On 28 November 2024, D.Camp — the Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs — held “November D.Day × Hyundai Motor Group” together with ZER01NE, Hyundai Motor Group's open innovation platform. The two sought out startups in fields that sit close to the group's own work, including AI, robotics and batteries. Six companies reached the stage, one in fifteen of those who applied.
LiOps was introduced as a company building a robot stack that automates an existing industrial site without rebuilding its equipment. Bringing automation into a floor that runs on people usually means replacing the machinery, at considerable cost; with the LiOps approach, the article reports, a range of manual tasks can be taken over for comparatively little.
Co-CEO Park Hee-jun explained that 3D spatial perception and the company's own AI are what let it carry out complex work to a high precision.
Sionic AI took the D.Camp award and Omelet the ZER01NE award. Companies that pitched receive up to eighteen months of residency at D.Camp Seolleung, follow-on investment review and funding support, along with equity investment review, collaboration and PoC opportunities through Hyundai Motor Group.