At the scene of “AWS (Amazon Web Services) Summit 2026,” Korean startups presented industry-specific solutions that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology.

The keyword set by AWS for this year’s Startup Zone is “Creators in the Age of AI.” Eight AI startups in fields such as live streaming, AI inference cloud, human resources (HR) management, manufacturing sites, and retail analytics participated to showcase business use cases.

A common thread across the venue is the full-fledged industrial application of “agentic AI.” Whereas past AI largely remained at the “assistant” level, handling simple repetitive tasks on human command, the companies participating in this summit put forward a wide range of active solutions that autonomously analyze context, make judgments, and derive outcomes.

● Detecting security vulnerabilities that even “Mythos” missed

Cybersecurity specialist Theory (CEO Park Se-joon) demonstrated automated security assessment technology based on its AI hacker solution “Xint.” The technology turns AI into a “security expert” that identifies and defends against software weaknesses. When a source code repository is uploaded to the system, the AI thoroughly scans the codebase to uncover security loopholes.

It goes beyond merely detecting vulnerabilities to autonomously generate “proof-of-vulnerability (PoV)” attack reproduction code that demonstrates the actual exploitation path. The company also showcased web security technology in which AI uses website functions like a real user to detect vulnerabilities.

In particular, it recorded results in detecting vulnerabilities that the recently spotlighted “Claude Mythos” in the security industry failed to find. The demonstration output available on-site was structured to allow participants to grasp at a glance the severity, status, and titles of each security flaw.

● Beyond repetitive tasks: AI involved in the entire process with “AI pipelines”

AI service specialist Infopla (CEO Choi In-mook) showcased smart manufacturing process technology using “vision AI.” It demonstrated in real time how micro-defects are detected based on semiconductor process images and simulation videos.

At last year’s AWS Summit, CEO Choi emphasized overcoming solutions limited to repetitive tasks and text-centered automation. This year, Infopla presented an “AI pipeline” in which AI is involved even in the downstream processes.

In this system, detection results are processed in real time in an AWS-based streaming environment and are then used to generate reports leveraging quality inspection and work history data, thereby linking to operational task automation.

● Even 4K video in an instant… unveiling “ultra-low-latency streaming”

Marple Corporation’s virtual-focused live streaming service CiME is a live streaming platform built on Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) low-latency technology.

Its key features are “ultra-low-latency streaming” of about 3–5 seconds at FHD resolution and “4K ultra-high definition.” On site, a virtual YouTuber (VTuber) live performance was streamed in real time.

The setup allowed visitors to participate directly or experience glow sticks and concert hall effects, providing an interactive streaming environment.

● HR management also powered by AI… reading organizational context, identifying roles and permissions

Innovation in the human resources (HR) domain also stood out. flex introduced an HR AI platform that understands organizational context based on relationship data.

Visitors could see how insights combining attendance, objectives, one-on-ones, and collaboration data are generated through natural-language queries alone. In particular, they were able to experience an “agentic AI”-based environment in which the response content changes depending on the user’s position and access level, even when the same question is asked.

Other participants included: △ “Typecast” (Neosapience), an AI service that enables modeling and real-time interactive streaming from a single photo; △ “FriendlyAI,” an AI inference cloud platform that allows easy use of various open models; and △ “mAy-I,” a CCTV video-based offline retail analytics AI solution, which all contributed to the event.

AWS stated, “Through this Startup Zone, the company will continue to showcase how generative AI and agentic AI technologies are being implemented as actual services across various sectors.”

The AWS Summit Seoul 2026 Startup Zone is open at COEX through the 21st.

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