Kakao Ventures announced on Tuesday that seven of its investee companies will participate in CES 2025, which will be held next month from January 7th to 10th (local time) in Las Vegas, USA. CES is the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show where companies showcase their latest technologies and services.

Themed “Dive In,” CES 2025 will feature innovative services and products from LetinAR, Smart Radar System, Asleep, Omelet, WEFLO, Cochl, and Prevenotics. Of these, Asleep (digital health and AI), WEFLO (drones), and Prevenotics (human security) were honored with Innovation Awards. By showcasing their technologies and services on the world stage, these companies plan to expand collaboration opportunities and strengthen their presence in global markets.

LetinAR is a developer of optical modules used in smart glasses. It utilizes its proprietary “pin mirror” technology to create smart glasses that are as lightweight and clear as regular glasses. This technology is essential for the commercialization of augmented reality (AR) glasses, which are expected to lead a new visual revolution that will allow users to see the information or images they need while keeping their hands free. The company is currently working with a variety of global customers to bring smart glasses closer to everyday use.

Smart Radar System is a company that develops four-dimensional (4D) image radar technology, which adds height information to the three-dimensional information (distance, speed, and angle) of surrounding objects to enable accurate understanding of the surrounding environment with deep learning technology. It is particularly popular in the autonomous driving market, enabling accurate analysis in real time even in environments with a lot of dirt and obstacles. The technology is also being utilized in various autonomous driving fields such as urban air traffic (UAM), construction, and agriculture. The company was listed on the KOSDAQ market in August 2023 and recently received a license to sell its ‘School Bus Safety Solution’ in Florida, USA, providing a student safety monitoring system.

Asleep is a sleep AI company that diagnoses and monitors sleep conditions by measuring breathing sounds during sleep on a mobile basis. It achieves a diagnostic accuracy rate of 94% compared to hospital tests through a wearable, non-contact method, and improves sleep quality through real-time sleep stage analysis and customized sleep environment control. Its customers include large domestic and foreign companies such as SKT, Samsung Life, and Kyungdong Navien, and it is about to launch Z Talk, an AI sleep assistant that combines ChatGPT. It won the CES 2025 Innovation Award in the Digital Health category for Sleepboard, a Galaxy Tab with sleep AI.

Omelet is a company that develops optimization solutions that automatically solve complex decision-making problems across industries. The company uses combinatorial optimization algorithms to reduce inefficiencies and increase productivity in a variety of industries, including logistics, robotics, and transportation. The company recently launched Oasis, a logistics delivery optimization software, to strengthen its position in the logistics market, and plans to expand its applications to semiconductor chip design and drug candidate development.

WEFLO is a company with automation technology that checks the health of mobility such as drones, urban air traffic (UAM), and future air mobility (AAM). Using AI and fusion sensors, WEFLO’s contactless inspection method completes airframe inspections and analyzes results in seconds. By precisely analyzing the condition of the exterior and interior parts of the aircraft, it predicts the degree of aging and enables preventive maintenance. The company won the CES 2025 Innovation Award in the drone category for its drone inspection solution, verti-Pit mini.

Cochl is a company that develops sound AI software that can understand various sounds like a human. Its main product, Cochl.Sense, recognizes more than 100 sounds in real time based on large amounts of audio data and is used in various fields such as security, manufacturing, media, and healthcare. Recently, the company has secured customers in the defense and smart home sectors.
Prevenotics is a company that develops AI-based solutions to diagnose and prevent cancer and pre-cancerous diseases. Since its medical device approval by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, it has been utilized by major medical institutions in Korea and is making progress in the global market. It won the CES 2025 Innovation Award in the Human Security category for its AI solution ‘Prevenotics-G Pro’ that can prevent and manage stomach cancer.