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Brainworks Milestones

A timeline of the company's major milestones and growth.

2026

Leading National Programs and Scaling Industry-Academia Work

Selected to lead the national AI semiconductor overseas demonstration program and widened university and municipal partnerships nationwide.

  • May 2026Selected as the lead company for the MSIT and NIPA AI semiconductor overseas demonstration program.
  • Jun 2026Won the Korea Leading Company Startup Award in AI Solutions for the second consecutive year (MoneyToday).
  • Jun 2026Signed an AI and software industry-academia MOU with Sunchon National University.
  • Jul 2026Co-ran an industrial AI specialist program with Soonchunhyang University.

2025

Global Expansion and Business Scale-up

Secured multiple national R&D and public innovation programs while broadening industry-specific AI solutions and strengthening global partnerships.

  • Jan 2025Registered as an authorized supplier for Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI).
  • Apr 2025Launched Gwangju AI Lab, Gyeongnam Future Mobility Lab, and the new Gyeongbuk headquarters.
  • Apr 2025Named an Excellent Startup in the 2024 K-Startup Pre-Startup Package with a CNN-based process anomaly monitoring solution.
  • Apr 2025Delivered the Gyeongnam Regional Digital Innovation Challenge with an AI CNN vibration anomaly detection platform.
  • May 2025Selected as a family company by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI).
  • May 2025Won the 2025 K-Startup Initial Startup Package for a lightweight LLM real-time speech translation solution.
  • May 2025Chosen for DGDI's software talent cultivation program.
  • May 2025Signed an AI and software education MOU with Inje University.
  • Jun 2025Represented Daegu firms in phase 1 of NIPA's Regional Digital Global Bridge initiative.
  • Jun 2025Signed multiple MOUs with partner companies in Indonesia and Vietnam.
  • Jun 2025Awarded DGDI's data processing project for 3D dental image datasets.
  • Jun 2025Won DGDI's edtech content program with an RAG+MCP multilingual Q&A solution.
  • Jun 2025Received the 2025 Korea Leading Company Startup Award (MoneyToday).
  • Jul 2025Represented Daegu firms in phase 2 of NIPA's Regional Digital Global Bridge initiative.
  • Aug 2025Represented Daegu firms in phase 3 of NIPA's Regional Digital Global Bridge initiative.
  • Sep 2025Signed a smart factory talent MOU with Asan Smart Factory Meister High School.
  • Oct 2025Signed a Physical AI mobility technology MOU with Ire Industry.
  • Oct 2025Signed an 'AI Innovation City Gwangju' MOU with Gwangju Metropolitan City.

2024

Incorporation and Manufacturing AI Advances

Transitioned into a corporation, commercialised manufacturing AI suites, and expanded our domestic and global footprint.

  • May 2024Incorporated Brainworks as a legal entity.
  • May 2024Built AI models for process yield prediction and anomaly detection.
  • May 2024Delivered full AI solutions for process yield prediction and fault detection.
  • Sep 2024Developed a VAE-based quality inspection solution.
  • Sep 2024Opened the Brainworks Chungnam branch office.
  • Oct 2024Signed an MOU with Georgia State University, USA.

2023

Laying the Foundations

Focused on building data-driven capabilities and laid the groundwork for environmental analytics solutions.

  • Sep 2023Selected for the Startup-Digup program.
  • Oct 2023Developed an AI machine-learning environmental analysis model.
  • Dec 2023Released an AI-powered environmental analysis solution.