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Wort Intelligence, Rebellions Team Up on AI Chip
Dong-A Ilbo |
Updated 2026.02.03
AI semiconductor technology company Rebellions has signed a business agreement with patented AI vertical company Wort Intelligence for cooperation on global patent AI innovation and global AI business development. Founded in January 2022, Rebellions is a manufacturer of inference AI semiconductors and has released Atom, a neural processing unit (NPU) for data centers, as well as “Rebel Quad,” an NPU for hyperscalers based on a 4-nanometer process. Among these, Atom has already gone beyond the proof-of-concept stage, being deployed in services such as SKT’s A.dot telephone call summarization and companion animal X-ray diagnostic assistance, while Rebel Quad, launched in August last year, is currently undergoing proof-of-concept (PoC) with global companies.
What kind of company is Wort Intelligence, which signed the business agreement? Wort Intelligence analyzes patent data and intellectual property (IP) using AI technology and is currently providing “PAT-BERT,” the world’s first patent-specialized AI language model. It also provides Keywert, the largest AI-based patent search database engine in Korea that offers patent information and search services for patent data worldwide, along with IP practical training program “PAT-Spoon” and specialized patent document translation service “IP King Kong.”
The core of the collaboration with Rebellions is to implement Wort Intelligence’s proprietary patent-specialized large language model (LLM) on Rebellions’ Atom Max. When a question is submitted to an LLM, the AI splits the question into tokens and reads them, then generates corresponding words one by one and outputs them as a sentence. The data consists of hundreds of billions of parameters, and AI semiconductors perform the data computations to produce results. Currently, NVIDIA’s graphics processing units (GPUs) are mainly used for this, but some tasks can be replaced with NPUs.
Unlike GPUs, which are optimized for graphics generation, NPUs are semiconductors designed specifically for AI computation, enabling a significant reduction in power consumption. They also offer more stable supply and are relatively less expensive than GPUs, which have seen prices rise due to shortages. In addition, sensitive patent data that must not be leaked externally can be processed on on-premise infrastructures without internet connectivity, satisfying security requirements. The two companies plan to target domestic and global enterprises that need patent AI, starting from reviewing AI and infrastructure integration for industrial sites to supporting the construction of commercial packages.
A strong proposal for the security-critical B2B patent market
Efforts to connect AI and patents are actively underway both domestically and overseas. In Korea alone, WIPS, Gwanggaeto Institute’s Patentpia, and LexisNexis Korea are competing, while major platforms such as Clarivate and Patsnap are active overseas. General IP/patent analytics companies provide their services in the form of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), APIs, or installed software.
It is quite rare, as in the case of Wort Intelligence, to provide a packaged, on-premise system, but it is expected to attract attention as it is highly ideal from a security perspective. For Rebellions as well, it is expected that collaboration with vertical AI companies specializing in niche domains will help secure diverse adoption cases for its products.
Jungho Yoon, CEO of Wort Intelligence, said, “Through our collaboration with Rebellions, we have laid the groundwork for patent AI to operate faster, more stably, and more economically in real industrial environments,” adding, “We will propose patent AI as a core decision-making infrastructure for enterprises through Rebellions’ NPU infrastructure and prove its competitiveness in the global market.”
Kwangjeong Kim, Head of Business at Rebellions, said, “As AI services continue to proliferate, operational efficiency and stability are becoming even more important,” and added, “Through cooperation with Wort Intelligence, we will demonstrate the advantages of NPU-based AI infrastructure in the high value-added patent domain and secure know-how in building infrastructure optimized for vertical AI (niche areas) to take on the broader global market.”
IT Dong-A reporter Nam Si-hyun (sh@itdonga.com)
Rebellions’ latest hyperscaler NPU “Rebel Quad” / Source=IT Dong-A
What kind of company is Wort Intelligence, which signed the business agreement? Wort Intelligence analyzes patent data and intellectual property (IP) using AI technology and is currently providing “PAT-BERT,” the world’s first patent-specialized AI language model. It also provides Keywert, the largest AI-based patent search database engine in Korea that offers patent information and search services for patent data worldwide, along with IP practical training program “PAT-Spoon” and specialized patent document translation service “IP King Kong.”
Wort Intelligence provides AI services related to patents and intellectual property / Source=Wort Intelligence
The core of the collaboration with Rebellions is to implement Wort Intelligence’s proprietary patent-specialized large language model (LLM) on Rebellions’ Atom Max. When a question is submitted to an LLM, the AI splits the question into tokens and reads them, then generates corresponding words one by one and outputs them as a sentence. The data consists of hundreds of billions of parameters, and AI semiconductors perform the data computations to produce results. Currently, NVIDIA’s graphics processing units (GPUs) are mainly used for this, but some tasks can be replaced with NPUs.
Unlike GPUs, which are optimized for graphics generation, NPUs are semiconductors designed specifically for AI computation, enabling a significant reduction in power consumption. They also offer more stable supply and are relatively less expensive than GPUs, which have seen prices rise due to shortages. In addition, sensitive patent data that must not be leaked externally can be processed on on-premise infrastructures without internet connectivity, satisfying security requirements. The two companies plan to target domestic and global enterprises that need patent AI, starting from reviewing AI and infrastructure integration for industrial sites to supporting the construction of commercial packages.
A strong proposal for the security-critical B2B patent market
Efforts to connect AI and patents are actively underway both domestically and overseas. In Korea alone, WIPS, Gwanggaeto Institute’s Patentpia, and LexisNexis Korea are competing, while major platforms such as Clarivate and Patsnap are active overseas. General IP/patent analytics companies provide their services in the form of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), APIs, or installed software.
Kwangjeong Kim, Head of Business at Rebellions (left), and Jungho Yoon, CEO of Wort Intelligence (right) / Source=Rebellions
It is quite rare, as in the case of Wort Intelligence, to provide a packaged, on-premise system, but it is expected to attract attention as it is highly ideal from a security perspective. For Rebellions as well, it is expected that collaboration with vertical AI companies specializing in niche domains will help secure diverse adoption cases for its products.
Jungho Yoon, CEO of Wort Intelligence, said, “Through our collaboration with Rebellions, we have laid the groundwork for patent AI to operate faster, more stably, and more economically in real industrial environments,” adding, “We will propose patent AI as a core decision-making infrastructure for enterprises through Rebellions’ NPU infrastructure and prove its competitiveness in the global market.”
Kwangjeong Kim, Head of Business at Rebellions, said, “As AI services continue to proliferate, operational efficiency and stability are becoming even more important,” and added, “Through cooperation with Wort Intelligence, we will demonstrate the advantages of NPU-based AI infrastructure in the high value-added patent domain and secure know-how in building infrastructure optimized for vertical AI (niche areas) to take on the broader global market.”
IT Dong-A reporter Nam Si-hyun (sh@itdonga.com)
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