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Eight startups backed by NAVER D2SF will participate in CES 2026, the world’s largest IT and consumer electronics exhibition. Most of the participating teams have already earned recognition in global markets for their technology and growth potential, and expectations run high that CES 2026 will help them demonstrate their competitiveness on a broader stage while expanding partnerships and business opportunities.
The startups invested in by NAVER D2SF that will attend CES 2026 are Seven Point One Inc. (CEO Evan Lee), Vueron (CEO Jaekwang Joseph Kim), Whereable.ai (CEO DooSan Baek), KRISTIN COMPANY (CEO Minbong Lee), Gaudio Lab (CEO Henney Oh), RebuilderAI (CEO JeongHyeon Kim), GenGenAI (CEO Hojin Cho), and StudioLab (CEO Sunghoon Kang). Together, the eight teams cover a wide range of technology fields, including mobility, vertical AI, and healthcare. Among them, Gaudio Lab, RebuilderAI, and Whereable.ai each won two CES 2026 Innovation Awards, while StudioLab received the Best of Innovation Award, gaining recognition for both technological excellence and market potential.
Seven Point One, which has begun full-scale business expansion in the North American healthcare market, will participate together with major U.S. institutions to showcase AlzWIN. This solution measures brain health through a one-minute voice test and uses Sally, an AI-based health management application. In the AI domain, GenGenAI will introduce GenGenSense. This solution expands synthetic data generation technology to multisensor environments and will present the latest synthetic data use cases and AI performance enhancement examples applied in mobility, defense, and security.
In mobility and robotics, Vueron will present VueX, described as the world’s first LiDAR AI platform that integrates data collection, labeling, model training, and device deployment. Whereable.ai will introduce mobility that can immediately enable autonomous driving through self-supervised mapping of large indoor spaces, such as airports and shopping centers. StudioLab plans to unveil Gency PB, a robotics-based automated photography solution that earned the Best of Innovation Award.
Startups standing out in vertical AI will also take part. KRISTIN COMPANY will exhibit ShoeCatch, an all-in-one AI solution that covers shoe design and manufacturing based solely on inputting a shoe concept. RebuilderAI, a 3D modeling technology startup, plans to unveil VRING:ON, a design AI solution that automatically generates everything from product design to manufacturing data using 3D generative AI.
Audio technology startup Gaudio Lab won two Innovation Awards with Gaudio Studio Pro. The company provides various services, including AI-driven automatic separation, removal, or replacement of audio elements such as sound, effects, and music, as well as content re-production for global distribution and solutions for copyright issues in broadcast content.
Meanwhile, NAVER continues to expand its investment and networking activities, centered on North America, to support the growth of Korean founders and startups operating on the global stage. In June, NAVER launched NAVER Ventures to actively discover promising local startups and promote the international expansion of Korean startups. On December 2, NAVER also hosted a networking event in Silicon Valley with the Korea Investment Corporation for Korean founders preparing to enter the North American market, where they shared fundraising strategies and business expansion know-how with U.S.-based venture capital firms.
Sanghwan Yang, Head of NAVER D2SF, said, “With more than 80 percent of the NAVER D2SF portfolio preparing for or actively pursuing global business, the role of providing practical, all-around support for startups has become even more important,” adding, “NAVER will continue to strengthen local networks, investment, and commercialization linkages in an integrated manner to support the overseas expansion of Korean startups from multiple angles.”
