Korean AI Startups
These companies are building the missing layers of Korea's AI stack. Organized by where they sit in the technology stack — from foundation models to hardware.
171
Companies Tracked
123
Private Startups
26
Seeking Funding
Vertical AI Applications
BHSN (비에이치에스엔)
Series B · Enterprise Productivity AI
Enterprise Productivity AI
CLASSUM (클라썸)
Private · Education AI
Education AI
Colosseum
Series B · Logistics AI
Korean AI logistics and supply chain platform
Coreline Soft (코어라인소프트)
Public · Healthcare AI
Healthcare AI
Coupang (쿠팡)
Public · E-commerce
AI-powered logistics at Korean scale
Coxwave (콕스웨이브)
Pre-Series A · Enterprise Productivity AI
Enterprise Productivity AI
DeepBrain AI (딥브레인AI)
Series C · Synthetic Media
Korean AI avatar and synthetic video platform
DeepSearch (딥서치)
Private · Financial AI
Financial AI
Elice (엘리스)
Pre-IPO · Education AI
Education AI
Gaudio Lab (가우디오랩)
Private · Creative AI
Creative AI
Hyperconnect
Private · Creative AI
Creative AI
Krafton (크래프톤)
Public · Creative AI
Creative AI
Law&Company (로앤컴퍼니)
Series C · Legal AI
Korean AI legal assistant platform
LBox
Series C · Enterprise Productivity AI
Enterprise Productivity AI
Lunit (루닛)
Public · Healthcare AI
World-class AI medical diagnostics from Korea
MakinaRocks (마키나락스)
Public · Manufacturing AI
Korean industrial AI for manufacturing
MarqVision (마크비전)
Series B · Commerce AI
Commerce AI
Mathpresso (매스프레소)
Private · Education AI
Education AI
Moloco
Late · AdTech AI
Korean-founded global AI adtech unicorn
Qraft AI (크래프트테크놀로지스)
Private · Financial AI
Financial AI
RIDI
Private · Creative AI
Creative AI
Socra AI
Series D · EdTech AI
AI-native education platform with global reach
Ringle
Private · Education AI
Education AI
S2W
Public · Cybersecurity AI
Korean AI-powered cyber threat intelligence
Scatter Lab (스캐터랩)
Series D · Creative AI
Korean conversational AI and AI companion platform
Toss (토스)
Pre-IPO · Financial AI
Financial AI
Voithru (보이스루)
Private · Creative AI
Creative AI
Vuno (뷰노)
Public · Healthcare AI
Korean medical AI diagnostics platform
Watcha (왓챠)
Private · Creative AI
Creative AI
42dot (포티투닷)
Corporate · Autonomous Mobility
Korean AI-native autonomous mobility platform tied to a global OEM
Autonomous a2z (오토노머스에이투지)
Pre-IPO · Autonomous Mobility
Independent Korean autonomous-driving platform with deployed pilots
Nearthlab (니어스랩)
Pre-IPO · Robotics
Korean autonomous-drone AI for industrial inspection
Seoul Robotics (서울로보틱스)
Series B · Robotics
Korean infrastructure-based 3D perception for mobility and AV
AITRICS (에이아이트릭스)
Series C · Healthcare AI
Korean clinical early-warning and patient-deterioration AI
Deep Bio (딥바이오)
Series B · Healthcare AI
Korean digital-pathology AI for cancer diagnostics
Neosapience (네오사피엔스)
Pre-IPO · Creative AI
Korean expressive voice + AI actor platform
XL8 (엑스엘에이트)
Series B · Creative AI
Korean media-localization machine translation
NationA (네이션에이)
Pre-A · Creative AI
Korean 3D character motion generative AI
Fount (파운트)
Series D · Fintech AI
Korean AI robo-advisor with discretionary investment management
Energy X (에너지엑스)
Series B · Climate AI
Korean AI for renewable-energy asset development and operations
Indent (인덴트)
Series B · Commerce AI
Korean AI for e-commerce video reviews and UGC monetization
Adriel (애드리엘)
Series B · AdTech AI
Korean AI ad operations and reporting platform
Datarize (데이터라이즈)
Series A · Commerce AI
Korean AI CRM for D2C merchants on Cafe24/Naver SmartStore
Dable (데이블)
Late · AdTech AI
Korean native-ad and content-recommendation AI
OMNIOUS.AI (옴니어스)
Series B · Commerce AI
Korean fashion visual search and auto-tagging
Bucketplace (버킷플레이스)
Late · Commerce AI
Korean lifestyle commerce AI personalization
Standigm (스탠다임)
Pre-IPO · Healthcare AI
Korean AI drug discovery (target ID, lead design, repurposing)
Galux (갤럭스)
Series B · BioTech AI
Korean de novo antibody and protein design AI
Pharos iBio (파로스아이바이오)
Public · BioTech AI
Listed Korean AI drug discovery with clinical pipeline
Nunaps (누랩스)
Series A · Healthcare AI
Korean digital therapeutic for stroke rehabilitation
WELT (웰트)
Series B · Healthcare AI
Korean MFDS-approved DTx for insomnia
Sky Labs (스카이랩스)
Series C · Healthcare AI
Korean AI medical wearable for cardiac monitoring
Imagoworks (이마고웍스)
Series C · Healthcare AI
Korean AI dental CAD and orthodontic planning
AIRS Medical (에어스메디컬)
Late · Healthcare AI
Korean AI MRI reconstruction for accelerated scans
Neurophet (뉴로핏)
Public · Healthcare AI
Korean AI brain imaging for Alzheimer's diagnostics
3billion (쓰리빌리언)
Public · Healthcare AI
Korean AI rare-disease genomics
Heuron (휴런)
Series B · Healthcare AI
Korean FDA-cleared neuro AI imaging
Banksalad (뱅크샐러드)
Series D · Fintech AI
Korean MyData personal-finance AI
PeopleFund (피플펀드)
Series C · Fintech AI
Korean AI credit scoring for marketplace lending
HonestAI (어니스트에이아이)
Series C · Fintech AI
Korean alt-lending big-data credit AI
Finda (핀다)
Series C · Fintech AI
Korean AI loan marketplace and prediction
Bomapp (보맵)
Series B · InsurTech AI
Korean InsurTech AI for coverage fitting and claims
SentBe (센트비)
Series C · Fintech AI
Korean AI cross-border payments and fraud detection
Argos Identity (아르고스아이덴티티)
Seed · RegTech AI
Korean AI KYC / KYB / AML identity verification
Kasa (카사)
Corporate · Fintech AI
Korean tokenized real-estate AI matching
Klleon (클레온)
Series A · Creative AI
Korean real-time digital-human and avatar AI
Pozalabs (포자랩스)
Series A · Creative AI
Korean ethical AI music generation for media
VoyagerX (보이저엑스)
Series A · Creative AI
Korean AI transcript-based video editor
ESTsoft (이스트소프트)
Public · Creative AI
Listed Korean virtual-human video and dubbing AI
Plask (플라스크)
Seed · Creative AI
Korean AI motion capture and 3D animation
3i Inc. (쓰리아이)
Series A · Creative AI
Korean spatial AI and enterprise digital twin
LionRocket (라이온로켓)
Series A · Creative AI
Korean AI tooling for webtoon production
Sketchsoft (스케치소프트)
Series A · Creative AI
Korean AI-assisted 3D sketching
Galaxy Corporation (갤럭시코퍼레이션)
Pre-IPO · Creative AI
Korean AI virtual idol and K-pop enter-tech platform
StradVision (스트라드비젼)
Public · Autonomous Mobility
Mass-production automotive perception AI sold to global OEMs
Deepnoid (딥노이드)
Public · Healthcare AI
Generative-AI radiology reporting and cerebral-aneurysm detection
Selvas AI (셀바스AI)
Public · Voice AI
Domestic voice-AI engines competing with hyperscaler speech APIs
Alchera (알체라)
Public · Vision AI
Exported vision AI: face verification, eKYC, and wildfire detection
Wanted Lab (원티드랩)
Public · HR AI
AI hiring match plus enterprise LLM-ops platform
Hancom (한컴)
Public · Enterprise Productivity AI
Sovereign document AI on the Korean government's office-software standard
Gauss Labs (가우스랩스)
Private · Manufacturing AI
Production-proven industrial AI for semiconductor fabs
MORAI (모라이)
Series B · Autonomous Mobility
Autonomous-driving simulation and validation tooling
RideFlux (라이드플럭스)
Pre-IPO · Autonomous Mobility
Commercial L4 driverless operations on Korean roads
Return Zero (리턴제로)
Series C · Voice AI
Independent Korean speech recognition for consumers, teams, and developers
Genesis Lab (제네시스랩)
Series B · HR AI
Multimodal AI video interviews for Korean enterprise hiring
Pulse9 (펄스나인)
Private · Creative AI
Generative virtual humans for K-pop and commerce IP
Nuvilab (누비랩)
Series A · Food AI
Vision-AI food scanning for foodservice, childcare, and hospitals
Deargen (디어젠)
Series B · BioTech AI
Sequence-based AI drug discovery
Oncocross (온코크로스)
Public · BioTech AI
Transcriptomics-based AI drug repositioning
HITS (히츠)
Series A · BioTech AI
Self-serve SaaS AI drug discovery
Medical AI (메디컬에이아이)
Private · Healthcare AI
AI-ECG screening for hidden cardiac disease
Kakao Healthcare (카카오헬스케어)
Corporate · Healthcare AI
Mass-consumer AI glucose management on CGM data
ARK (아크)
Series A · Healthcare AI
Retinal-photo AI screening for chronic-disease complications
Agent Platforms & Tooling
Allganize (올거나이즈)
Series B · Enterprise AI
Korean no-code enterprise AI agent platform
Bone AI
Seed · Physical AI
Full-stack physical AI platform that combines autonomy models, robotics hardware, and manufacturing capabilities.
Enhans
Series B · Commerce AI
Korean agentic AI platform for commerce
Liner (라이너)
Series B · AI Search
Korean AI search agent with global user base
Maum AI (마음AI)
Public · Agent Platforms
Agent Platforms
Saltlux (솔트룩스)
Public · Enterprise AI
Korean enterprise AI search and knowledge agent
Sendbird (센드버드)
Late · AI Communications
Korean-founded omnichannel AI agent platform
Wrtn (뤼튼)
Series B · Consumer AI
Korean consumer AI super-app with agent capabilities
Sionic AI (사이오닉에이아이)
Series A · Enterprise AI
Korean enterprise generative AI / RAG platform
Skelter Labs (스켈터랩스)
Series B · Enterprise AI
Korean enterprise conversational AI and RAG vendor
ActionPower (액션파워)
Series B · Enterprise AI
Korean multimodal AI workflow automation
42Maru (포티투마루)
Series B · Enterprise AI
Korean enterprise question-answering and document AI
Waddle (와들)
Seed · Commerce AI
Korean conversational AI shopping agent
Channel Corp (채널코퍼레이션)
Series B · Commerce AI
Korean AI business messenger and CX agent for SMBs
Swit Technologies (스윗테크놀로지스)
Series B · Enterprise Productivity AI
Korean enterprise work OS with AI co-pilot
Bebridge (비브릿지)
Seed · Enterprise Productivity AI
Korean AI video note-taking and lecture Q&A
LG CNS (LG씨엔에스)
Public · Enterprise AI
Enterprise AI transformation platform and AI contact center at systems-integrator scale
Wisenut (와이즈넛)
Public · Enterprise AI
Korean enterprise search, chatbots, and RAG for government and enterprise
Inference & Infrastructure
AIMMO (에이모)
Private · Developer and AI Infrastructure
Developer and AI Infrastructure
Crowdworks (크라우드웍스)
Private · Developer and AI Infrastructure
Developer and AI Infrastructure
Datumo (셀렉트스타)
Series B · AI Governance
Korean AI model evaluation and governance platform
FriendliAI
Seed · Developer and AI Infrastructure
Korean generative-AI inference engine and serving platform
Lablup (래블업)
Series A · AI Infrastructure
Open-source GPU cluster management for AI
Moreh (모레)
Series B · AI Infrastructure
Heterogeneous GPU abstraction for AI workloads
Nota AI (노타AI)
Public · AI Optimization
AI model optimization and edge deployment platform
Superb AI (슈퍼브에이아이)
Pre-IPO · AI Data Platform
Korean AI data management and computer vision platform
Twelve Labs (트웰브랩스)
Series B · Video AI
Video understanding API — Korean-founded infrastructure play
VESSL AI (베슬에이아이)
Series A · GPU Cloud & MLOps
Korean GPU cloud and MLOps platform for AI infrastructure
Dnotitia (디노티시아)
Series A · Infrastructure
Korean on-device long-term-memory AI stack
ENERZAi (에너자이)
Series A · Infrastructure
Korean on-device AI model compression and quantization
SqueezeBits (스퀴즈비츠)
Corporate · Infrastructure
Korean LLM inference optimization and engine work
Flitto (플리토)
Public · Infrastructure
Korean translation + AI training-data pipeline at national scale
TUNiB (튜닙)
Seed · Infrastructure
Korean LLM safety and de-identification APIs
Common Computer (커먼컴퓨터)
Series A · AI Infrastructure
Korean decentralized GPU cloud
Config Intelligence (컨피그인텔리전스)
Seed · AI Data Platform
Human-demonstration data and robot foundation models for physical AI
Foundation Models
Kakao (카카오)
Public · Tech Giant
Korean consumer AI via massive messaging platform
Konan Technology (코난테크놀로지)
Public · Foundation Models
Foundation Models
LG AI Research (LG AI연구원)
Corporate · Research
Corporate-backed multimodal Korean LLM
Naver (네이버)
Public · Tech Giant
Korean-language foundation model and AI platform
NCSOFT (엔씨소프트)
Public · Gaming AI
AI models from gaming simulation expertise
Persona AI
Pre-IPO · On-Device AI
Korean on-device AI engine for edge and defense
SK Telecom (SK텔레콤)
Public · Foundation Models
Foundation Models
Supertone (수퍼톤)
Corporate · Voice AI
Korean AI voice synthesis and dubbing platform
Upstage (업스테이지)
Pre-IPO · Enterprise AI
Sovereign foundation model for Korean enterprise
TwoBlock AI (투블럭에이아이)
Series A · Foundation Models
Korean-language-first NLP and BERT-class models
Motif Technologies (모티프테크놀로지스)
Series B · Foundation Models
Korean open-weight sovereign LLM training lab
Trillion Labs (트릴리언랩스)
Pre-Seed · Foundation Models
Korean diffusion-transformer LLM research lab
Hardware & Chips
DEEPX
Pre-IPO · AI Hardware
AI Hardware
Samsung Electronics (삼성전자)
Public · AI Hardware
HBM memory and advanced foundry for the global AI hardware supply chain
SK Hynix (SK하이닉스)
Public · AI Hardware
High-bandwidth memory for the global AI hardware supply chain
Doosan Robotics (두산로보틱스)
Public · Physical AI
Physical AI
FuriosaAI (퓨리오사AI)
Pre-IPO · Hardware
Korean AI inference accelerator for sovereign cloud
Hanwha (한화)
Public · Physical AI and Hardware
Physical AI and Hardware
Hyundai (현대자동차)
Public · Physical AI and Hardware
Physical AI and Hardware
Kia (기아)
Public · Physical AI and Hardware
Physical AI and Hardware
Rainbow Robotics (레인보우로보틱스)
Public · Physical AI
Physical AI
Rebellions (리벨리온)
Pre-IPO · Hardware
Korean AI inference chip to reduce NVIDIA dependency
RLWRLD
Seed · Robotics
Korean physical AI and robotics coordination platform
WIRobotics (위로보틱스)
Series B · Robotics
Korean humanoid robotics platform with wearable-robotics data moat
Holiday Robotics (홀리데이로보틱스)
Seed · Robotics
Independent Korean humanoid-robot challenger
Beyond Honeycomb (비욘드허니컴)
Series A · Robotics
Korean AI-driven cooking robotics for restaurants
ROBOTIS (로보티즈)
Public · Robotics
Korean robotics actuator and reference-platform vendor
Panmnesia (파네시아)
Series A · Hardware
Korean CXL fabric switch and disaggregated memory hardware
Mobilint (모빌린트)
Series C · Hardware
Korean edge-AI NPU and industrial AI PC hardware
Bos Semiconductors (보스반도체)
Series A · Hardware
Korean automotive AI accelerator silicon
Deep Fusion AI (딥퓨전에이아이)
Seed · Hardware
Korean 4D imaging radar for ADAS and physical AI
Neuromeka (뉴로메카)
Public · Physical AI
Domestic cobots with AI vision for SME manufacturing and foodservice
OPENEDGES Technology (오픈엣지테크놀로지)
Public · AI Hardware
Korean NPU and memory-subsystem IP for edge-AI chips
Clobot (클로봇)
Public · Robotics
Vendor-neutral multi-robot fleet orchestration software
UVify (유비파이)
Late · Physical AI
Autonomous drone swarms exported at global scale
HyperAccel (하이퍼엑셀)
Series A · AI Hardware
LLM-inference-specialized Korean AI silicon (LPU)
Bear Robotics (베어로보틱스)
Corporate · Physical AI
Service-robot autonomy stack anchoring LG's commercial robotics
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