"Safety, of course, resource efficiency, and expanding the company's territory into overseas markets." This is the scale-up plan of Han Soo-yeon, CEO of UniUni, as the company marks its sixth year since founding. UniUni is a startup that provides artificial intelligence (AI)-based safety management solutions in special spaces where privacy protection is needed. CEO Han founded the company in 2020.
UniUni is developing and providing an AI solution that manages all spaces using anonymized data rather than cameras. Initially installed primarily in restrooms, the application area has now expanded to hospitals and sports facilities. The company is also aggressively targeting overseas markets.
UniUni features the detection of risks by analyzing users' behaviors through anonymized data. It analyzes over 14 types of behavior patterns and strengthens security measures by learning them (deep learning). The company has secured about 5 million restroom data points for detecting abnormal behaviors.
UniUni is recently expanding its business area. It has added technology capable of detecting violence, drug use, falls, and more. CEO Han noted, "We have built a system by collecting and analyzing numerous behavior patterns and data related to violence, drug use, and falls," and added, "Recently, we conducted a demonstration to detect violence, falls, and drug use in restrooms at Incheon United's stadium."
A system that efficiently uses resources within spaces has also been developed. CEO Han said, "Spaces like restrooms need periodic management, but people have to come in to check tissue usage and sanitation," adding, "Using our service, it predicts tissue usage by analyzing waste, and also informs whether public restrooms can be used immediately without waiting." It explains that using UniUni's service ensures safe restrooms that can be used immediately in a clean state without waiting.
The application areas of UniUni's service are also expanding to hospitals and sports and tourism facilities, which prioritize safety and hygiene. The company is accelerating its efforts in overseas market penetration. In October of last year, UniUni supplied services indirectly to Japan and Switzerland. UniUni provided solutions to domestic corporations, which then exported them overseas.
CEO Han said, "Each country has privacy-related laws," and added, "Since our solution does not use cameras, it often does not pose legal issues, and we expect exports to increase in the future."
In fact, UniUni plans to directly enter Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and others this year. Exportation to Malaysia has already been confirmed. CEO Han stated, "We will provide solutions in restrooms and hospital beds within hospitals and silver care centers under the Malaysian Ministry of Health."
UniUni has secured investments totaling 200 million won, recognizing the company's growth potential. Additionally, it received an innovation award at the world's largest IT and electronics exhibition, CES 2025, held in Las Vegas, U.S., in January this year. CEO Han said, "Since our founding, we have been recognized for our technological capabilities and are continuing to increase the actual solution services," and added, "We will further expand the company's territory from Korea to abroad, managing not only safety but also spatial resources."