BOS Semiconductors, a South Korean fabless chipmaker specializing in high-performance AI system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for mobility applications, has closed a Series A round of approximately $60.2 million (KRW 87 billion) — an exceptionally large sum for an early-stage Korean startup, underscoring both the market’s appetite for AI semiconductor plays and the company’s growing industry standing.

The round was backed by a broad coalition of returning and new investors. Existing backers Atinum Investment, Partners Investment, Stick Ventures, IBK(Industrial Bank of Korea), and KN Investment Partners all participated, while new investors — including Korea Development Bank, KB Investment, Smilegate Investment, Uamco-PIA Partners, Shinyoung Securities–BSK Investment, Woori Venture Partners, HB Investment, and EN Venture Partners — joined the round.

Founded in May 2022, BOS Semiconductors develops AI semiconductor solutions targeting autonomous driving and in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. The company has grown rapidly and now employs more than 300 people across its parent entity and subsidiaries. Its current product lineup centers on two flagship chips: Eagle-N, a high-performance AI accelerator for mobility applications scheduled for production-sample tape-out in the first half of this year, and Eagle-A, an AI SoC designed for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Eagle-N is particularly notable for its ability to run multiple AI workloads — including vision-language models (VLMs), large language models (LLMs), and object recognition — directly inside a vehicle. BOS Semiconductors has publicly released demo footage of these capabilities on its official website.

The company’s leadership team is composed largely of veterans with more than two decades of semiconductor development, design, and process experience at Samsung Electronics, giving BOS Semiconductors a deep technical foundation. The company operates a diversified business model that combines its own fabless product roadmap with ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) custom development projects for external clients.

That strategy has already started generating meaningful commercial traction. In the second half of last year, BOS Semiconductors secured more than $16.6 million (KRW 24 billion) in ASIC development contracts from a semiconductor partner of a major Japanese automotive group. The company is also in an advanced co-development engagement with a European automaker around the Eagle-N platform, having completed technical validation and RFI stages and now moving toward volume production discussions.

Proceeds from the Series A will be directed primarily toward Eagle-N mass production and building out a global sales network. BOS Semiconductors plans to target China first — where electric vehicle and autonomous driving adoption is growing fastest — leveraging Eagle-N’s competitive performance-per-dollar profile. Longer term, the company aims to extend its automotive-grade chip expertise into the robotics and drone markets as part of a broader push into the rapidly expanding physical AI sector.

“This Series A funding, combined with our global customer partnerships, gives us a clear green light for commercializing autonomous driving semiconductors,” said Jaehong Park, CEO of BOS Semiconductors. “We will aggressively pursue global markets and continue investing in R&D to lead the mobility AI semiconductor space and solidify our position in the global automotive chip market.”