NAVER D2SF Makes New Investment in AI Security Startup AIM Intelligence

Providing Comprehensive AI Security Solutions Across the Entire Cycle of Attack, Validation, and Control

NAVER D2SF, the in-house investment arm of NAVER, announced on June 10 that it has made a new investment in AIM Intelligence, an artificial intelligence (AI) security startup.

NAVER D2SF explained that it decided to invest because AI security technology is becoming an essential infrastructure in environments where generative AI, agents, multimodal, and physical AI are rapidly spreading.

As the adoption of AI accelerates in the corporate field, new security threats such as AI malfunctions, data leaks, privilege abuse, and prompt attacks are increasing. Accordingly, the verification and control of AI safety have become essential requirements, independent of technological advancement. Companies utilizing AI are now seeking to establish security frameworks throughout the entire process, from the introduction to the operation stage.

AIM Intelligence provides AI security solutions that cover the entire cycle of attack, validation, and control. Through its red team solution, which proactively identifies security vulnerabilities, it designs and verifies attack scenarios. During the operation phase, its guardrail solution controls risky AI behaviors. Drawing on experience participating in AI model safety projects by global frontier research institutions such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, the company is building practical security systems tailored to on-site needs.

In particular, AIM Intelligence has published around 20 papers related to AI guardrails and has proven its technological capabilities by presenting at top-tier academic conferences. The company is currently building a strong track record by securing large-scale paying enterprise clients across various industries, including enterprise, financial institutions, and the public sector. NAVER D2SF discovered AIM Intelligence through its Campus Technology Startup Competition in the first half of 2024, and after an incubation process, participated in this investment round.

Yang Sanghwan, Head of NAVER D2SF, stated, "AIM Intelligence has rapidly productized practical AI security solutions that cover the entire cycle and is currently discussing collaboration with NAVER's security teams to realize safe AI. Going forward, we plan to actively create opportunities to connect with entrepreneurs in their teens and twenties who possess a native sense and energy for AI."

Meanwhile, NAVER D2SF’s 2026 first-half campus competition, which recently concluded, attracted a record number of more than 320 participating teams.

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