Upstage (company)
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Native name | 주식회사 업스테이지 |
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Company type | Private |
| Industry | Artificial intelligence |
| Founded | October 2020 |
| Founder | Sung Kim |
| Headquarters | , South Korea |
| Products | Solar Pro 2 |
| Website | upstage.ai |
Upstage Co., Ltd. (Korean: 주식회사 업스테이지) is a South Korean artificial intelligence company founded in 2020.
Upstage was established in 2020 by Sung Kim, a former professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Kim also led Naver's Clova 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 from SoftBank Ventures Asia, Korea Development Bank, KT Corporation, and Mirae Asset Venture Investment.[2][3]
Models
In December 2023, Upstage introduced Solar, a small 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 as GPT-4.1 and DeepSeek V3.[5][6]
