(Naver·Kakao)
According to Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea,
Healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) startups backed by South Korean platform giants Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp. garnered significant recognition at Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest information technology (IT) exhibition, by winning numerous innovation awards.
According to multiple sources from the startup industry on Wednesday, 17 Korean startups invested in by Naver and Kakao will participate in CES 2025, scheduled to run from January 7th, 2025, in Las Vegas, the United States.
While this is down from the 29 companies that participated in CES 2024, the number of award-winning startups has nearly doubled, rising from four to seven.
Among Naver’s DS2F-backed startups, 10 companies are participating, with four receiving innovation awards, and three of the seven startups backed by Kakao Ventures were also honored.
Award-winning startups predominantly operate in the AI and healthcare sectors. Naver D2SF-backed companies excelled in AI innovation.
GenGenAI received an award for its synthetic data generation platform, GenGenStudio, which leverages domain-specific generative AI. Gaudio Lab won for its AI-based audio solutions and LetinAR was recognized for its augmented reality (AR) optical technologies. Nuvilab, which developed an AI-powered food scanner that analyzes dietary habits, also stood out by integrating AI into healthcare.
Gaudio Lab’s Gaudio Music Placement solution earned acclaim for automating tasks such as background music selection, dubbing, subtitles, and noise reduction - tasks traditionally requiring significant manual effort. This is Gaudio Lab’s third consecutive year of winning innovation awards at CES for various products and technologies.
Nuvilab, which previously won two awards, is being recognized again for solutions such as Yum Yum Kids, which analyzes children’s eating habits and provides reports to caregivers, and Tan Tan School, a solution for schools that visualizes reductions in food waste and associated carbon emissions.
Kakao Ventures-backed startups also excelled by merging healthcare and AI.
Asleep developed a mobile-based sleep AI solution that monitors sleep through non-contact analysis of breathing sounds, achieving diagnostic accuracy comparable to hospital-grade tests. Its SleepBoard, integrated into Samsung Galaxy Tab devices, won in the AI and digital health categories.
Prevenotics was recognized for its AI-driven cancer diagnosis and prevention solutions while Weflo, a provider of drone inspection solutions like Verti-Pit Mini, specializes in automated health assessments for future mobility technologies, such as drones and urban air mobility.
The CES Innovation Awards, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, recognize products that demonstrate exceptional technical innovation, aesthetic design, and novelty. These awards are exclusively given to newly launched products, uated by a panel of over 100 judges from around the world to ensure fairness.
By Kim Tae-sung and Lee Eun-joo
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Source: Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea (December 19, 2024)