MakinaRocks
IPOTransforming Industries with Specialized AI
Seoul, South Korea · Founded 2017 · $11.5M raised
- Headquarters
- Seoul
- Founded
- 2017
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- makinarocks.ai
- Total Funding
- $11.5M
- Last Round
- $10.0M Series AAug 2020
- Rounds
- 2
About
MakinaRocks is a South Korean industrial AI company founded in 2017 that builds Specialized AI and Physical AI for harsh operational environments across automotive, defense, heavy industries, and manufacturing sectors. Its flagship product, Runway, is an Enterprise AI OS that manages the full AI lifecycle — from development to deployment — enabling organizations to run domain-specific AI at scale in secure, mission-critical environments. MakinaRocks has deployed over 6,000 industrial AI models in real operational settings and is recognized by CB Insights AI 100 (2023) and the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers program (2021). The company is headquartered in Seoul with an office in Tokyo and has raised over 53 billion KRW from investors including Samsung, LG, Hyundai, Naver, SK Telecom, Applied Materials, and Mirae Asset.
Summary
MakinaRocks is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2017. It has raised $11.5M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $10.0M Series A round in Aug 2020. Investors include LG Technology Ventures, SK Telecom Ventures and Hyundai Motor Company.
Tech & App Stack
8 technologies & apps tracked
Every product and vendor across these categories, with where each signal came from.
Create a free account with 25 free credits every month, no card needed, to unlock the full tech & app stack, funding history, and valuations.
Funding History
May 2026
Sign up to see all 3 rounds
Seed through IPO — per-round amounts, valuations, and who invested in each round.
Investors
Similar Companies

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artifi...

Databricks provides a unified data and AI platform that helps enterprises build and run applicati...
Genesys empowers more than 8,000 organizations worldwide with Genesys Cloud, an agentic AI experi...
Palantir Technologies builds data integration and analytics platforms (Gotham and Foundry) for go...
Qlik helps organizations turn trusted, contextual data into insights and actions through an integ...
IFS provides Industrial AI and software that helps businesses manufacture and service goods while...
Your company? Embed this profile
Add the live badge to your site — it stays current as your funding data updates.
<a href="https://indexed.vc/companies/makinarocks"><img src="https://indexed.vc/api/badge/company/makinarocks" alt="MakinaRocks on Indexed.vc" width="260" height="76" /></a>