requirements, with operations aimed at complying with each implementation site’s information management policies., Support for post-implementation operations and expanded use The Company plans to provide support ranging from business process design at implementation, AI agent configuration and integration with existing systems to post-implementation maintenance and operations support. It will propose additional AI agent deployments as the user departments and target business processes expand, thereby supporting the continued expansion of use by each customer. |
| Impact on Business Performance | The impact of this matter on the Company’s consolidated results for the fiscal year ending December 2026 is immaterial. |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.To combine QNAP’s data management, storage and computing infrastructure with Hmcomm’s voice AI and AI agent technologies, build an enterprise AI environment that does not require data to be transmitted to external cloud services, and expand opportunities to deploy VAAP and generate recurring revenue.