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[HBN뉴스 = 정동환 기자] Dfinite, a resident of Seoul Startup Hub Gongdeok, announced that it has acquired Pre-Series A bridge round funding from The Innovators. With the newly secured capital, it aims to scale its product reach to large enterprises and enhance its new product lineup.
Dfinite develops and operates an AI platform that supports decision making on the manufacturing floor. The platform solves the problem of relying on extensive experience and countless meetings due to fragmented systems and document silos despite massive volumes of data with an AI decision-making layer which connects scattered data such as ERP, MES, SCM, documents, manuals and excel data. It features the seamless connection of data and documents into a single operational system.
The main lineups comprises factory diagnosis AI ‘Darvio’, system data-driven operational AI ‘Darvis DB’ and document knowledge-based AI ‘Darvis Docs’.
‘Darvio’ proposes diagnosis results and action plans, while ‘Darvis DB’ connects manufacturing system data such as ERP, MES, PLC and SCADA to support natural language queries, analysis, forecasting and action recommendations. Additionally, ‘Darvis Docs’ searches unstructured documents including manuals, SOPs, regulations, and quality documents, providing evidence-based answers and comparative documents analysis.
Dfinite’s successful market expansion and the securing of investment funding are both driven by the tangible business results achieved domestically and internationally.
Following its selection as a resident company at Seoul Startup Hub Gongdeok last July, the company has been leveraging stable workspace and growth grants to accelerate product enhancement and business development. It is building a solid foundation for growth by achieving key milestones essential for business expansion, including conducting PoCs and contract negotiations with large enterprises, securing funding, hiring key talent, and securing government-backed R&D projects.
Domestically, the company has gained recognition for its technological expertise by participating in the Manufacturing AI Demand-Supply Matching Project as a provider, an initiative co-hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and NAVER Cloud. Listed in the solution catalogue of the NAVER Cloud Manufacturing AI matching portal, the company is actively expanding opportunities to conduct PoCs and deploy its Darvis-based manufacturing AI solutions for smart factory operators.
Additionally, Dfinite is collaborating with the company A, an automotive electronic components manufacturer, to execute a project for the Manufacturing AI-Specialized Smart Factory Support Program. It aims to support a wide range of capabilities, including supply chain risk detection, outbound logistics optimization, integrated visibility across production, procurement and materials, quality and defect analysis, and intelligent search for design and quality documentation by implementing Darvis-based AI analysis layer on top of a traditional manufacturing system.
The company has also established a foundation for global expansion. As a selected participant in the ‘GOIS Glocal Open Innovation Program Season 2’, Dfinite will be attending the Open Innovation and Global PoC matching Program in Bilbao, Spain, from the 22nd to the 27th of this month. Prior to this event, it will be showcasing its manufacturing AI lineups by participating in the ‘AI+ Smart Factory Show’ at COEX, held from the 10th to 12th of this month.
The company has also secured a solid foundation for growth, building upon its achievements in technology commercialization. It not only conducts a project supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups’ Tips program and selected for the Deep-Tech Youth Startup Academy, but also securing its intellectual property rights, including patent applications for manufacturing, logistics, and multi-agent collaboration technologies, as well as the registration of the ‘Dfinite’ trademark. The organization also experienced rapid growth, hiring five new employees across five roles, including AI research and solution engineering since January of last year, with further recruitment currently underway.
Kim Do-hwan, the CEO of Dfinite, noted, “The AI transition in manufacturing is not merely about adopting chatbots, but optimizing decision-making process by connecting fragmented data across the field. Leveraging our ontology-based data connectivity and AI agent technology, Dfinite will evolve into a platform that enhances operational efficiency and decision making.”
The CEO also added, “Since moving into Seoul Startup Hub Gongdeok, we have been able to lay a solid foundation for growth by business development, investment attraction, and talent recruitment. We will continue to grow as a leading AI startup that effectively supports the AI transition in the domestic manufacturing industry.”
Meanwhile, Dfinite plans to roll out its Darvis service to mid-to-large scale manufacturing enterprises that utilizes ERP, MES, and documentation systems. Additionally, the company aims to expand business scope to include manufacturing data analytics, factory diagnostics, corporate knowledge search, and process automation by leveraging new product lineups, such as Darvio, Darvis DB and Darvis Docs.
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