Allianz-backed Koh Young’s brain surgery robot set for US debut by end-August

Allianz-backed Koh Young’s brain surgery robot set for US debut by end-August

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, is set to install its brain ...

ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK

ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK

ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company, will license out its proprietary blood-brain barrier shuttle platform, called the Grabody-B, to UK-bas...

Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics

Samsung to invest $10 million in US-based C2N Diagnostics

Samsung Group companies will jointly invest $10 million in C2N Diagnostics LLC, a U.S.-based company specializing in blood-based Alzheimer’s d...

Koh Young gets OK from FDA for brain surgery robot

Koh Young gets OK from FDA for brain surgery robot

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, said on Monday it got 501K...

JLK gets OK from FDA for ICH diagnosis solution

JLK gets OK from FDA for ICH diagnosis solution

South Korea’s JLK Inc., an AI-based diagnosis solution and platform maker, said on Monday it got 501K approval from the US Food and Drug Admin...

TALOS dives deeper into brain aneurysm icebergs

TALOS dives deeper into brain aneurysm icebergs

 A single neurosurgeon dedicates his or her entire professional career to performing surgeries on an average of fewer than 10,000 patients with...

Near Brain gives hope to millions of stroke patients worldwide

Near Brain gives hope to millions of stroke patients worldwide

Strokes are the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disabilities globally, according to the World Health Organization.To fi...

OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round

OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round

OpenResearch, an AI search service founded by former Kakao Brain CEO Kim Il-Doo, said on Thursday that it got a seed round 10 billion won ($7.5 mill...

Kakao to merge dk techin and Kakao Brain

Kakao to merge dk techin and Kakao Brain

South Korea's Kakao Corp. said on August 23 that its mobile solution development subsidiary dK Techin Corp. will merge with its AI technology affili...

Korea’s Koh Young to launch brain surgery robot in US in 2025

Korea’s Koh Young to launch brain surgery robot in US in 2025

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, aims to launch a brain surge...

SK C&C wins Korea’s nod for brain infarct diagnosis AI solution

SK C&C wins Korea’s nod for brain infarct diagnosis AI solution

SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, said on Thursday it has secured medical device...

Kakao Brain releases medical GenAI tech for free

Kakao Brain releases medical GenAI tech for free

Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence (AI) R&D subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has uploaded the Labeler ...

SK C&C to promote AI healthcare for brain diseases

SK C&C to promote AI healthcare for brain diseases

South Korea's SK C&C announced on Thursday that it signed a strategic business agreement with Neurophet, a cloud-based AI platform for brain ima...

JLK supplies AI stroke solutions to Philippines

JLK supplies AI stroke solutions to Philippines

JLK Inc., South Korea's stroke diagnosis specialist company, announced on Thursday it implemented two artificial intelligence (AI) stroke diagnostic...

Vuno's brain imaging AI medical device secures FDA certification

Vuno's brain imaging AI medical device secures FDA certification

South Korea's medical device startup Vuno announced on Tuesday that its AI-powered brain quantification device Vuno Med-DeepBrain has received the 5...

Advanced memory is strategic asset for Korea’s chip supremacy: Hwang

Advanced memory is strategic asset for Korea’s chip supremacy: Hwang

South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – has been the dominant...

Kakao Brain unveils AI development library Trident

Kakao Brain unveils AI development library Trident

Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence (AI) R&D subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has released a performanc...

SK Pharmteco to raise $500 mn in pre-IPO, aims for 2025 listing

SK Pharmteco to raise $500 mn in pre-IPO, aims for 2025 listing

SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is set to raise $500 millio...

LG Electronics launches sleep management solution brid.zzz

LG Electronics launches sleep management solution brid.zzz

LG Electronics Inc. on Friday launched a sleep management solution called "brid.zzz" aimed at individuals grappling with stress and insomnia. The na...

Kakao Brain releases new AI artist Karlo 2.0

Kakao Brain releases new AI artist Karlo 2.0

Kakao Brain, an artificial intelligence (AI) R&D subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., revealed its latest AI image generation model Karlo 2....

Kakao will launch Korean-specific vertical AI in year's first half

Kakao will launch Korean-specific vertical AI in year's first half

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s platform giant operating the country’s No. 1 chat app KakaoTalk, by the first half of the year will launch an...

Kakao Brain launches web service to turn imagination into images

Kakao Brain launches web service to turn imagination into images

Kakao Brain, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Kakao Corp., launched an open beta version of "B^ EDIT," a web service tha...

Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups

Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups

Kakao Brain, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Kakao Corp., said on Sunday it plans to set up a fund of up to 10 billion ...

Kakao Brain presents text-based AI motion generation model

Kakao Brain presents text-based AI motion generation model

On Tuesday, Kakao Brain, the AI unit of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced the development of a new text-based motion generation model, called "FL...

Hanall Biopharma invests in Interon Labs for brain disease treatments

Hanall Biopharma invests in Interon Labs for brain disease treatments

South Korean pharmaceuticals firm Hanall Biopharma Co. is investing in Interon Laboratories, a US biotech firm that finds and develops treatments fo...

CENYX Biotech, developing treatment for brain damage with ROS-scavenging, nano-sized heavy metals

CENYX Biotech, developing treatment for brain damage with ROS-scavenging, nano-sized heavy metals

When severe brain diseases such as cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage occur, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in our body no longer functions p...

Kakao Brain to unveil AI chest X-ray diagnosis service next year

Kakao Brain to unveil AI chest X-ray diagnosis service next year

Come next year, Kakao Brain, the artificial intelligence arm Kakao Corp., is slated to unveil an AI system that can write the first draft diagnosis ...

KAIST develops brain-like, large-scale memory system

KAIST develops brain-like, large-scale memory system

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a prestigious South Korean university, has developed a highly-reliable, large-scal...

Koh Young’s medical robot conducts 100 brain surgeries a year

Koh Young’s medical robot conducts 100 brain surgeries a year

Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean 3D imagery tech company listed on the Kosdaq, announced on Tuesday that its medical robot Kymero has condu...

Hyundai Mobis targets in-vehicle healthcare with brainwave technology

Hyundai Mobis targets in-vehicle healthcare with brainwave technology

South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis has developed a new brainwave detection technology that monitors a driver's physical and psyc...

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