Hancom aims for a fresh leap as an AI company, targeting the global quantum security market

Hancom has abruptly changed its name from "Hancom and Computer" to "Hancom" and declared a transformation into a "Sovereign Agentic Operating System" company. It also plans to convert Hancom Office to a real-time AI update model and grow into a global AI agent company.
■Hancom Office to shift to AI updates
At the strategy presentation "HANCOM: THE SHIFT" held on the 19th at Fairmont Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, Hancom CEO Kim Yeon-su said, "We are tearing down, with our own hands, the name and success formula we have proudly upheld for 36 years, and building a new vision in its place." He added, "Based on the fact that our AI business has delivered measurable results, Hancom is taking on the higher goal of a Sovereign Agentic OS."
The Sovereign Agentic OS is an integrated AI agent operating system that connects and controls internal organizational data, external AI models, legacy business systems, and authorization frameworks in a single secure environment. For global expansion, the company will change its name from "Hancom and Computer" to "Hancom." It will also end its year-edition package releases after "Hancom Office 2024." Going forward, Hancom Office will be updated in real time by AI, the company said. Kim explained, "This is the direction we need to take to keep pace with the real-time speed of AI change." He added, "Hancom’s scope has expanded from documents to data, from computers to AI agents, and from Korea to the global market."
The company aims to officially launch Agentic OS in the first half of next year and plans to verify it in real customer environments in the second half of this year. Hancom intends to secure an early lead in the Sovereign Agentic OS market by centering its strategy on 36 years of accumulated core data technology, AI transformation clinical data, assets from 200,000 customers, and an open AX standard architecture.
Hancom is also moving into global business in earnest, starting with Europe. The company is preparing to sign memorandums of understanding with three local partners in Europe. They include an AI and data-focused SI company under a global technology group, as well as a high-tech research and development company certified by the governments of France and Poland.
Kim said, "We are finding different kinds of partners and moving forward with different contracts for each." He added, "We are focusing on creating a wide range of customer cases." Hancom also disclosed concrete business results, including AI revenue, to the market for the first time since its founding. On a separate basis, the company posted sales of 175.3 billion won in 2025, up 10.2% from 159.1 billion won a year earlier, marking an all-time high. AI revenue accounted for 54.6% of the 16.2 billion won increase in total sales.
■Expanding next-generation security infrastructure for AI and quantum
Among its affiliates, Hancom With, the group’s key security unit, is moving beyond deepfake detection for fake faces and voices and into future quantum security. The company plans to expand next-generation security businesses around three core pillars: digital finance, quantum security, and artificial intelligence (AI) authentication.
In the AI authentication segment, the company unveiled three solutions based on face, voice, and behavior. They are the face liveness authentication solution Hancom Auth, the voice authentication solution SPEEKEY, and the seamless continuous authentication solution Hancom Xcious. SPEEKEY detects deepfake voices in real time, while Hancom Xcious is designed to maintain trust throughout a session by analyzing user behavior, environment, and device signals without requiring a separate authentication process.
In quantum security, the company will expand the use of post-quantum cryptography (PQC). It is also in the final stages of developing a lightweight encryption module that can be installed in low-spec embedded devices such as drones and satellites.
In digital assets, the company will launch Ontorium, a real-world asset tokenization (RWA) platform. Ontorium will begin with OXAU, a gold token pegged 1:1 to physical gold, and later expand to silver, bonds, art, and real estate. Song Sang-yeop, CEO of Hancom With, said, "After AI, quantum is emerging as a new security issue. We will advance related technologies and services and establish ourselves as a security company with competitiveness not only in Korea but also in the global market."
jiany@fnnews.com Yeon Ji-an Reporter