SionicAI, a Korean AI-powered enterprise solution provider, has secured a Series A funding round of $17 million (25 billion KRW), pushing its cumulative funding past $20.5 million (30 billion KRW). The round brought together strategic investors including Naver Cloud and IBK (Industrial Bank of Korea), alongside financial firms Atinum Investment, LB Investment, IMM Investment, KT Investment, Partners Investment, Korea Investment Partners, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Flux Ventures, BSK Investment, and Samsung Venture Investment. Just 2 years and 8 months after launch, the substantial raise validates the startup’s technology and growth trajectory in the enterprise AI market.

The company was founded by CEO Seokhyun Ko and co-founders Woomyung Park and Sihyung Han, all veterans who gained AI research, development, and commercialization experience at Naver and Toss. SionicAI has centered its business around the STORM Platform, an LLM operations solution that enables enterprises to build customized AI agents meeting the stringent security and compliance standards of financial institutions and large corporations. Strategic investor Naver Cloud is already working with SionicAI on joint initiatives in domestic and international markets, with this funding expected to deepen their global partnership.

Lead investors Atinum Investment and LB Investment noted, “SionicAI has developed distinctive technology addressing critical challenges in deploying generative AI within enterprise environments—particularly hallucination problems and AX data management. Through close collaboration with major platform players like Naver Cloud, we expect rapid progress in global markets.”

The capital will support enhancements to the STORM Platform, expansion into Japan and Southeast Asia, and recruitment of AI talent. STORM enables non-developers to create AI agents through a no-code interface while delivering enterprise-grade governance capabilities including automated parsing of unstructured data, high-precision RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) engines, and sensitive information controls—features that have built strong market credibility.

“This investment reflects the confidence that major domestic and international companies have placed in our technological vision,” said Seokhyun Ko, CEO of SionicAI. “By maximizing collaboration synergies with Naver Cloud and our partners, we’re targeting leadership in the Asia-Pacific enterprise AI market by 2030.”