[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] HNT announced on the 12th that its second-largest shareholder, the ENK Consortium, has acquired an additional 213,175 shares. With this stock acquisition, the ENK Consortium's stake changed to 16.41%.


The company explained that this additional stake acquisition was for the purpose of simple investment. Accelerating its efforts in the autonomous driving sector as a new business, HNT not only recruited Thierry Morin, former chairman of the French autonomous driving company Valeo, as the executive chairman but also established its AI subsidiary in the United States, Panoptics Industry, solidifying its position as a leading future car company.



Additionally, through Panoptics Industry, HNT acquired the U.S. autonomous driving company Umo and recruited Shaun Stewart, former Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Google Waymo, as Umo's Chief Technology Officer (CTO), enhancing its competitiveness in the global market. Recently, HNT acquired MDE, a domestic autonomous driving platform manufacturer, and continues autonomous driving demonstration runs in Sejong City and Jeju City, designated autonomous driving special zones. Furthermore, it has been accelerating its overseas market entry by receiving consecutive love calls from Chinese research groups and local companies.


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