December 1, 2021

TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE LIVING EXPERIENCE: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY AND KIA CORPORATION EXPLORE COLLABORATIONS WITH 5 VENTURES

Out of over 270 candidates from all over the world, 5 future shaping technologies are selected as finalists for the “Accelerate the Future” Challenge – set up by Unknown Group. The finalists will explore the possibility of engaging in a potential proof of concept or pilot project with Hyundai Motor Company & Kia Corporation (HMC & KIA).

HMC & KIA has set itself to build the future of mobility. To achieve this ambitious goal, HMC & KIA believe that innovation happens through active collaborations with like-minded ventures from all over the world.

As startup collaborations are central to HMC & KIA to reach their innovation goals, Unknown Group scouted for over 2000 technologies worldwide to find the best fitted solutions. Out of over 270 candidates in the Smart Cities, Smart Factory, Logistics and Mobility innovation areas, the finalists are:

Accerion from The Netherlands build positioning systems for mobile robots in intralogistics.

Augmentus from Singapore leverage sensor-agnostic 3D mesh data to generate an accurate digital twin of the robot cell.

Hacarus from Japan provide big insights from small data, and has supplied solutions in 100+ AI projects.

Trinckle from Germany develop software for the age of additive manufacturing/ 3D printing.

ZeroKey from Canada develop a hyper-accurate 3D localization sensor technology.

In the upcoming period,  the finalists will explore the possibility of engaging in a potential proof of concept or pilot project with HMC & KIA.

To read more about this initiative, visit: acceleratethefuturechallenge.com