Rebellions, Superb AI partner to bolster vision AI

South Korea’s fabless AI chip startup Rebellions Inc. has joined hands with Y Combinator alumnus-led Superb AI Inc., an AI training data platform provider, to offer an all-in-one vision artificial intelligence solution to meet the growing demand.

According to the two AI startups on Tuesday, they plan to work together to offer their clients comprehensive services from consulting to implementation to help them build a vision AI program powered by Rebellions’ AI chips.

If Rebellion’s client wants to develop customized vision AI software, the fabless AI chip developer will use Superb AI’s platform to build the client's AI program under their agreement.

Rebellions is Korea’s promising fabless AI chip startup, supplying not only AI chips but also full-stack software like a compiler.

Last year, it rolled out the ATOM, cloud and data center-tailored AI chips that beat its rivals developed by global chip giants Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Nvidia Corp. in the MLPeft Inference test, which tested the speed in processing large language and vision models.

The ATOM chip was first applied to Korean telco giant KT Corp.'s data center in May.

Superb AI is a Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) startup, offering a training data platform that helps its users label, manage and curate training datasets for computer vision through automation.

With its program, any company can build a unique deep-learning model without coding or machine-learning knowledge and manage it with an automated system.

VISION AI

Vision AI enables machines to identify, understand and act on imagery and visual data just like a human vision system. It allows machines to comprehend detailed aspects of images and videos.

It is also called computer vision and involves several technologies, including natural language processing (NLP) and deep learning, to derive insights from images.

Computer vision is expected to provide businesses with immense opportunities in various areas, especially self-driving, medical diagnosis, image labeling and cashier-less checkout technologies.

Founded in 2020, Rebellions is currently partnering with Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. to develop the next-generation AI chips. It is also backed by the country’s telco major KT.

It recently completed its Series B funding round after raising $124 million.

In 2018, Superb AI launched the so-called Superb AI Suite, which enables automation, collaboration and plug-and-play modularity.

Its founder Kim Hyunsoo, or Kim Hyun, is a Y Combinator alumnus and was featured in Forbes 30 Under 20 Asia 2020 list. 

Rebellions was co-founded by CEO Park Sung-hyun, a former quant developer at global investment bank Morgan Stanley and Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX.

“Through our partnership, we will offer the most optimized and diverse services, including Superb AI’s vision AI powered by Rebellions’ AI hardware, to both the private and public sectors,” said Rebellions CEO Park.

Write to Joo-Wan Kim at kjwan@hankyung.com


Sookyung Seo edited this article.