Animal Disease Prediction and Logistics Cost Reduction... Collaboration with LG and Validation of Startup Commercialization Achievements (Comprehensive)

Superstart Day 2023
Startups Discovered and Nurtured Directly by LG

Ujuracompany, a startup developing a platform that predicts diseases in companion animals, is one of the startups discovered and nurtured directly by LG over the past year, achieving notable results. This year, 200 LG employees who own companion animals voluntarily participated in the commercialization verification process, enabling Ujuracompany to secure detailed companion animal data that was previously difficult to collect. This led to the verification of technology predicting diseases in LG employees' companion animals. Ujuracompany is currently discussing collaboration plans to enhance various departments and businesses within LG affiliates.

WeMeetMobility, a startup providing AI solutions related to optimal logistics, dispatch, and routing, also achieved technological verification results through collaboration with LG. By simulating using LG Electronics' home appliance delivery and installation data, they confirmed an actual reduction in total vehicle travel time and distance. This commercialization verification has provided opportunities to collaborate with companies across various industrial sectors.

Startups Directly Discovered and Nurtured by LG

LG is hosting the open innovation event, Superstart Day 2023, over two days on the 7th and 8th at LG Science Park in Magok, Seoul. Superstart Day is an annual event held since 2018 at LG Science Park in Magok to discover and support promising startups. Forty startups from fields including artificial intelligence (A), bio (B), cleantech (C), as well as materials, parts, and equipment (SoBuJang), and lifestyle participated.

This year, nine startups directly discovered and nurtured by LG shared their collaborative achievements over the past year. Key examples include ‘Ujuracompany,’ which develops solutions to predict diseases in dogs and cats based on animal behavior data; ‘WeMeetMobility,’ which provides AI solutions related to optimal logistics dispatch and routing; and ‘MesaPlanet,’ which possesses technology to analyze satellite imagery.

On the 7th, participants of 'Super Start Day 2023' held at LG Science Park in Magok, Seoul, are experiencing the Web XR content created by the startup 'Quantum Universe'.

‘Superstart,’ a group-level open innovation platform launched to discover and support startups and prepare for the future, not only holds the annual Superstart Day but also strengthens practical support such as providing dedicated workspaces, operating employee advisory groups in legal, marketing, purchasing, and finance, and supporting idea development and commercialization verification (PoC) in collaboration with LG. To date, Superstart Day has hosted over 260 startups from 26 countries, with nearly 20,000 participants.

Park Il-pyeong, President of LG Science Park, said, "LG Science Park will accelerate future preparation by continuously discovering startups researching and developing innovative technologies with new ideas and actively seeking ways to collaborate with them."

Meanwhile, following Superstart Day, LG Science Park in Magok will host the LG R&D results sharing event ‘Developer Conference’ (September 14-15) and ‘Culture Week’ (September 20-22), where LG members, their families, local residents, and industry-academic talents can interact and communicate. The Developer Conference, themed ‘The Power of Convergence,’ will consist of six presentation sessions covering artificial intelligence and big data, mobility and automobiles, platforms and architecture, software technology and development culture, cloud, and emerging technologies. James Gosling, the creator of the Java programming language, will deliver the keynote speech.

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