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Native name | 주식회사 업스테이지 |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Artificial intelligence |
| Founded | October 2020; 5 years ago (2020-10) |
| Founder | Sung Kim |
| Headquarters | , South Korea |
| Products | Solar Pro 2 |
| Website | upstage.ai |
Upstage Co., Ltd. (Korean: 주식회사 업스테이지) is a South Koreanartificial intelligence company founded in 2020.
Upstage was established in 2020 by Sung Kim, a former professor at theHong Kong University of Science and Technology. Kim also ledNaver'sClova team before founding the company.[1] Upstage secured 31.6 billion won in Series A funding in 2021, followed by 100 billion won in Series B funding in 2024. The funding received support fromSoftBank Ventures Asia,Korea Development Bank,KT Corporation, andMirae Asset Venture Investment.[2][3]
In December 2023, Upstage introduced Solar, asmall language model with 10.7 billion parameters.[4] Solar Pro 2 was released in July 2025, marking South Korea’s first large language model recognized as a frontier model. Solar Pro 2 has taken the global stage, outperforming leading models such asGPT-4.1 andDeepSeek V3.[5][6]
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