Industrial data AI startup Searchdoc said on Monday its AI platform VELOAT was selected for the CES 2027 Innovation Awards in the Enterprise Tech category.

The CES Innovation Awards are a programme hosted by the U.S. Consumer Technology Association (CTA) that selects winners by evaluating technology, design and innovation.

VELOAT is an AI solution that integrates search and analysis of contracts and specifications, 2D design drawings (CAD) and 3D building information modelling (BIM) in construction and engineering.

It supports reviews of conflicts or missing items by comparing requirements stated in documents with actual design content. Users can search for relevant information with natural-language questions and check the original text and clauses that serve as the basis for the AI analysis results.

It also provides functions to compare changes before and after document revisions, or to draft review checklists and report outlines. Depending on a company's security environment, it supports cloud-based and on-premises deployment methods.

Searchdoc currently supplies its solution to major construction companies in South Korea. At Autodesk University (AU) 2026 held in Las Vegas in September, it demonstrated related technology and discussed proof-of-concept projects with North American companies.

It plans to expand the scope of application beyond construction and engineering into semiconductors, manufacturing and shipbuilding, and also plans to develop design automation technology.

Searchdoc CEO Joon-sun Baek (백준선) said, "AI in industrial workplaces must go beyond plausible answers and find the evidence needed for judgement between complex documents and designs," adding, "We will expand collaboration with overseas customers."