Boundfor and Open Network Systems Sign MOU for Commercialization of Physical AI and Large-Scale World Models

Data foundry company Boundfor announced on the 20th that it has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with AI infrastructure and solution specialist Open Network Systems for the commercialization of physical AI and Large World Model (LWM).

Recently, global companies are accelerating the development of industrial and general-purpose world models based on the laws of physics. In Korea, competition in physical AI technology is intensifying, with collaborative robot software and demonstration cases utilizing NVIDIA Omniverse continuing.

This agreement aims to address the gap between simulation and reality (Sim-to-Real) that arises during the application of large-scale world models to the industry. The two companies plan to combine Boundfor's robotics data design and construction experience with Open Network Systems' high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure design capabilities to establish an integrated pipeline spanning data generation, model training, validation, and deployment.

Founded in 2019, Boundfor provides turnkey "Foundation Data" required for AI model development and offers a physical data package usable within the NVIDIA Omniverse environment. Through real-world data collection, simulation augmentation, and expert verification, the company has advanced physical environment reproducibility to over 97%. Approximately 50% of major national research institutes, including the Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) and the Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH), have utilized Boundfor data in the Manufacturing AI Transformation (M.AX) project. The company also has experience building AI data factories with companies such as Samsung Electronics, Naver Labs, and Shinhan Card.

Open Network Systems has been designing and operating large-scale IT infrastructure in industries such as finance and manufacturing for 27 years, and has experience in building HPC environments, operating its own system management solution, 'Orcai SMS', and LLM-based AI service platform, 'Dify'.

Bound4 CEO Hwang In-ho said, “Commercialization of large-scale world models is possible when data and computing power are seamlessly connected,” and “We will combine NVIDIA’s Omniverse-based physical data construction capabilities with the Open Network System’s infrastructure design capabilities to create a hyper-connected environment without a gap between simulation and reality.”

Open Network System CEO Park Bong-gyun said, “We will design an optimal infrastructure environment that can provide one-stop support from data construction to model learning and deployment,” and “We will focus on building a next-generation AI computing architecture optimized for operating the world model.”

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