HeartCore Partners with ONE AI to Bring Physical AI to Japan's Industrial Robots

NEW YORK and TOKYO, November 12, 2026 -- HeartCore Enterprises, Inc., a Tokyo-based IPO consulting services company, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, HeartCore Financial, has entered into a non-exclusive business development and sales agency agreement with ONE AI Co., Ltd. in Japan. ONE AI is a Korean developer founded by former Intel Asia-Pacific AI leadership team members, specializing in CPU-native, on-device physical AI. The collaboration will introduce Axis.ONE, ONE AI's physical AI platform designed to add AI "brains" to robots, cameras, and industrial PCs already in operation at manufacturers. Axis.ONE deploys on standard Intel-architecture industrial PCs and edge devices, aiming to bring vision, perception, decision-making, and continuous learning capabilities to existing industrial systems while keeping customer data and models on-premises.

Bringing AI to Existing Industrial Robots

According to the International Federation of Robotics, more than 4.6 million industrial robots are operating in factories worldwide. Axis.ONE is designed to help manufacturers upgrade these existing assets by adding AI capabilities alongside existing robots, controllers, and cameras, without requiring large-scale replacement of factory equipment. The platform is designed to work across manufacturers and equipment generations without modifying existing robot control systems. For manufacturers evaluating AI, the commercial value lies in preserving existing equipment investments, reducing reliance on dedicated GPU infrastructure, keeping sensitive production data within the factory, and shortening the time required to adapt models to specific on-site tasks.

Capabilities Axis.ONE Provides to Industrial Customers*

Retrofitting existing equipment: Axis.ONE operates in parallel with existing robots, PLCs, cameras, and industrial PCs. Its open, ROS2-compatible, vendor-agnostic architecture is designed to orchestrate heterogeneous devices. CPU-native edge AI: Inference runs on Intel CPUs, NPUs, and xPU edge hardware without requiring dedicated GPUs. ONE AI estimates total costs can be reduced by up to 90% compared to traditional GPU-based deployments. On-site data and model control: Axis.ONE is designed for 100% localized operation, including air-gapped and closed-network environments, with no cloud dependency. Potential application areas include manufacturing, energy, public infrastructure, defense, and healthcare. Accelerated learning via Axis.LOOP: On-site data is used to retrain models locally. ONE AI reports learning cycles per site reduced from approximately 100 days to 10 days, and in some cases, from 30 days to 1 hour. Learning from demonstrations via Axis.MIMIC: Vision-language-action models are designed to enable robots to learn new tasks through demonstration rather than manual reprogramming. Operations management via Axis.CORE: The platform provides centralized AIOps, model management, over-the-air updates, local large language model services, and real-time dashboards across sites. Modular industrial applications: Vision.ONE supports inspection and monitoring; Safe.ONE handles industrial safety; Robo.ONE supports robot perception and control; Assist.ONE provides LLM-based intelligent assistance. These applications are deployed as containerized services on a common data bus.

Japan Commercialization and Revenue Model

Under the agreement, HeartCore will introduce ONE AI's Axis.ONE platform to Japanese manufacturers, system integrators, and industrial operators, while coordinating proof-of-concept deployments and pilot programs. The company will also present demonstrations and technical information on the Axis.ONE platform to potential customers and partners, while leading commercial agreement negotiations with potential clients. ONE AI will provide technical support and demonstration resources for each deployment. The parties plan to explore future expansion opportunities with U.S. manufacturers and industrial partners. The agreement has an initial term of three years, thereafter automatically renewing for one-year periods unless either party provides notice of non-renewal. Under the agreement, the company will receive commissions based on net revenue generated by ONE AI from customers referred by the company. This includes revenue from commercial agreements, purchase orders, licenses, subscriptions, proof-of-concept collaborations, pilot programs, joint development programs, and other business arrangements with referred customers. The agreement provides for a tiered commission structure under which the company will receive commissions of 15% of first-year net revenue, 10% of second-year net revenue, and 8% of third-year net revenue generated from business produced by its referred customers.

Management Commentary

"We believe ONE AI's technology has the potential to transform how manufacturers apply AI," said Sumitaka Kanno, CEO of HeartCore. "Industrial robots have been extremely precise for decades, but most still cannot see, adapt, or learn. Axis.ONE is designed to change that for robots already installed on factory floors, without requiring manufacturers to replace systems they spent years and significant capital building. We are proud to partner with ONE AI and, through HeartCore Financial, help bring Axis.ONE to Japan — one of the world's leading robot markets."

"Industrial robots should not have to be replaced to become intelligent," said In Chan Baek, CEO of ONE AI. "Our team has spent over two decades optimizing AI on Intel chips, and Axis.ONE is the result: a single architecture that brings real-time AI to machines already in factories, running entirely on-premises. Japan is home to many of the world's most advanced manufacturers, and HeartCore's local presence and experience as a Nasdaq-listed company make it an ideal partner for our entry into the Japanese market."

*The above technical descriptions and performance data are based on information provided by ONE AI and have not been independently verified by HeartCore. Reported results do not guarantee performance or cost savings in specific customer deployments.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected benefits of the collaboration between HeartCore and ONE AI; the capabilities, performance, cost savings, compatibility, and market acceptance of ONE AI's technology; the commercialization of Axis.ONE in Japan, the United States, or elsewhere; and the company's future business plans. Words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "aim," "designed to," "potential," "may," "will," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to: the ability of the parties to successfully execute the collaboration; the non-exclusive nature of the agency agreement and HeartCore Financial's ability to generate customer referrals and commission revenue; whether ONE AI's technology performs as expected in customer environments and with robots and control systems from different manufacturers; market acceptance of the technology; competition; ONE AI's ability as an early-stage company to scale its operations; regulatory, intellectual property, and cybersecurity risks; and other risks described in the "Risk Factors" section of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and in its other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Performance data attributed to ONE AI in this press release is based on information provided by ONE AI and has not been independently verified by the company. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these statements except as required by law.

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