Neurofit Co., Ltd., a company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) for the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases, was listed on the KOSDAQ in July this year. Neurofit was founded in 2016 by CEO Jun-Gil Bin, who was a master's student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), along with CEO Dong-Hyun Kim, a doctoral student in the same department. The company develops full-cycle solutions and therapeutic medical devices for 'brain disease diagnosis-treatment guidance-treatment' based on AI technology. Neurofit is expanding its collaboration with global pharmaceutical companies, leveraging its high market share in the domestic brain imaging analysis AI sector.
SOS Lab Co., Ltd. was founded in 2016 by CEO Ji-Sung Jeong, a doctoral student at GIST, along with fellow researchers, and was listed on the KOSDAQ in June last year. The company has grown into a key component manufacturer for autonomous vehicles and smart cities by developing world-class small and high-precision LiDAR sensors.
SOS Lab recently succeeded in attracting an investment of KRW 43 billion and is focusing on the fabless (design-focused without its own production facilities) business of high-performance semiconductor chips 'SPAD (Single Photon Avalanche Diode)' for autonomous driving and robots, as well as mass production of LiDAR for robots. Additionally, it has been selected as an official partner in the LiDAR sensor division of NVIDIA's autonomous driving and robot software platform, enhancing its influence in the global market.
The aerospace startup 'Icarus,' which develops a stratospheric communication platform based on unmanned airships, was founded in 2024 by CEO Jong-Won Lee, a master's graduate of GIST's Department of Mechanical and Robotics Engineering. Icarus aims to establish an aviation communication network by deploying unmanned airships capable of long-term flight for over 10 years in the stratosphere, providing ultra-high-speed communication services at one-tenth the cost of existing satellites or ground base stations. The company is growing as a next-generation aerospace communication platform enterprise by collaborating with the leading U.S. engineering simulation company 'ANSYS' and jointly developing airships with ultra-lightweight and ultra-high-strength materials with the Korea Textile Development Institute.
Jeong Seung-ho
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