AI O2O (CEO Seongmin Ahn) , a domain-specific vertical AI solution company, announced that it has signed a lead manager contract for its IPO with Shinhan Investment & Securities.
AI O2O is a specialized enterprise AI solutions provider offering vertical AI solutions, including AI-based negotiation automation and multimodal content marketing automation. It is particularly garnering industry attention for its proprietary technology that automates repetitive and inefficient business-to-business negotiations using AI.
Shinhan Investment & Securities was selected as the lead underwriter based on its IPO experience and expertise in the AI and digital transformation fields, and its synergy with AI O2O, which is leading the innovation of domain-specific AI technology.
Founded in 2017, AI O2O has been rapidly growing through the joint development and commercialization of a B2B AI negotiation solution with KT Commerce through KT Open Innovation. This year, AI O2O has been recognized for its technological prowess and growth potential, including winning the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) "AI for Good-Innovate for Impact Awards 2025," being designated a "Future New Industry High-Growth Company" by the Daegu Metropolitan City, and winning the "Symbiotic Cooperation" category at the "National Quality Innovation Awards."
In addition, KT Media Solutions' collaborative project was selected for the '2025 SME Technology Innovation Development Project (Mutual Growth and Cooperation Type)' hosted by the Technology Information Promotion Agency for Small and Medium Businesses (TIPA), proving its business competitiveness by securing government subsidies for two years.
AI O2O CEO Ahn Sung-min said, “In the era of generative AI, the demand for vertical AI solutions that automate core corporate tasks is explosively increasing,” and “Through this partnership with Shinhan Investment & Securities, we will further strengthen our technological capabilities and business model and grow into a leading company in the vertical AI SaaS market.”
Seo Yoon-bok, head of the IPO division at Shinhan Investment & Securities, said, “AI O2O is a next-generation AI company with proven technology and a clear profit model,” and added, “We will actively support it so that it can grow into a leading company in the AI field through systematic preparation for listing.”
Kim Jae-nam, executive director of KT, said, “AI O2O is demonstrating outstanding performance as one of the first companies to move into the KT Open Innovation Center,” and added, “We hope that through continued cooperation, they will grow into a globally competitive company.”
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