Hancom Joins Hands With FuriosaAI to Develop NPU-Based AX Appliance
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Hancom, Hancom Innostream, and FuriosaAI signed a three-way MOU for AX business cooperation.
The three companies will jointly develop an appliance that combines Hancom's agentic OS with FuriosaAI's second-generation AI accelerator, Renegade(RNGD).
The appliance is aimed at enterprise and public-sector on-premises AI, with Hancom leading AX solution development and productization.
It was disclosed on the 8th that Hancom, Hancom Innostream, and FuriosaAI signed a three-way MOU aimed at AX business cooperation. Hancom will move ahead with developing an AX appliance that combines FuriosaAI's NPU with its own agentic OS.
The target market is enterprise and public-sector on-premises AI. The three companies will jointly develop an appliance that combines Hancom's agentic OS with FuriosaAI's second-generation AI accelerator, "Renegade(RNGD)," and the appliance is intended to support AX for companies and public institutions.
The scope of cooperation covers training, technical validation, productization, and the establishment of a sales system. Under the cooperation structure, Hancom will lead AX solution development and productization.
Hancom and FuriosaAI plan to jointly develop an AX appliance for PoC based on the agentic OS. Hancom plans to carry out optimization tailored to the NPU environment and will also conduct performance verification.
FuriosaAI will provide RNGD hardware and a software stack while jointly pushing ahead with the development of the AX appliance with Hancom. FuriosaAI will support technical cooperation to enable efficient operation of the agentic OS in the NPU environment.
The two companies plan to productize an on-premises AX appliance package for enterprises and public institutions' own infrastructure. This productization aims to improve AI agent inference performance, power efficiency, and system stability.
At the same time, Hancom Innostream will serve as FuriosaAI's authorized training center for NPU, ATC, and will be responsible for cultivating NPU specialists and providing training. Hancom Innostream will handle curriculum planning and operations, as well as the establishment of a permanent training center, and plans to develop job-specific curricula ranging from beginner to expert levels. It will also pursue efforts to secure demand for NPU training from government, universities, and companies.
Hancom Innostream plans to focus its training linkage direction on identifying actual business opportunities and to share the adoption demand identified during training courses with FuriosaAI. Hancom aims to use this in connection with its agentic OS-based AX business to find new customers.
Based on the agreement, the three companies will pursue joint marketing and sales in the B2B and public sectors. To this end, they plan to form a working-level council along with the agreement, and the council will coordinate detailed action items such as appliance development, productization, training, and customer acquisition.
Kim Yeon-soo, CEO of Hancom, said that combining Hancom's agentic OS with FuriosaAI's NPU technology would serve as an opportunity to strengthen competitiveness in the AX business. He added that the companies aim to build a cooperation base that leads to AI specialist development, technical validation, and productization, and that through this they would support the AX transition of enterprises and public institutions while accelerating their market push.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406669
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