Boss Semiconductor, a startup specializing in designing high-performance AI system-on-chips (SoCs) for mobility, said on the 23rd it has raised about 87 billion won in a Series A round.
This is an exceptionally large raise for an early round by a domestic startup and is seen as simultaneously proving the capital market's attention to the AI Semiconductor industry and Boss Semiconductor's standing in the market.
Existing investors Atinum Investment, Partners Investment, STIC Ventures, IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, and KN Investment Partners took part in this round, while new investors including Korea Development Bank (KDB), KB Investment, Smilegate Investment, UAMCO·PI Partners, Shinyoung Securities·BSK Investment, Woori Venture Partners, HB Investment, and EN Ventures—leading investment institutions in Korea—joined in large numbers.
Boss Semiconductor is a domestic fabless company specializing in mobility AI Semiconductor, founded in May 2022. As of Feb. 2026, the total number of employees including subsidiaries has surpassed 300, showing steep growth.
The company is currently developing AI Semiconductor solutions for Autonomous Driving and IVI (in-vehicle infotainment). Its development lineup includes the Eagle-N, a high-performance AI accelerator for mobility that is set to tape out (design completion) for mass-production samples in the first half of this year, and the Eagle-A, an AI system-on-chip for ADAS.
In particular, Eagle-N is a semiconductor that can quickly run various AI workloads inside a vehicle and is nearing commercialization. Boss Semiconductor is boosting market confidence by releasing demo videos on its official website showing VLM, LLM, and object recognition models actually running on Eagle-N.
Chief Executive Park Jae-hong of Boss Semiconductor, along with the CTO, CSO, CSMO, and most in-house leaders, are elite talent with more than 20 years of experience in semiconductor development, design, and process at Samsung Electronics. Leveraging this differentiated human capital, Boss Semiconductor has built a diversified business structure that runs both its fabless business and ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) projects in parallel, and it has recently achieved significant results one after another in the global market.
In the second half of last year, the company won ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) development projects totaling more than 24 billion won from a semiconductor partner of a major Japanese automotive group. With another European automaker, it has been conducting close joint development for more than a year related to the Eagle-N product. For that European automaker, it has already completed technology validation and the RFI (request for information) stage, and is now continuing discussions for mass production.
The funds secured in this round will be concentrated on mass production of Eagle-N and building a global sales network. Boss Semiconductor plans to target China first, where growth in the electric vehicle and Autonomous Driving markets is most active, highlighting its differentiated cost-effectiveness and AI performance. Ultimately, based on its experience in developing automotive semiconductors, it aims to target the fast-growing physical AI market by securing product lineups for robots and drones.
Boss Semiconductor CEO Park Jae-hong said, "This Series A funding and cooperation with global customers have turned the light green for commercializing Autonomous Driving semiconductors," adding, "Through aggressive global market expansion and continuous research and development investment, we will lead the mobility AI Semiconductor market and solidify our position in the global automotive semiconductor market."