Kakao Ventures Invests 2 Billion KRW in AI Semiconductor Company 'Rebellion'

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] Kakao Ventures announced on the 23rd that it has invested 2 billion KRW in AI semiconductor company Rebellion.

Rebellion is a company that produces AI semiconductor chips. AI semiconductors are system semiconductors optimized for artificial intelligence model training and inference. They are attracting attention as a technology that can dramatically improve the performance of existing graphics processing unit (GPU)-based training and inference.

In addition to Kakao Ventures and Shinhan Capital, Rebellion has received a total investment of 5.5 billion KRW from Jiyu Investment, Seoul National University Technology Holdings, AngelNet, and others.

Globally, demand for AI semiconductors is increasing, but there are not many core personnel who can design and manufacture AI semiconductor chips. Global large corporations such as Google, Apple, Amazon, and MS, which have core semiconductor personnel, produce AI semiconductors mainly for their own platforms, making it difficult for other fields or companies to obtain high-performance AI semiconductors. Against this background, Rebellion succeeded in attracting investment.

Park Seong-hyun, CEO of Rebellion, said, "We want Rebellion to play a leading role so that Korea can be at the center of the AI semiconductor era."

Kim Ki-jun, Vice President of Kakao Ventures, said, "It is a team of top-level experts," and added, "We expect them to achieve remarkable results at a rapid pace in the AI semiconductor competition."

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