Hanwha Ocean taps Maum AI for shipyard welding automation
The 11-month research contract equals 21.52% of Maum AI's 2025 revenue and supports Hanwha Ocean's broader push to fully automate steel welding across its Geoje yard by 2030.
SJBy So-yeon Jung, Korea correspondent, energy and grid··Updated September 12, 2026·4 min read
ShareLinkedInXWhatsAppEmailShipyard workers monitor a robotic arm welding steel blocks in front of a large vessel under construction. (AI-generated image)
Maum AI signed a 2.11 billion won ($1.57 million) research contract with Hanwha Ocean on Sept. 11, 2026, to develop vision-guided autonomous welding systems for commercial and naval shipbuilding.
The award represents 21.52% of the artificial intelligence software vendor's 2025 consolidated revenue of 9.79 billion won ($7.3 million), according to a regulatory filing submitted to South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service.
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Korea correspondent, energy and grid — So-yeon Jung covers industrial power supply, transmission investment and the fuel procurement decisions that set Korean manufacturing costs.
