Sorcerics is building an AI-powered ambient home system that uses a single camera and on-device proprietary LLMs to interpret gestures, behaviors, and environmental cues, enabling proactive services while keeping privacy by running up to five AI models on-device.

NAVER D2SF is investing in Sorcerics, signaling NAVER’s interest in proactive, ambient AI for smart homes and international expansion.

Sorcerics’ Ambient AI approach aims to proactively assist users by understanding context, intentions, and environmental signals rather than waiting for explicit commands.

NAVER is Korea’s largest Internet company, with a diversified tech portfolio and 2024 sales around $7.5 billion, pursuing global expansion into Japan, North America, and Europe.

NAVER’s background and strategy include supporting portfolio companies to go global, as part of its broader push into international markets.

Sorcerics plans a North American beta and a global product launch in early 2026, with a Kickstarter rollout in Q1 2026 and CES 2026 participation in view.

Founding CEO Hyeonjong Ryu, a former Google engineer, leads a team executing North American beta tests and preparing for a Kickstarter launch in 2026.

NAVER D2SF will back Sorcerics’ global expansion by providing talent across AI, software, hardware, business, and marketing.

D2SF emphasizes corporate venturing support to help portfolio companies grow internationally, with Ambient AI as a key heuristic for natural human-technology interaction.

Leadership and funding: Sorcerics is led by CEO Hyeonjong Ryu, with NAVER D2SF Head Yang Sang-hwan underscoring active support for global scale.

Sorcerics is recruiting across AI, software, hardware, business, and marketing to support growth and market entry.

D2SF’s Yang Sang-hwan highlights a user-centric approach and notes many portfolio firms are expanding into global markets.