{"id":38427,"date":"2025-11-12T11:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=38427"},"modified":"2025-11-12T11:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:30:26","slug":"optai-wins-ces-2026-innovation-award-for-its-ai-optimization-solution-opthancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=38427","title":{"rendered":"OptAI Wins CES 2026 Innovation Award for its AI Optimization Solution, OptHancer\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recognition at World’s Largest Tech Expo Validates “Any Model, Any Device” Vision
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SEOUL, South Korea<\/span>, Nov. 12, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ — OptAI, an artificial intelligence startup specializing in on-device AI optimization, today announced that it has been named a CES\u00ae 2026 Innovation Award Honoree for its proprietary platform, OptHancer\u2122<\/b>. The award recognizes OptAI’s technological achievements ahead of CES 2026, the world’s largest consumer electronics and IT exhibition, taking place this January in Las Vegas<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"OptHancer\u2122: <\/a>
OptHancer\u2122: Hardware-Aware Model Optimization<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

OptHancer\u2122 is an end-to-end on-device AI solution designed to solve the critical bottlenecks of running large-scale AI models on resource-constrained devices. This prestigious award validates the global expansion strategy and vision of “Any Model, Any Device<\/b>” that OptAI presented at IFA 2025.<\/p>\n

OptAI has demonstrated its expertise by optimizing large language models (LLMs) for the latest mobile NPUs in collaboration with a major Korean telecommunications company, with the technology now preparing for commercial beta testing.<\/p>\n

OptAI has also secured broad optimization capabilities for large language models such as EXAONE 3.5 and 4.0, LLaMA 3, Gemma 2, and Qwen 2.5<\/b>; vision models including DeTR and the YOLO family<\/b>; and multimodal models such as Qwen2-VL and LLaVA<\/b>. The company has demonstrated its technical strength across language, vision, and multimodal domains through optimization results on the latest NPUs, including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Gen 3, and Elite<\/b>.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to receive the\u00a0CES Innovation Award,” said Junyoung Seo<\/span>, COO of OptAI, who led the company’s global expansion and its successful CES 2026 Innovation Award initiative. “This award validates our efforts to shape the future of on-device AI, enabling customized operations, enhanced security, and energy-efficient computing that transcends cloud dependency.”<\/p>\n

OptAI aims to leverage South Korea’s<\/span> strong manufacturing competitiveness to lead the global adoption of on-device AI. It has established technological credibility through collaborations with leading global enterprises, including LG Electronics, LGU+, and Hanwha Aerospace<\/b>, and has secured investments from LG Electronics, FuturePlay, Mashup Ventures, and HL Mando<\/b>. Building on these achievements, OptAI is pursuing global expansion into the United States<\/span>, Japan<\/span>, Germany<\/span>, and beyond.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0OptAI<\/b>
OptAI is a technology startup providing hardware-aware on-device AI optimization for industries requiring real-time processing, low power consumption, and data security, such as automotive, robotics, and mobile. The company has established technological credibility through collaborations with global enterprises and is pursuing global expansion.<\/p>\n

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Recognition at World’s Largest Tech Expo Validates “Any Model, Any Device” Vision
<\/b><\/p>\n

SEOUL, South Korea<\/span>, Nov. 12, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ — OptAI, an artificial intelligence startup specializing in on-device AI optimization, today announced that it has been named a CES\u00ae 2026 Innovation Award Honoree for its proprietary platform, OptHancer\u2122<\/b>. The award recognizes OptAI’s technological achievements ahead of CES 2026, the world’s largest consumer electronics and IT exhibition, taking place this January in Las Vegas<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\"OptHancer\u2122: <\/a>
OptHancer\u2122: Hardware-Aware Model Optimization<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

OptHancer\u2122 is an end-to-end on-device AI solution designed to solve the critical bottlenecks of running large-scale AI models on resource-constrained devices. This prestigious award validates the global expansion strategy and vision of “Any Model, Any Device<\/b>” that OptAI presented at IFA 2025.<\/p>\n

OptAI has demonstrated its expertise by optimizing large language models (LLMs) for the latest mobile NPUs in collaboration with a major Korean telecommunications company, with the technology now preparing for commercial beta testing.<\/p>\n

OptAI has also secured broad optimization capabilities for large language models such as EXAONE 3.5 and 4.0, LLaMA 3, Gemma 2, and Qwen 2.5<\/b>; vision models including DeTR and the YOLO family<\/b>; and multimodal models such as Qwen2-VL and LLaVA<\/b>. The company has demonstrated its technical strength across language, vision, and multimodal domains through optimization results on the latest NPUs, including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Gen 3, and Elite<\/b>.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to receive the\u00a0CES Innovation Award,” said Junyoung Seo<\/span>, COO of OptAI, who led the company’s global expansion and its successful CES 2026 Innovation Award initiative. “This award validates our efforts to shape the future of on-device AI, enabling customized operations, enhanced security, and energy-efficient computing that transcends cloud dependency.”<\/p>\n

OptAI aims to leverage South Korea’s<\/span> strong manufacturing competitiveness to lead the global adoption of on-device AI. It has established technological credibility through collaborations with leading global enterprises, including LG Electronics, LGU+, and Hanwha Aerospace<\/b>, and has secured investments from LG Electronics, FuturePlay, Mashup Ventures, and HL Mando<\/b>. Building on these achievements, OptAI is pursuing global expansion into the United States<\/span>, Japan<\/span>, Germany<\/span>, and beyond.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0OptAI<\/b>
OptAI is a technology startup providing hardware-aware on-device AI optimization for industries requiring real-time processing, low power consumption, and data security, such as automotive, robotics, and mobile. The company has established technological credibility through collaborations with global enterprises and is pursuing global expansion.<\/p>\n

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