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Onepredict

Seoul, KR Β· 57 employees on LinkedIn Β· 4 known investors

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Onepredict builds industrial AI solutions that combine machine learning with domain expertise to collect and manage large-scale multimodal industrial data and predict the condition and performance of industrial equipment. It serves industrial and utility operators, having worked with partners such as KEPCO, to support predictive maintenance and productivity.

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Founders & leadership

BDByeng Dong Youn
Byeng Dong YouninCEO / λŒ€ν‘œμ΄μ‚¬Byeng Dong Youn is a mechanical engineer and professor at Seoul National University who founded Onepredict, an industrial AI company focused on predictive maintenance and equipment monitoring. He previously held a faculty position at the University of Maryland, College Park, and has published extensively in reliability, maintenance, and optimization research.

Investors Β· 4

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Onepredict (ONEPREDICT Co., Ltd.) is a Seoul-based business-to-business industrial AI company that combines machine learning with engineering domain knowledge to diagnose and predict the condition of critical industrial equipment. Its stated technology stack spans industrial data collection (structuring complex unstructured raw data into large-scale multimodal datasets), industrial performance predictive modeling (data preprocessing and feature extraction to estimate equipment condition), MLOps-based industrial data management that adapts to data growth and site changes, and a three-step real-time data labeling process intended to secure high-quality multimodal industrial data.

The product portfolio is organized around an "AI Native Factory" positioning. cyclone is described as an integrated manufacturing data and MLOps platform covering data collection, analysis and model training in one workflow. The guardione family includes pdx, aimed at breaking down data silos in operations and maintenance; guardione turbo, which performs root-cause analysis and prescriptive recommendations for turbomachinery using vibration data; guardione substation, which predicts the timing and cause of equipment failure for substation assets and transformers; and guardione motor for motor monitoring using electric current data. Third-party profile data reports the substation solution at 98% diagnostic accuracy and describes target customers as large industrial operators in chemicals, oil refining and steelmaking.

The company holds a portfolio of Korean, US and PCT patent filings covering rotating equipment diagnosis, data imaging for equipment diagnosis, turbine condition display, deep-learning fault diagnosis, transformer condition determination from dissolved-gas data, OLTC fault diagnosis, substation equipment diagnosis and prediction, machine-learning health index determination, oil-filtration-aware condition prediction, motor bearing fault diagnosis and peak detection. It has been certified to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022, holds an ISMS certification from GERMAN CERT, TTA GS Certification Grade 1, and NET New Excellent Technology and Outstanding R&D Innovative Product certifications from Korean ministries.

Founding story

Founded by Byeng Dong Youn, who serves as CEO and has been a professor of mechanical engineering at Seoul National University since 2010, was named among Stanford University's World's Top 2% Scientists in 2020, is a PHM Society fellow (2019), served as president of the Korean Society of PHM (2019–2020), and has acted as a reliability/PHM technical advisor to Hyundai Motor, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and LG Energy Solution.

Business model

B2B sale and deployment of industrial AI software and diagnostic systems to industrial and utility asset owners. A third-party profile describes engagements as subscription-based services or one-time partnership agreements for deploying guardione components, with pricing varying by deployment scale and features and not publicly disclosed.

Subscription access to guardione suite components alongside one-off deployment/partnership agreements, per third-party profile data; pricing is not disclosed publicly.

Traction

Disclosed project record includes a substation predictive maintenance pilot (Sep 2020–Dec 2021), a water supply facility predictive maintenance pilot (Mar 2021–May 2022), an AI-based vibration prediction and diagnosis solution for cooling fans and towers (Jun–Oct 2021), manufacture, installation and deployment of train axle bearing condition diagnostic devices (Dec 2021–Jun 2022), and deployment of a monitoring and maintenance system using industrial AI and deep-learning current/vibration diagnostics (Nov 2022–Aug 2023). The company reported its first overseas supply contract in February 2025 and has launched an AI Native Factory pilot with five pharmaceutical manufacturers. Employee headcount is listed in the 51–200 range on a third-party org directory.

Latest developments

Recent company news covers the launch of an AI Native Factory pilot with five pharmaceutical manufacturers, presentation of the AI Native Factory at the Open Bosch Roadshow 2026, and public advocacy by CEO Youn for addressing "AI polarization" in manufacturing through public infrastructure and expanded support for education and GPU access. In 2025 the company received a MOTIE merit award for promoting industrial digital transformation and AI use, obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISMS certification, was named an EPRI Incubatenergy Challenge finalist, and signed its first overseas supply contract.

β–ΈFull profile β€” market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Positions itself as a pioneer of the "AI Native Factory" concept in Korean manufacturing. Recognition includes selection in the Korea AI Industry Association's AI+X TOP 100 (2022, 2024, 2025), Forbes Korea's 2024 Korea AI 50, KT Economics & Management Research Institute's Korea AI Startup Top 100 (2021), MSIT's ICT GROWTH Pre-Unicorn designation (2020) and Top 10 D.N.A. Excellent Company (2020), and repeated wins in PHM, PHMAP and IEEE PHM data challenges. A third-party profile classifies the company at Series C stage.

Emphasizes the convergence of AI with domain knowledge β€” the empirical expertise of industry specialists β€” rather than generic analytics, backed by an extensive patent portfolio in equipment diagnosis, a leadership figure who is a Seoul National University mechanical engineering professor and PHM society fellow, and repeated first-place results in international PHM data challenges.

Technology

Industrial AI combining data-driven models with domain expertise: industrial data collection and refinement of unstructured raw data into large-scale multimodal datasets; predictive modeling of equipment condition via preprocessing and feature extraction; MLOps for managing industrial data and performance models as data volumes and site conditions change; and real-time data labeling to raise data quality. Applied techniques cited include current-signal analysis for motors, vibration analysis for turbomachinery and cooling fans/towers, deep-learning fault diagnosis, and dissolved-gas analysis for transformers.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise engagement supported by public-sector and utility programs (designated a KEPCO Trusted Partner for 2021 and 2024–26), pilot deployments that convert into system rollouts, participation in industry challenges and awards, and corporate innovation channels such as the Open Bosch Roadshow 2026 and the EPRI Incubatenergy Challenge.

Industrial and utility operators, including electric power utilities and substation operators, water supply facilities, rail operators, manufacturing plants and, per third-party data, large operators in chemical manufacturing, oil refining and steelmaking. A pilot program has been launched with five pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Geography

Headquartered in Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea, with a Korean-language and English-language web presence. A third-party profile cites deployments in North American and Asian markets and plans to enter Europe and Southeast Asia; the company reports its first overseas supply contract signed in February 2025.

History

Third-party sources place the company's establishment in 2016 (October 2016 per one directory). Its published milestone timeline begins with a 2019 Top 10 Mechanical Technologies selection, followed by ISO 9001 certification and multiple government designations in 2020, KEPCO Trusted Partner status and R&D center recognition in 2021, GS Certification Grade 1 and MSIT Excellent R&D Innovative Product in 2022, ISO 45001 in 2023, renewed KEPCO Trusted Partner status for 2024–26, and in 2025 ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISMS certification, EPRI Incubatenergy Challenge finalist status, a first overseas supply contract, and a MOTIE award for industrial digital transformation and AI. More recent activity centers on the AI Native Factory product line, including cyclone and guardione pdx.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources β€” announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
AI Native Factory pharmaceutical pilot participantsJan 20265 manufacturers
Company stageJan 2026Series C
Employee count rangeJan 202651-200
Guardione substation diagnostic accuracyJan 202698%

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β€” not independently audited.

Timeline Β· 24

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2026
AI Native Factory showcased at Open Bosch Roadshow 2026

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Jan 2026
AI Native Factory pilot launched with five pharmaceutical manufacturers

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Sep 2025
Award for Industrial Digital Transformation & AI from MOTIE

Industrial Digital Transformation and AI Utilization Promotion Merit Award, corporate category.

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Feb 2025
Named a finalist in EPRI's Incubatenergy Challenge

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Feb 2025
First overseas supply contract signed with Motiva

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Feb 2025
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISMS information security certifications obtained

ISMS certification issued by GERMAN CERT.

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Jan 2025
Selected for 2025 AI+X TOP 100

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May 2024
Designated KEPCO Trusted Partner for 2024-2026

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Apr 2024
Named to 2024 Korea AI 50 by Forbes Korea

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Jan 2024
Selected for 2024 AI+X TOP 100

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May 2023
ISO 45001:2018 safety and health management certification obtained

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Jul 2022
Outstanding R&D Innovative Product certification from Ministry of Science and ICT

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May 2022
GS Certification Grade 1 obtained from TTA

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Jan 2022
Selected for 2022 AI+X TOP 100

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Nov 2021
Korea Reliability Award, SME category

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Oct 2021
Selected for Korea AI Startup Top 100

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Jun 2021
Recognized as an Excellent Corporate R&D Center by MSIT

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May 2021
Designated a KEPCO Trusted Partner

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Dec 2020
2020 Top 10 D.N.A. Excellent Company and Minister's Commendation for Research Industry (MSIT)

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Dec 2020
NET (New Excellent Technology) certification from MOTIE

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Jul 2020
Named to Korea AI Startup 25

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May 2020
Designated ICT GROWTH Pre-Unicorn by Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT

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May 2020
ISO 9001:2015 quality management certification obtained

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Jan 2019
Selected among 2019 Top 10 Mechanical Technologies

Recognized by the Korean Federation of Mechanical Engineering Societies.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

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primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Onepredict do?
Korean industrial AI company whose guardione and cyclone software diagnose and predict the condition of factory and utility equipment.
Who founded Onepredict?
Onepredict was founded by Byeng Dong Youn.
Who are Onepredict's investors?
Onepredict's investors include Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., Hillspring Investment, LB Investment, Premier Partners.
Where is Onepredict headquartered?
Onepredict is headquartered in Seoul, KR.