What kind of company does LY Corporation aspire to be in the next five years?

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LY Corporation's Five-Year Roadmap: Aiming to Be Your "Ultimate Tech Companion" in Life

Think of LY Corporation as a newly formed "superhero alliance." This alliance is made up of two major players you know well: the social expert LINE and the information/shopping expert Yahoo! JAPAN. Their merger is all about combining these superpowers to become your indispensable "Ultimate Tech Companion" within the next five years.

Specifically, they aim to make big moves in these key areas:

1. Building a Seamless "Super App" Ecosystem

Current Situation: You probably have the LINE App for chatting, the Yahoo! JAPAN App for news, use Yahoo! Shopping for purchases, and PayPay for payments. While these apps each handle specific tasks, switching between them can be cumbersome.
The Future Goal: LY aims to seamlessly integrate these services. Imagine this scenario:

You're chatting on LINE with a friend about wanting to buy the latest game. LINE immediately recommends the best deals on Yahoo! Shopping. You click a link and pay instantly using your linked PayPay account – all without ever leaving the LINE app.

Essentially, the goal is to let you handle everything – chatting, news, search, shopping, and payments – in one place. They want you to feel like you're using a single, integrated service from "LY Company," not disparate products from different companies.

2. Becoming an "AI Tech Company," Not Just an "Internet Company"

This is core to their strategy. They possess vast troves of data (what people chat about daily on LINE, search for on Yahoo!, buy), which is the perfect "fuel" for AI.

The Objective: They want to leverage AI to predict your needs, making services hyper-intelligent and personalized.
- Personalized Recommendations: Search for flights to Hokkaido on Yahoo!, and LINE might instantly push Hokkaido travel guides and food recommendations to you. Regularly buy clothes from a certain brand on ZOZOTOWN (also part of their group)? You'll be the first to know when that brand releases new items.
- Boosting Productivity: They plan to serve businesses too, using AI tech to help merchants find customers more accurately or provide smart customer service bots to reduce labor costs.
In short, they envision AI acting as a smart personal assistant, handling various life and work tasks for you.

3. Becoming the Dominant Leader in the "Fintech" Space

PayPay is a key asset. In Japan, PayPay is already a widely used payment method.

Future Ambitions? They won't be content with just being a "payment QR code."
- They want PayPay to become a one-stop financial platform. In the future, beyond just payments, you could apply for small loans, buy insurance, or invest, all within PayPay.
- The goal is for Japanese consumers to think "PayPay first" for all their financial needs.

4. Creating "Wow!" Moments to Delight Users

This consumer-centric ethos, a legacy from the Yahoo! days, continues at LY. They don't want their products to be merely "usable" or "convenient."

What They Strive For: Experiences that exceed expectations and create genuine "Wow!" moments for users. It could be an incredibly thoughtful small feature or an engagingly designed event page. They hope that by delivering surprise and delight, they can build deeper emotional connections with users during product interactions.

To Summarize

In essence, LY Corporation's goal for the next five years is crystal clear:

They no longer want to be just a provider of messaging tools and a news portal. Leveraging the massive user and data advantages from the merger, powered by AI, they aim to deeply integrate into users' daily lives, becoming an omnipresent "Intelligent Life Partner" that can help manage errands, finances, and consistently deliver delightful surprises.