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Social value · ESG

Protecting people on site,
and wasting less

Hypernology is a social venture recognized by the Korea Technology Finance Corporation. Our social value comes from the business itself, not from separate activities, and we wrote that promise into our articles of incorporation.

  • EEnvironment
  • SSocial
  • GTrust
A neighborhood where an office, a university, a park and a playground are joined by paths, with people resting and walking

Value created through our business

What changes
on site today

S · Social

Repetitive inspection goes to AI

  1. On site today

    Sites struggle to find inspectors, and someone still has to stare at the same part all day.

  2. What Hypernology does

    AI cameras take over repetitive inspection.

  3. What changes

    People spend their time on judgment and improvement.

  • VAI Edge
S · Social

AI for small factories too

  1. On site today

    AI inspection used to be only for companies that could afford big equipment investments.

  2. What Hypernology does

    We train with little data and supply together with equipment makers and local partners.

  3. What changes

    AI reaches small and mid-sized factories too.

  • Partner program
S · Social

Flagging danger first

  1. On site today

    People still get hurt in factories and on construction sites.

  2. What Hypernology does

    Existing CCTV cameras flag fires, falls and unusual behavior early.

  3. What changes

    We help people notice danger sooner.

  • AI Safety
E · Environment

Wasting less

  1. On site today

    When defects are found late, materials go to waste, and changing an inspection used to mean buying new equipment.

  2. What Hypernology does

    We catch defects early on the line and keep existing equipment in use with software. Training takes little data and little time.

  3. What changes

    We help reduce wasted materials and equipment, and the power used for training.

  • ISO 14001
G · Trust

Data stays inside

  1. On site today

    Organizations that need security can't send their data outside.

  2. What Hypernology does

    We build AI that runs inside the organization.

  3. What changes

    Data never leaves the organization.

  • Scribe
  • On-premises LLM
G · Trust

People decide

  1. On site today

    When AI changes things on its own, responsibility for decisions gets blurred.

  2. What Hypernology does

    AI proposes, and only what the person in charge approves is applied on site.

  3. What changes

    People make the decisions.

  • Guiding principle
Two people sketching an improvement idea together at a whiteboard
People at the door of a small workshop happily receiving a delivered box
At dusk, a worker walks home after work to a waiting family
People sorting materials in a yard and shelving parts to reuse
People working with records inside an archive room with a locked door
Four people discussing a proposal at a round table, one raising a stamp

Governance

Promises in our articles of incorporation

The articles of incorporation are the company's constitution: they can only be changed by a resolution of the shareholders' meeting, and these promises come first.

  1. Articles, Art. 1-2

    Creating good jobs

    We aim to widen employment insurance and pension coverage, reduce non-regular jobs, and pay women and men the same for the same work.

  2. Articles, Art. 29-2

    A report card every year

    We measure our social value every year, write it up in a report, and the board approves it.

  3. Articles, Art. 31

    Sharing the profit

    When we make a profit, part of it goes to better conditions for staff, donations to the local community and investment that creates jobs, or is set aside for them.

  4. Articles, Art. 31-2

    Responsible to the end

    Even if the company is wound up, part of what remains goes to other social enterprises or public-interest organizations.

Five aims written in Art. 1-2

  1. Employment insurance & pensionSomething to lean on between jobs and in old age
  2. Fewer non-regular jobsJobs to stay in, not stopgap posts
  3. Equal pay for equal workSame work, same pay for women and men
  4. Men sharing careDads share housework and childcare too
  5. No smoking, good healthQuit smoking, live healthier
See a summary of the articles
  1. Article 1-2The company's social value

    We pursue a stronger social safety net, healthy and happy lives, gender equality and good jobs.

    • Keeping and expanding employment insurance and national pension coverage
    • Fewer non-regular jobs
    • Equal pay for women and men in the same job
    • More housework and care from men
    • Lower smoking rates
  2. Article 29-2Measured and reported every year

    We measure our social outcomes every year and have the year-end report approved by the board.

  3. Article 31Part of the profit goes to social purposes

    It goes to better working conditions, donations to the local community and investment that creates jobs.

  4. Article 31-2Even if we close

    Part of the remaining assets goes to other social enterprises or public-interest organizations.

Sharing

What we've shared

What we've shared beyond the company.

  1. 2026.10Co-hosting a knowledge seminar for venture companies

    With the Gyeonggi Venture Business Association, we shared practical know-how on issues venture companies face, such as patents, labor and trade secrets.

    Read the article
  2. 2025.03Share donation to Sungkyunkwan University

    Our CEO donated company shares to Sungkyunkwan University, where we spent our early years. They will support faculty start-ups at the university.

Evidence

Certificates behind it

Inside the company, we run an optional four-day week, flexible hours for graduate study and employee invention compensation. See benefits