Daedong Partners with Naver Cloud to Develop Agricultural AI Agents
Daedong Partners with Naver Cloud to Develop Agricultural AI Agents
-. Developing a K-AI-based agricultural AI agent to maximize farm productivity
-. Starting with “AI Call,” a service that records farming logs by phone, and expanding to professional, AI-driven prescriptions
-. Expected to contribute to government agricultural policy planning and crop analysis
Daedong (Co-CEOs Kim Jun-sik and Won Yu-hyun), a leader in future agriculture, announced on September 25, 2025, that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Naver Cloud (CEO Kim Yu-won) to collaborate on the “Sovereign AI Agent for Agricultural AX” initiative. The two companies will work together to build a next-generation agricultural ecosystem powered by AI and robotics.
The partnership aims to strengthen South Korea’s sovereignty in agricultural data and enhance productivity through an AI system tailored for the farming industry. The goal is for every farmer to have a personalized AI agent and to experience the benefits of data-driven precision agriculture in their daily work.
The first phase of the project will launch with “AI Call,” a voice-based agent that phones farmers once or twice a week, checks in on their activities, and automatically records their farming logs. Using Naver’s advanced voice recognition technology, the service can accurately understand regional dialects and speak naturally to make users feel comfortable. To accommodate older farmers who may be less familiar with smartphone apps, Daedong will begin with a simple phone- and text-based interface. The company is also exploring the use of an app for cases requiring advanced data such as drone imagery.
Having already developed an AI- and robotics-based precision agriculture platform, Daedong plans to expand the AI agent to cover the entire farming process. In the short term, the AI agent will focus on voice-based logging functions, offering personalized agricultural information and professional recommendations on pest and disease management, weather forecasts, and government subsidy programs. In the longer term, the system will connect with Daedong’s autonomous agricultural machinery and farming robots (its physical AI technologies) to maximize productivity and sustainability for farmers.
The collaboration will also make use of Naver’s new Sovereign AI technology called “K-AI.” This system will securely train on Korea’s unique agricultural data, including soil composition, climate patterns, and crop characteristics, to create an agricultural AI tailored specifically to local farming environments. The project is expected to contribute to the development of government agricultural policies and to the analysis of regional crop conditions.
Upon signing the MOU, the two companies will form a joint working group and carry out field tests with farmers and local governments during the second half of this year to enhance the quality of the service. Commercial operations are scheduled to begin in 2026, followed by a phased roadmap that will extend the system to include edge AI models for agricultural machinery and farming robots within the broader field of physical AI.