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Voice-AI defense startup building PEGASUS, a natural-language voice command-and-control solution for unmanned systems. A single operator issues reconnaissance tasks by voice; on-device AI interprets the command, distributes it across multiple drones simultaneously, and reports results back — running in real time on tactical smartphones without cloud or internet connectivity, so voice commands work even in comms-denied battlefield environments. Passed a live field demonstration before the Oregon National Guard in April 2026.

Founded

2023

HQ

Pangyo, Seongnam, South Korea

Stage

Seed

Employees

7

AI & Autonomous Systems UAV / Drone

Field Tests & Validation

Oregon National Guard Live Field Demonstration

2026-04 | Oregon, United States
Demonstration passed

A single operator issued reconnaissance tasks by voice; the AI interpreted the commands and simultaneously tasked three Blue UAS-certified drones, automatically marking detected anomalies on the map. Conducted live before ~30 National Guard personnel, who assessed that the system dramatically reduced training requirements and time. A follow-on integration demo with existing systems was scheduled for August 2026.

Participants: Oregon National Guard

operators

1 (voice tasking)

drones

3 Blue UAS-certified UAVs

audience

~30 National Guard personnel

Source: 이데일리 마켓in (unverified)

Products & Technology

PEGASUS

Voice AI Command & Control

Prototype

Natural-language voice AI command-and-control solution: one operator voice-tasks multiple unmanned systems at once, with the AI interpreting commands, distributing missions across drones, marking detected anomalies on the map, and reporting back.

deployment On-device (tactical smartphone)
connectivity Offline-capable — no cloud or internet required
tasking One operator, multiple UAVs via natural language
validation Live demo with 3 Blue UAS-certified drones (Oregon National Guard, Apr 2026)

Leadership

Kiyeon Kim

Founder & CEO

Former fire direction instructor at the ROK Army Artillery School, directing 7,000+ rounds of live-fire training per year. Ph.D. in computer science from Hanyang University specializing in voice AI, with papers published at INTERSPEECH and other international speech-AI conferences.

Funding History

grant

2024-09

Investors: TIPS (Ministry of SMEs and Startups)

KRW 1.5B (Deep Tech TIPS R&D)

seed

2023-10

Investors: Bluepoint Partners

Milestones

2026-07

Partnered on Track-01 (Autonomy, Unmanned Systems & Counter-UAS) at D4D, Asia-Pacific's first civilian-led defense hackathon in Seoul.

2026-04

Passed a live field demonstration at an Oregon National Guard training center: a single operator voice-tasked three Blue UAS-certified drones simultaneously before ~30 Guard personnel, with the system auto-marking anomalies on the map. Guard assessment: dramatically reduced training requirements and time.

2025-05

Demonstrated its tactical voice-AI agent concept before U.S. Army Futures Command officials.

2024-09

Selected for the Deep Tech TIPS program, securing KRW 1.5B in R&D funding.

2024

Selected as a top collaborative company in an AI notebook PoC program run with LG, Intel, and Microsoft.

2023-10

Raised seed investment from Bluepoint Partners.

Partners

  • • D4D | Deploy for Defense (Track-01 partner)

Target Markets

  • • Korean military
  • • U.S. Department of Defense — autonomous-systems "orchestrator" programs (DIU Autonomous Vehicle Orchestrator Challenge)
  • • Allied unmanned-systems operators

Latest Prairie Schooner News

D4D Hackathon Opens in Seoul — StealthMole Kicks Off Defense Builders Night

Asia-Pacific's first civilian-led defense hackathon, D4D (Deploy for Defense), opened its Day 0 Defense Builders Night on July 3 in Yangjae, Seoul. StealthMole — the Korean-founded dark web intelligence firm — opened the event with a talk on real-world defense applications of OSINT and cyber threat intelligence. Track partners BONE AI, F4GE, EGCED Tech, Morph Systems, and Prairie Schooner are presenting problem statements across Autonomy & Counter-UAS, OSINT & Defense Intelligence, and Maritime Domain Awareness. The Oregon UAS Accelerator joined as an ecosystem partner, bridging its 34-company unmanned systems cohort with the Korean defense startup scene. The 24-hour hackathon begins July 4 with a focus on building tools with actual defense application — not demos, but deployable capabilities.

| D4D / EGCED Tech
D4D hackathon StealthMole BONE AI

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