Persona AI develops a suite of proprietary AI technologies, including its SONA engine, STT speech engine, sLLM generative model, and VLA physical-AI model, which together underpin its Generative AI Contact Center (GEN AICC) product for enterprises, financial institutions and public agencies. The company delivers these solutions in both on-premises and subscription formats, and has engineered its models for lightweight, GPU-free, offline deployment to support the emerging ‘physical AI’ ecosystem across PCs, servers and edge devices. Persona AI’s technology has been internationally validated with back-to-back CES Innovation Awards and domestic recognition such as the Stone Tower Industrial Medal and “preliminary unicorn” status from South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The firm positions its stack as a potential core operating system (OS) for physical AI, and plans to extend from customer-service applications into broader agent-based experiences (AX). Following its latest capital infusion, cumulative funding reaches roughly 41 billion KRW, providing resources to accelerate product expansion and prepare for an IPO. Management is working with lead underwriter Mirae Asset Securities to begin the formal listing process, including technology evaluation, later this year.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2026