Chungnam Content Promotion Agency (Director Kim Gok-mi, hereinafter referred to as the Promotion Agency) announced that startup Growit (CEO Kang Myeong-jun), which received support from Chungnam Content Korea Lab, will participate in 'CES 2026', the world's largest ICT and innovative technology exhibition, and advance into the global stage.
This year's CES will be held in Las Vegas, USA from January 6th to 9th (local time), and Growit will present 'PaDO', a smart water quality management platform based on autonomous driving, through the Chungcheongnam-do joint pavilion.
Growit's core product, the autonomous water fountain robot "PaDO," is a character robot that autonomously moves across water and uses fountain functions to circulate water, prevent algae blooms, and improve water quality. With its solution that combines autonomous robot technology with data-driven water quality management, Growit is recognized for its technological competitiveness in the domestic smart water sector. It has won awards such as the SBS Climate and Environment Awards Water Category Grand Prize and the Chungnam Social Impact Startup Pitching Day Encouragement Award. Recently, it was also selected in the eco-friendly category at the 2025 Energy and Eco-Friendly Technology Awards, continuing its international success.
The Promotion Agency selected Growit as an excellent company for the 2025 Chungnam Content Korea Lab Support Project and is continuing to advance its technology and expand its business through support tailored to the company's growth stage, including ▲commercialization funding support ▲brand and content planning consulting ▲customized mentoring.
Through its participation in CES, Growit plans to showcase its technological competitiveness in the global environmental and smart city markets and explore opportunities for establishing overseas partnerships and expanding its business.
Director Kim Gok-mi said, “Growit is a representative example of an excellent company that has grown both technological competitiveness and business viability through the step-by-step support of the Chungnam Content Korea Lab,” and added, “We will continue to strengthen systematic support and follow-up cooperation to help promising content and technology companies in the province achieve success in overseas markets.”
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