AgileSoDA
Category: AI Infrastructure
Enterprise AI software company providing AI-based decision intelligence, MLOps, and agentic AI solutions for financial services and other industries AgileSoDA was founded in 2015. The company is led by Daewoo Choi (최대우). Based in Seoul, South Korea. Team size: 51-200. Total funding raised: $17.5M. Latest round: Series C. Key investors include BNK Securities; KB Securities; Hanwha Investment & Securities; Cape Investment & Securities; Korea Asset Investment Securities; Capstone Partners; Smilegate Investment; Innorules; NH Nonghyup Bank.
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- Seoul, South Korea
- Team size
- 51-200
- Total funding
- $17.5M
Value proposition
AgileSoDA delivers enterprise AI solutions that augment and automate optimized decision-making through AI-based decision intelligence technology, with a focus on reinforcement learning, MLOps, and agentic AI for banking and insurance operations
Products and solutions
SparklingSoDA (Enterprise MLOps platform); TwinReader (AI OCR/IDP); TwinDoc (Document AI); ChatSAM (AI Chat); JUST TYPE (AI planning optimization); ChipNSoDA (AI chip design automation); BakingSoDA (Reinforcement learning solution); ETL with LLM (Unstructured data extraction)
Unique value
First Asian company selected as Gartner Cool Vendor in AI Core Technologies (2021); Korea's first commercial reinforcement learning software; 106 patents (94 registered, 12 filed); GS Certification Grade 1 for SparklingSoDA and TwinReader; Red Dot Design Award 2024 for ChipNSoDA
Target customer
Enterprise customers in banking, insurance, manufacturing, public sector, and retail — particularly financial institutions seeking AI-driven operational automation
Industries served
Financial Services (Banking, Insurance, Securities), Manufacturing, Public Sector, Retail, Education, Semiconductor Design
Technology advantage
Deep expertise in reinforcement learning applied to financial services; end-to-end MLOps platform (SparklingSoDA) with most practical deployments among Korean competitors; strong IP portfolio (106 patents); NeurIPS and EMNLP published research; H2O.ai partner; Gartner Hype Cycle sample vendor for reinforcement learning
How they differentiate
Strongest track record in financial AI applications among Korean enterprise AI companies; first Asian Gartner Cool Vendor in AI Core Technologies; reinforcement learning specialization for financial decision optimization; comprehensive product suite spanning MLOps, OCR/IDP, RL, and chip design AI; 140+ enterprise customers; annual revenue growth of 80%+
Main competitors
Acryl (MLOps); ToonLineCloud (Cloud/AI); Cloudike (Cloud solutions); Okestro (Cloud management)
Key partnerships
NH Nonghyup Bank (direct investment + agentic AI co-development, 2026); Innorules (strategic investment ₩5B, 2025); Daol T&S (GPU server partnership); Fashoo (Fashoo.com); LG CNS; DB Inc; ASICLAND (AI semiconductor design); H2O.ai (partner); ecoletree (automation platform alliance); tdi (Japan market partnership)
Notable customers
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance; Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance; Hanwha Life Insurance; Shinhan Life; Woori Bank; NH Nonghyup Bank; POSCO; Samsung Securities; LG; Hyundai; Lotte Members; NH Investment & Securities
Major milestones
2015: Founded; 2016: SparklingSoDA v1.0 launched; 2019: Series A ₩60B; NeurIPS 2019 paper accepted; 2020: Series B ₩60B; Technology evaluation AA/A for KOSDAQ; 2021: First Asian Gartner Cool Vendor in AI Core Technologies; FT Asia-Pacific High Growth Companies Top 500; 2022: Series C ₩50B; Presidential Commendation for ICT contribution; 2023: SparklingSoDA GS Grade 1 certification; Gartner Hype Cycle sample vendor; 2024: ChipNSoDA Red Dot Design Award; EMNLP 2024 paper accepted; 2025: Innorules strategic investment ₩50B; 2026: NH Nonghyup Bank direct investment + agentic AI co-development MOU
Growth metrics
Annual revenue growth 80%+ (historical 140%+); employment growth 180%+; ~90 employees (as of 2026); 140+ enterprise customers; revenue ~₩6.1B (2025 est.)
Market positioning
Leading Korean enterprise AI company focused on financial services AI transformation; positioned as a comprehensive AI platform provider rather than point solution; expanding from finance into manufacturing, public sector, and semiconductor design; pursuing IPO (previously filed for KOSDAQ technical special listing with AA/A technology evaluation)
Geographic focus
South Korea (primary), expanding to Japan (TwinDoc export, tdi partnership), targeting US and broader Asian markets
Patents and IP
106 patents total (94 registered, 27 overseas); includes patents on deep learning-based vehicle damage assessment, GAN-based classification systems, AI OCR document analysis, NLP-based document analysis, ML-based yield management, reinforcement learning for fraud detection, and chip design automation
About Daewoo Choi (최대우)
Ph.D. in Statistics, Rutgers University; M.S. in Statistics, Seoul National University; Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Department of Statistics; 200+ AI projects in finance, government, and manufacturing; First to introduce R language to Korea; First to apply reinforcement learning to financial business in Korea
Official website: https://www.agilesoda.ai