IT services company HNIX said on Tuesday it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Heroes of the Era (WYHIL) to jointly commercialise an on-premise artificial intelligence (AI) work and development platform called crux:PLATFORM.

Under the partnership, HNIX will oversee new business opportunity development and sales for major client companies and external business clients, including Hyundai-affiliated groups such as HD Hyundai, HL and IPARK Hyundai Development Co, as well as financial groups. It will also be responsible for planning the productisation of the solution based on market requirements and jointly developing projects. Heroes of the Era will handle technical validation, joint drafting of proposals, customer technical consultations and demo support. It will also share the latest technologies through regular technical briefings and upgrades, and build a stable technical support system.

The companies plan to run a regular quarterly consultative body to review business progress and continue to find joint projects.

Heroes of the Era is a specialist in AX and DX platforms based on AI and AIoT, and provides an AI development platform and a generative AI integrated portal.

Cha Dong-won (차동원), chief executive of HNIX, said, "By adding Heroes of the Era's AI platform technological capabilities to HNIX's industrial field experience and customer network, we have secured differentiated competitiveness in the corporate and public AI market where security is important." He added, "We will establish ourselves as an AX partner responsible for AI transformation for major customer companies, including Hyundai-affiliated groups."