Radar · Native AI in South Korea
Best Native AI Companies in South Korea
The 291 best Native AI companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Rebellions.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
291companies tracked
$1.6Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
81have raised
$1.6 billion in disclosed funding across 291 tracked companies. That's the real weight of the Native AI sector in South Korea right now, and this directory ranks those companies by equity raised and recent funding momentum.
Rebellions leads the field at $211 million, a figure that dwarfs the next tier by a wide margin. Selectstar AI sits at $67 million, Typecast at $34 million, and NEUROPHET at $24 million. So you're looking at a market where one filer captures roughly 13% of all disclosed capital, and the rest compete hard for the remainder. The sector's projected ~50% CAGR tells you why the competition is this intense. Demand is structural: AI automating routine paperwork, improving patient inflow predictions, reshaping programmatic workflows. The debate over whether native AI devices hold their own or get absorbed by smartphones is live and unresolved, but I'd argue Korea's hardware-forward builders like Rebellions are betting the hardware case wins. Korea Investment Holdings, Kakao Ventures, and Mirae Asset are the names writing checks here most consistently. No unicorns yet. That gap between ambition and valuation milestone is exactly what makes this list worth watching.
Sources & further reading
- benzinga.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · NATIVE AI × SOUTH KOREA
Our analysis of 150 Native AI companies
$80.7b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
150companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
50unicorns
2022median founding year
161kcombined LinkedIn audience
53%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Native AI companies in South Korea
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebellions Developer of hardware and software solutions for artificial intelligence inference 84Innovation top 9%Patents top 10%Funding top 13%AI top 22% All 11 signals ▾Innovationtop 9% Patentstop 10% Fundingtop 13% AItop 22% Newstop 33% Moattop 35% Growthtop 36% Techtop 41% Markettop 50% Talentbottom 48% Globalbottom 44% Innovation: 430 patents (top 3% of patent-holders) · 426 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 Patents: 430 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 426 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $211M | 2 mo ago | Series D | 87 | Shin Sung-ho Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | 15 signals ▲25% Funding · Leadership · Capital raise | 430 patents Chiplet-based high‑performance hardware platforms for low‑latency trading and AI acceleration | 5 job openings |
| 2 | Mathpresso Developer of an AI-powered learning platform providing educational content access 69Moat top 26%Funding top 27%Talent top 28%AI top 30% All 11 signals ▾Moattop 26% Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Innovationtop 42% Growthtop 45% Markettop 46% Patentstop 46% Techtop 50% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 22% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 12 patents Funding: Raised $148M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $148M | 27 mo ago | Series C | 287 | Hojae Jeong Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceElasticsearch+15 | — | 12 patents AI-powered adaptive tutoring and automated question generation for educational search platforms | — |
| 3 | StradVision Developer of AI-based perception software for autonomous driving and advanced systems | $137M | 46 mo ago | Series C | 320 | Bongjin Jun Founder | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365PHP+15 | 3 signals ▲50% Announcements · IPO | 801 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 job opening |
| 4 | Lunit Developer of artificial intelligence solutions for cancer detection and treatment | $135M | 54 mo ago | Public | 279 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 4 signals ▼67% Contracts · M&A · Earnings | 387 patents AI-driven analysis, annotation, and training for digital pathology slide imaging | 1 launch |
| 5 | DeepX Developer of AI semiconductors, modules, and systems for edge computing applications 45Innovation top 10%Patents top 13%AI top 18%Moat top 33% All 13 signals ▾Innovationtop 10% Patentstop 13% AItop 18% Moattop 33% Fundingtop 34% Newstop 39% Techtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 38% Partnersbottom 34% Growthbottom 25% Fin. healthbottom 10% Innovation: 349 patents (top 4% of patent-holders) · 326 filings since 2022 vs 23 in 2017-21 Patents: 349 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 326 filings since 2022 vs 23 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $103M | 25 mo ago | Series C | 55 | Lokwon Kim Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | — | 349 patents AI accelerator hardware and heterogeneous SoC for neural network inference and training | — |
| 6 | Standigm AI-based platform for drug discovery and development 48Patents top 19%Moat top 19%Innovation top 21%Talent top 28% All 10 signals ▾Patentstop 19% Moattop 19% Innovationtop 21% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 36% Globalbottom 42% Newsbottom 27% Techbottom 21% Marketbottom 18% Patents: 101 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 77 filings since 2022 vs 24 in 2017-21 Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 101 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $70M | 59 mo ago | Series C | 3 | Jinhan Kim Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 101 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 7 | Selectstar AI Providers of platform for AI training solutions 57AI top 20%Funding top 25%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 50% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 27% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $67.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $67M | 6 mo ago | Series B | 14 | Howook Shin Co-FOunder | WordPressPleskMySQL+27 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Nota Developer of AI optimization solutions for on-device and edge computing 84Patents top 13%AI top 18%Innovation top 19%Funding top 23% All 14 signals ▾Patentstop 13% AItop 18% Innovationtop 19% Fundingtop 23% Newstop 23% Growthtop 25% Producttop 28% Moattop 29% Customerstop 35% Techtop 40% Partnerstop 42% Talenttop 44% Markettop 48% Globalbottom 42% Patents: 216 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 199 filings since 2022 vs 15 in 2017-21 AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $63M | 24 mo ago | Public | 95 | Tae Kim Co-Founder & CTO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+22 | 6 signals ▲500% Leadership · IPO · Contracts | 216 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 9 | SAPEON Plarform for AI processors for data processing 60AI top 20%Funding top 35%Market top 42%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 35% Markettop 42% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 45% Productbottom 45% Globalbottom 32% Newsbottom 24% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $45.4M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $45M | 33 mo ago | Series A | 99 | Soojung Ryu CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | NITGEN Developer and manufacturer of fingerprint sensor and algorithm for biometric applications | $38M | 165 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Young Bae CEO | — | — | 40 patents High‑resolution optical fingerprint capture and advanced anti‑spoof detection technologies. | — |
| 11 | HyperAccel Developer of AI semiconductors and software for generative AI solutions 62AI top 22%Innovation top 25%Funding top 32%Patents top 32% All 8 signals ▾AItop 22% Innovationtop 25% Fundingtop 32% Patentstop 32% Moattop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Innovation: 33 patents (top 36% of patent-holders) · 33 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $38M | 17 mo ago | Series A | — | Joo-Young Kim CEO | — | — | 33 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 12 | Typecast Provider of a cloud and AI-enabled text-to-speech converter platform 78AI top 26%Growth top 28%Funding top 29%Tech top 34% All 9 signals ▾AItop 26% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 29% Techtop 34% Talenttop 38% Producttop 46% Markettop 49% Moatbottom 38% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: deep learning, natural language processing Growth: Web rank 500,000 → 100,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $34M | 6 mo ago | Series B | — | Juncheol Cho Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySentryFirebase+28 | — | — | — |
| 13 | WRTN Provider of AI and NLP tools for text-based applications 67AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 30%Growth top 35% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 30% Growthtop 35% Newstop 48% Moatbottom 48% Techbottom 45% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 38% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $32M | 14 mo ago | Series B | 43 | Dongjae Lee Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Moreh Developer of large-scale AI infrastructure | $30M | 34 mo ago | Series B | 58 | Jungho Park Co-Founder | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+11 | — | 64 patents Fault‑tolerant AI computing: checkpointing, GPU memory management, quantized neural‑network training. | 1 job opening |
| 15 | AItrics Develops AI-powered clinical decision support system | $30M | 6 mo ago | Series C | 37 | Eunho Yang Co-Founder & CRO | — | — | 39 patents AI-driven clinical decision support and patient monitoring using multimodal medical data | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 16 | OnePredict Provider of industrial artificial intelligence solutions for equipment diagnostics | $25M | 50 mo ago | Series C | 56 | Byung Yoon Founder & CEO | ImwebFroala EditorYouTube+26 | — | 39 patents AI-driven predictive maintenance and fault diagnosis for power grid equipment | 1 launch |
| 17 | NEUROPHET Developer of AI-based simulation software for doctors and researchers in electrical brain stimulation 84Innovation top 15%Patents top 20%Growth top 21%AI top 25% All 12 signals ▾Innovationtop 15% Patentstop 20% Growthtop 21% AItop 25% Fundingtop 28% Moattop 29% Fin. healthtop 42% Markettop 45% Talentbottom 48% Newsbottom 45% Globalbottom 42% Partnersbottom 34% Innovation: 125 patents (top 16% of patent-holders) · 86 filings since 2022 vs 39 in 2017-21 Patents: 125 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 86 filings since 2022 vs 39 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $24M | 2 mo ago | Public | 101 | Junkil Been Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — | 125 patents AI-driven medical imaging analysis and clinical decision support for neurodiagnostics | — |
| 18 | SUALAB AI-based machine inspection solutions provider | $24M | 85 mo ago | Acquired | 22 | Bora Lee Co-Founder | — | — | 53 patents AI-driven visual inspection and data generation for automated defect detection | — |
| 19 | Skelter Labs Platform provider to create conversational AI platforms | $24M | 70 mo ago | Acquired | 49 | Ted Cho Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — | 16 patents AI-driven dialogue slot extraction, review analysis, user behavior profiling, and chatbot training | 1 job opening |
| 20 | AKUODIGITAL Cloud-based document and records management software for enterprises | $17M | 58 mo ago | Series C | 5 | Yongseop Kim CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Sionic AI Provider of AI-powered solutions for multiple industries 55AI top 25%Funding top 31%Moat top 38%Innovation top 41% All 10 signals ▾AItop 25% Fundingtop 31% Moattop 38% Innovationtop 41% Patentstop 41% Techtop 44% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 34% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $17.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $17M | 6 mo ago | Series A | — | SukHyun Ko CEO | Apple iCloud MailNode.jsRadix UI+15 | — | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 22 | CryptoLab Developer of homomorphic encryption software and tools for data privacy | $16M | 47 mo ago | Series A | 42 | Jung Cheon CEO | — | — | — | 1 launch · 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 23 | Mobilint Provider of integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions 62AI top 22%Patents top 24%Innovation top 25%Funding top 31% All 9 signals ▾AItop 22% Patentstop 24% Innovationtop 25% Fundingtop 31% Moattop 38% Techtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 31% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Patents: 78 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 61 filings since 2022 vs 17 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $15M | 2 mo ago | Series C | 32 | Dongjoo Shin CEO | WixSentryBootstrap+12 | — | 78 patents AI hardware accelerators and optimized deep learning inference for image processing | — |
| 24 | Asleep Provider of sleep-tracking API for seamless integration into applications | $15M | 50 mo ago | Series B | — | Lee David CEO | WebflowTallyNaver Analytics+10 | — | 41 patents AI-powered contactless sleep monitoring and adaptive environment control technologies | — |
| 25 | Mediwhale AI based diagnostic device for chronic diseases | $12M | 2 mo ago | Series C | 13 | Tyler Rim Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — | 20 patents AI-driven diagnostic devices for kidney, cardiovascular and ocular disease risk prediction | — |
| 26 | Vuno Developer of AI based medical image analysis software for healthcare providers | $12M | 6 mo ago | Public | 163 | Hyun-Jun Kim Co-Founder & CSO | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365PHP+20 | 3 signals ▼25% Earnings · Funding | 322 patents AI-powered cardiac signal analysis and medical imaging diagnostics | 1 launch |
| 27 | AIMMO Provider of AI data solutions including collection, curation, labeling, and synthesis | $12M | 53 mo ago | Series A | 78 | Seungtaek Oh Founder & CEO | SentryTypeScriptFirebase+10 | — | 53 patents Real-time updating and generation of ML models for autonomous vehicle perception and simulation | — |
| 28 | DenComm AI-powered voice recognition solutions for the dental industry | $12M | 27 mo ago | Series A | — | Byeongjun Lim CEO | Node.jsReactNext.js App Router+13 | — | 16 patents Dental imaging conversion and speech‑driven chart management software for dentistry. | — |
| 29 | OncoSoft Developer of AI-based software for radiation therapy contouring and planning | $11M | 20 mo ago | Series B | 14 | Jinsung Kim CEO | — | — | 22 patents AI-powered medical image segmentation, radiotherapy workflow, and clinical decision support systems. | — |
| 30 | Odd Concepts Provider of image recognition solutions for enterprises | $10M | 74 mo ago | Series B | 12 | — | — | — | 125 patents AI-powered fashion image generation, reconstruction, and recommendation systems | — |
| 31 | Lablup Developer of software providing researchers and engineers access to computing resources | $10M | 37 mo ago | Series A | 21 | Jonghyun Park Co-Founder | Amazon Web Serviceslit-htmllit-element+4 | — | 25 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 32 | 42Maru Developer of AI platform providing question answering and natural language processing | $9M | 25 mo ago | Series B | 71 | D.K Donghwan Kim Ceo | — | — | 53 patents AI-powered text structuring, summarization, and NL-to-SQL query generation for databases | — |
| 33 | AIGEN Sciences AI-based drug discovery and designing tool for researchers 35AI top 30%Moat top 38%Funding top 42%Patents top 46% All 8 signals ▾AItop 30% Moattop 38% Fundingtop 42% Patentstop 46% Innovationtop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 31% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 7 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $9M | 11 mo ago | Series A | 8 | Jaewoo Kang CEO | — | — | 7 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 34 | Promedius Provider of AI software for osteoporosis diagnosis and muscle segmentation | $9M | 27 mo ago | Series A | 31 | Hyun-Jin Bae Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 42 patents Federated learning AI for medical imaging, especially bone health diagnosis and analysis | — |
| 35 | Pyler Developer of AI video understanding tools for brand safety and targeting | $8M | 28 mo ago | Series A | 33 | JaeHo Oh Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+7 | — | 15 patents Video moment retrieval, highlight detection, and multimodal temporal‑axis AI fusion for content analysis | 1 award |
| 36 | Furiosa Developer of AI accelerator hardware and software for large language models 57AI top 18%Growth top 35%Funding top 36%Tech top 42% All 10 signals ▾AItop 18% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 36% Techtop 42% Markettop 49% Moattop 50% Talentbottom 49% Patentsbottom 35% Innovationbottom 32% Globalbottom 31% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $7M | 10 mo ago | Series C | 100 | June Paik Founder & CEO | Craft CMSPHPMonaco Editor+16 | — | 3 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 37 | Pet Now App-based platform for recognition of animals based on the inscription | $5M | 32 mo ago | Series A | 21 | — | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+16 | — | — | — |
| 38 | Cochl Developer of sound AI platform for real-time acoustic event analysis | $5M | 40 mo ago | Series A | 25 | Il-Young Jeong Co-Founder | styled-componentsJSSReact+12 | — | 17 patents Audio signal processing and recognition for multimedia and augmented reality applications | — |
| 39 | iCore-corp Manufacturer of machine vision components and solutions for industrial applications | $5M | 38 mo ago | Series A | — | Park Woo CEO | — | — | 32 patents AI‑driven adaptive optical inspection systems for automated defect detection in manufacturing | — |
| 40 | BHSN AI-based contract management platform for law firms | $5M | 11 mo ago | Series B | — | Lim Jung-geun Founder & CEO | — | — | 9 patents AI-powered legal contract creation, management, and review automation | — |
| 41 | CN AI Provider of data management and AI services | $4M | 49 mo ago | Series A | 21 | Wonseop Lee CEO | Node.jsUbuntuTailwind CSS+11 | — | — | — |
| 42 | Surromind Provider of AI solutions specializing in multimodal, MLOps, and LLM engineering | $4M | 19 mo ago | Series A | — | Byung Jang Founder | SentryNode.jsReact+10 | — | 16 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 43 | Return Zero Provider of Korean speech recognition engine 74AI top 18%Innovation top 24%Talent top 28%Patents top 30% All 8 signals ▾AItop 18% Innovationtop 24% Talenttop 28% Patentstop 30% Fundingtop 37% Moattop 45% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 37% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Innovation: 34 patents (top 35% of patent-holders) · 31 filings since 2022 vs 3 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $3M | 7 mo ago | Acquired | 32 | Jung Young Co-Founder | — | — | 34 patents Improving speech recognition accuracy and speaker identification using AI-trained acoustic models | — |
| 44 | Alchera AI Platform offering face and image recognition solutions for enterprises 74Growth top 21%Product top 22%AI top 25%Moat top 32% All 12 signals ▾Growthtop 21% Producttop 22% AItop 25% Moattop 32% Innovationtop 36% Patentstop 37% Fundingtop 40% Markettop 42% Techtop 47% Fin. healthbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Growth: Headcount 53 → 110 (+108%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Product: 3 published apps (608 installs) · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $3M | 1 mo ago | Public | 110 110 → 160 (+45%) | Young Hwang CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+19 | — | 35 patents AI-powered biometric authentication and wildfire detection using multimodal and domain‑adapted learning | — |
| 45 | TEN Provider of AI infrastructure and MLOps platform for AI development | $2M | 42 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Sejin Oh CEO | — | — | 29 patents Monetizing AI models and training data through assetization and revenue-sharing mechanisms. | 2 launchs |
| 46 | Coreline Soft Developer of medical AI solutions for analyzing chest and brain scans | $2M | 14 mo ago | Seed | 88 | — | PHPAnimate.csscore-js+7 | — | 122 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 2 partnerships |
| 47 | P2ACH AI Provider of AI-powered retail media analytics 42Patents top 45%AI top 45%Innovation top 47%Talent bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Patentstop 45% AItop 45% Innovationtop 47% Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 41% Globalbottom 33% Patents: 8 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 8 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 AI: Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $2M | 14 mo ago | Seed | — | Dongyul Lee CEO | — | — | 8 patents AI-powered outdoor advertising planning, placement, and performance analytics | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 48 | SqueezeBits Developer of AI compression toolkit simplifying application of advanced compression techniques | $2M | 28 mo ago | Seed | 12 | Hyungjun Kim CEO | SentryNode.jsReact+12 | — | 9 patents Efficient AI model compression and hardware acceleration for neural network inference | 1 partnership |
| 49 | eRoun Generative AI security solutions 42AI top 22%Funding top 47%Patents top 48%Innovation top 49% All 8 signals ▾AItop 22% Fundingtop 47% Patentstop 48% Innovationtop 49% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 48% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 31% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $1.4M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $1M | 7 mo ago | Seed | — | Yoon Sik CEO | — | — | 3 patents AI safety tools for generative model prompt filtering and hallucination mitigation | — |
Top 12 Native AI companies in South Korea
#1
Series D · Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province · founded 2020 · 87 employees$211.3Mraised▾
Series D · Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province · founded 2020 · 87 employees
Developer of hardware and software solutions for artificial intelligence inference. The company offers AI accelerators, chiplets, interconnects, and software stacks designed for large-scale deployments. Its products are built for power efficiency and performance in applications from LLMs to multi-modal AI. The company provides tools and resources for developers to deploy AI models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 84how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 9%Patents
top 10%Funding
top 13%AI
top 22%News
top 33%Moat
top 35%Innovation: 430 patents (top 3% of patent-holders) · 426 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Patents: 430 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 426 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $211M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series D (Mar 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers — 11.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 5 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +5 · hiring: HSIO System Firmware Engineer, Linux Device Driver Engineer
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series D$400M
- Sep 2025Series C$250M
- Jul 2024Series B$14.4M
- Jan 2024Series B$124M
Founders & team
Investors
KT, Somers Investment Partners, Pavilion Capital Partners, Korea Development Bank Europe, Mirae Asset, IMM Investment
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAutoptimizeCdnjsClipboard.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Public · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 101 employees$24.4Mraised▾
Public · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 101 employees
Developer of AI-based simulation software for doctors and researchers in electrical brain stimulation. It is developing simulation software in neuro-engineering that is specialized for doctors and researchers in electrical brain stimulation (EBS). Its users can generate an individual 3D brain model by MRI, and simulate and analyze the potential effects of EBS in the various parameters of treatment in a clinical setting. It helps with full-automatic 3D brain model generation for each patient.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 84how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 15%Patents
top 20%Growth
top 21%AI
top 25%Funding
top 28%Moat
top 29%Innovation: 125 patents (top 16% of patent-holders) · 86 filings since 2022 vs 39 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Patents: 125 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 86 filings since 2022 vs 39 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Growth: Revenue +42% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Post IPO$21.5M
- Mar 2024Series B$751.4K
- Nov 2021Series B$16M
- Jan 2020Series A$2.5M
Founders & team
Investors
SBI Investment Korea, ES Investor, Magellan Technology Investment, Kolon Investments, Daedeok Venture Partners, Shinhan Bank
#3
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2019 · 14 employees$67Mraised▾
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2019 · 14 employees
Providers of platform for AI training solutions. It allows users to collect images, voices, videos, and texts from different sources and label and validate the raw data. Its features are object segmentation, line segmentation, classification, transcription, editing, comparison, and other tools for labeling solutions.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 25%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Tech
top 50%Global
bottom 36%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $67.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (Dec 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series B$3.7M
- Aug 2025Series B$14.7M
- Aug 2022Series A$66.7M
- Jul 2019Seed$339K
Founders & team
Investors
Kakao Ventures, Company K Partners, CJ Investment, Now IB Capital, KB Investment, KB Securities
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareContact Form 7Core-JsElementorEssential Addons For Elementor
#4
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2019 · 32 employees$15.3Mraised▾
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2019 · 32 employees
Provider of integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions. It provides sensor fusion and deep learning systems on a chip technology, which provides accelerated artificial intelligence solutions. Its NPU solutions are optimized for AI tasks.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 22%Patents
top 24%Innovation
top 25%Funding
top 31%Moat
top 38%Tech
top 50%AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence, deep learning
Patents: 78 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 61 filings since 2022 vs 17 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 78 patents (top 24% of patent-holders) · 61 filings since 2022 vs 17 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series C$46.3M
- Jan 2024Series B$15.3M
- 2021Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
Kyobo Securities, Union Investment Partners, Daesung Startup Investment, Korean Development Bank, L&S Venture Capital, POSCO DX
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGsapHsts
#5
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 13 employees$12Mraised▾
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 13 employees
AI based diagnostic device for chronic diseases. It offers AI algorithm based device that analyzes retinal images to predict the persons age, gender, height, and weight, and find biomarkers related to specific diseases which include cardiovascular, chronic kidney disease, retinal diseases, and others.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series C$13.2M
- Sep 2024Series A$12M
- Apr 2023Series A$9M
- 2021Seed$2M
Founders & team
Investors
SBI Investment, BNK Venture Capital, Innopolis Partners, IPS Ventures, Woori Venture Partners, HealthTech Arkansas
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesChoicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceGsap
#6
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017$34.5Mraised▾
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017
Provider of a cloud and AI-enabled text-to-speech converter platform. It uses deep learning and natural language processing models to create natural, expressive, and emotionally nuanced AI voices and avatars for audio and video content creation. It offers a vast library of AI voice actors and virtual characters capable of expressing various emotions and styles, suitable for applications like video narration, e-learning, audiobooks, podcasts, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 26%Growth
top 28%Funding
top 29%Tech
top 34%Talent
top 38%Product
top 46%AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: deep learning, natural language processing
Growth: Web rank 500,000 → 100,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $34.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series B (Dec 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Product Designer
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series B$11.5M
- Feb 2022Series B$21.5M
- Feb 2018Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Investors
BRV Capital Management, STIC Ventures, Quantum Ventures, Company K Partners, Albatross Investment, Daekyo Investment
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Sign-InCart Functionality
#7
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 37 employees$29.9Mraised▾
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2016 · 37 employees
Develops AI-powered clinical decision support system. The platform provides features for clinical risk analysis, diagnosis, ICU care, etc. Its Clinical Risk Analysis (ACRA) model can predict the diseases, and identify potential risks in advance, and provide relevant suggestions for prevention. Its Medical Diagnosis helps doctors accurately diagnose diseases, identify risk factors, and prescriptions proper medicines.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Yokohama City University) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series C$23.8M
- Mar 2024Series B$20.4M
- 2021Series A$2.6M
- Jan 2020Series A$6.9M
Founders & team
Investors
BSK Investment, JX Partners, Kiwoom Securities, BNH INVESTMENT, Premier Partners, DS Investment & Securities
Tech stack
ImwebFroala EditorBootstrapAmazon Web ServicesNginxFont Awesome
#8
Public · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2021 · 110 employees$3Mraised▾
Public · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2021 · 110 employees
Platform offering face and image recognition solutions for enterprises. Its includes facial recognition APIs and image recognition SDKs. It is applicable for identity verification, liveness detection, face matching, access control, people counting, and OCR. It caters to hospitality, educational, retail, tourism, consumer electric, and IT industries. It provides AI data construction services for the development of high-performance artificial intelligence models. It perform large-scale data collection and labeling tasks using in-house resources from our own domestic and international data centers, and build and provide customer-tailored AI data.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 21%Product
top 22%AI
top 25%Moat
top 32%Innovation
top 36%Patents
top 37%Growth: Headcount 53 → 110 (+108%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Product: 3 published apps (608 installs) · Company stage: Public
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- May 2026Post IPO$3M
Founders & team
Investors
InterValue Partners
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#9
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2023$17Mraised▾
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2023
Provider of AI-powered solutions for multiple industries. It offers solutions including financial services consulting, content writing, and battery technology. It is a SaaS platform that leverages text-based knowledge and user feedback to train AI and generate or analyze information.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 25%Funding
top 31%Moat
top 38%Innovation
top 41%Patents
top 41%Tech
top 44%AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: ai-powered
Funding: Raised $17.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 6 patents
Audience (LinkedIn): 481 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. OpenAI) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series A$17M
Founders & team
Investors
Atinum Investment, Industrial Bank of Korea, LB Investment, IMM Investment, KT Investment, Partners Investment
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailGoogle AnalyticsHstsMailgunNaver AnalyticsNext.Js
#10
Public · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014 · 163 employees$12Mraised▾
Public · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2014 · 163 employees
Developer of AI based medical image analysis software for healthcare providers. The company's solutions analyzes a wide range of medical data that can be combined with artificial intelligence. The company's products include Med-BoneAge, Med-DeepBrain, Med-Chest X-ray, Med-Fundus AI, Med-LungCT AI and more.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Post IPO$6.8M
- Nov 2018Series B$12M
- 2015Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
BonAngels Venture Partners, FuturePlay, Smile Gate Investment, SBI Group, HB Investment, Tech Incubator Program for Startup
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAws Certificate ManagerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#11
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2021 · 43 employees$32.2Mraised▾
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2021 · 43 employees
Provider of AI and NLP tools for text-based applications. It provides features that support text generation, analysis, and transformation for various use cases. The platform is designed to help users integrate natural language capabilities into digital workflows.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 30%Growth
top 35%News
top 48%Moat
bottom 48%AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $32.2M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Series B$73.5M
- Jun 2024Series A$18.3M
- Jun 2023Series A$11.8M
- Nov 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
BRV Capital Management, Z Venture Capital, Capstone Partners, Industrial Bank of Korea, KB Securities, KEB Hana Bank
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceJsdelivr
#12
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017 · 100 employees$6.9Mraised▾
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017 · 100 employees
Developer of AI accelerator hardware and software for large language models. The company provides AI inference solutions, including a software development kit and support resources. It offers products designed for efficient tensor contraction operations and high data center utilization. The company's products support various deployment scenarios and integration with open-source AI frameworks.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 18%Growth
top 35%Funding
top 36%Tech
top 42%Market
top 49%Moat
top 50%AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $6.9M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 9 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series C (Jul 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers — 11.7% of this cohort's audience · 177 engagements/post (5.6× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Broadcom) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Series C$125M
- Feb 2025Seed$1.5M
- Nov 2019Seed$6.9M
- Apr 2017Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Korean Development Bank, Truston Asset Management, Naver, DSC Investment, NAVER D2 Startup Factory, Crit Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceGsap
Funding & investor landscape
$1.6Btotal disclosed funding
66companies funded
124disclosed rounds
5rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Shin Sung-ho
Co-Founder · Rebellions
Junkil Been
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · NEUROPHET
Jaehoon Cho
Chief Financial Officer · NEUROPHET
Howook Shin
Co-FOunder · Selectstar AI
Seyeob Kim
Co-Founder & CEO · Selectstar AI
Dongjoo Shin
CEO · Mobilint
Tyler Rim
Co-Founder · Mediwhale
Kevin Choi
Co-Founder & CEO · Mediwhale
Juncheol Cho
Co-Founder · Typecast
Taesu Kim
Co-Founder & CEO · Typecast
Eunho Yang
Co-Founder & CRO · AItrics
Kwang Kim
Co-Founder & CEO · AItrics
Prism market signals · South Korea · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,051,208 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Native AI coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · South Korea
How research on Artificial Intelligence is moving in South Korea
A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 412 South Korea-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201720192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 56% → 56% across 2017–2026.
top research entities
- Seoul National University32
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology29
- Korea University23
- Ministry of Education20
- Sungkyunkwan University17
leading researchers
Lee Sharks · Rex Fraction · Kyoung Mu Lee · Grégoire Montavon · Klaus‐Robert Müller · Wojciech Samek · Kristof T. Schütt · Alexandre Tkatchenko
▲
Breakthroughs235 · 57%
▲ 56%→59% share
▲1.1× share momentum0 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Pattern recognition research is surging — South Korean papers rose from 3 to 26, driving breakthroughs field-share to 59%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Pattern recognition (psychology)3→26
- Artificial neural network2→16
- Segmentation1→14
- Convolutional neural network2→8
- Task (project management)1→7
Newly emergingRobustness (evolution) 0→19 · Key (lock) 0→18 · Feature (linguistics) 0→16
Landmark Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold · 42,952 cites
◆
Advancements104 · 25%
▲ 22%→26% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations89% since 2021mostly methods-led
Segmentation advancements are intensifying — papers grew from 1 to 7 alongside newly emerging probabilistic logic and random forest topics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Pattern recognition (psychology)1→11
- Segmentation1→7
- Feature (linguistics)1→7
- Artificial neural network1→7
- Field (mathematics)2→6
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→6 · Random forest 0→5 · Probabilistic logic 0→5
Landmark The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system · 26,230 cites
▼
Concerns27 · 7%
▲ 0%→6% share
0 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Robustness and irrationality concerns are newly emerging — field-share jumped from 0% to 6% across 412 South Korean AI papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Key (lock)4
- Robustness (evolution)3
- Irrationality3
- Rationality3
- Population3
Landmark Object Tracking Benchmark · 3,439 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · South Korea
Where artificial intelligence is researched across South Korea
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Seoul145 · +0.62
Daejeon59 · +0.67
Seongnam-si25 · +0.49
Daegu20 · +0.60
Busan19 · +0.57
Gwangju13 · +0.58
Ulsan9 · +0.59
Jeonju7 · +0.70
Suwon7 · +0.86
PATENT SIGNAL · South Korea
Who's filing artificial intelligence patents in South Korea
South Korea artificial intelligence patent filing is accelerating — 78,853 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Samsung, LG Electronics, Electronics & Telecommunications; annual filings 309→17160.
78,853 filings8,000 assigneespeak 17160/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Samsung17347
- LG Electronics3450
- Electronics & Telecommunications2774
- Korea Advanced INST SCI & TECH1889
- Hyundai1771
- Seoul NAT UNIV R&DB Foundation1553
- UNIV Korea RES & BUS Found1135
- KIA1085
Common questions
How many Native AI companies are there in South Korea?
Radar tracks 291 indexable Native AI companies headquartered in South Korea that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Native AI companies in South Korea?
The Native AI companies in South Korea on this list have raised a combined $1.6B in disclosed equity funding across 66 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Native AI company in South Korea?
Rebellions is the highest-funded Native AI company in South Korea, with $211.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Native AI companies in South Korea are funded?
66 of the 291 Native AI companies in South Korea on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Native AI unicorns are there in South Korea?
None of the Native AI companies in South Korea on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in South Korea Native AI companies?
The most active investors in South Korea Native AI companies on this list include Korea Investment Holdings, Korean Development Bank, Kakao Ventures, Mirae Asset, FuturePlay.
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