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AI-First Enterprise Transition with Agentic Superintelligence

DeepAuto is a research-driven AI startup founded in 2022 by Sung Ju Hwang — one of the world's leading researchers in self-evolving, efficient, agentic AI systems — together with his team at KAIST.

2022
Founded at KAIST
$6.4M
Pre-A funding
ResearchBuilt on published work in self-evolving, efficient agentic systems
EnterpriseDeployed inside plants, factories and financial institutions
Mission

AI-First Enterprise Transformation

Unify enterprise knowledge, automate work through autonomous agents, and free people to focus on what matters.

01
Fragmented

Scattered data, siloed knowledge, manual processes

02
Unified

Agentic Lakehouse connects all enterprise data

03
Automated

Autonomous agents handle workflows around the clock

04
Empowered

People focus on what matters

Vision

Self-Evolving Enterprise Super Intelligence

Build a Self-Evolving Enterprise Super Intelligence that runs the entire company, autonomously managing Business, R&D, and Operations by understanding all workflows, data, and knowledge.

Super Intelligence
Business
  • Analytics
  • Due diligence
  • Reporting
R&D
  • Doc analysis
  • Knowledge
  • Engineering
Operations
  • Scheduling
  • Inventory
  • Playbooks
ContinuouslyMonitors, learns, and innovates
Client Stories

Real-world impact

Eagle Rock Properties

Eagle Rock Properties

Portfolio Intelligence

Multi-state real estate portfolio with 8,500+ units across 6 states. DeepAuto replaced days of manual reporting with an autonomous pipeline that unifies scattered data sources into a live executive dashboard — delivering full portfolio analytics in under 1 hour.

LG Science Park

LG Science Park

Deal Sourcing Automation

Agentic workflow for startup deal sourcing and investment report automation. AI agents continuously scan, evaluate, and rank early-stage startups, then auto-generate structured due diligence reports — reducing analyst search time and accelerating investment decisions.

SGC Group

SGC Group

P&ID Listing Automation

Automated extraction pipeline for P&ID engineering drawings. Users upload drawings and receive AI-generated instrument and line lists in seconds, then review, correct, and export to Excel in a single unified workflow. DeepAuto developed and successfully implemented the system into the client's engineering operations, demonstrating clear technical feasibility, high accuracy, and practical applicability across real-world workflows.

YUDO

YUDO

Mold Engineering Automation

AI agents operate directly inside CAD to automate mold engineering workflows from customer specifications, allowing engineers to review and validate designs instead of modeling them by hand.

People

Leadership & Team

World-class AI researchers from KAIST, combined with seasoned operators from Columbia, NYU, and SNU.

Sung Ju Hwang

CEO / Founder

Sung Ju Hwang

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin.

Endowed Chair Professor, KAIST.

Executive leadership

Jawook Heo

Jawook Heo

CPO

Ph.D. in Computer Science, KAIST. BA in Psychology, University of Texas at Austin.

Former SAIT, Samsung Electronics.

HeeJun Lee

HeeJun Lee

CAIO

Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science, KAIST.

Taenam Kim

Taenam Kim

CPIO

B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University.

Former CTO, AITRICS / Founder, Wehealed.

Andy Strott

Andy Strott

COO

MBA, Columbia Business School.

Advisors

Don Chang

Don Chang

Advisor

Ph.D. in Business. Professor, Graduate School of AI, KAIST.

Michael J. Portegello

Michael J. Portegello

Advisor

MBA in Management, Stern School of Business, New York University.

Hyungy Hong

Hyungy Hong

Legal Advisor

J.D., School of Law, Sungkyunkwan University. B.S. in Computer Science, Seoul National University.

Investors

Backed by leading venture partners

Kolon Investment
Company K Partners
SGC Partners
HB Investment
TS Investment
NAVER D2
SpringCamp
Kolon Investment
Company K Partners
SGC Partners
HB Investment
TS Investment
NAVER D2
SpringCamp
History

Our journey

26
2026
SepKolon Industries — AI negotiation support for strategic sourcingPlanned
JulYUDO — Design AI automation
MarSamsung E&A — PFD, P&ID and GAD intelligence
25
2025
DecClosed $6.4M (₩9B) Pre-A Round
NovSGC E&C — Agentic P&ID Intelligence
SepEagle Rock Properties — Portfolio Intelligence
SepLG SciencePark — Startup Deal Sourcing platform
24
2024
JanExhibited at CES 2024
JunExhibited at CVPR 2024
SepNaver D2SF investment
NovCompany K Partners investment
23
2023
JanStradvision Project
MaySeed funding (SpringCamp)
AugCheil Project
OctDeepTech TIPS Grant
22
2022
DecDeepAuto.ai founded
Offices

Global presence

Seoul

01
South Korea
Shinwoong Tower

216 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06221

New York

02
United States
500 7th Avenue (WeWork)

500 7th Ave, New York, NY 10018

A globe with Seoul and New York marked and an arc drawn between them across the Pacific
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