Javier López Palacios, CEO of URAPHEX
When Water Becomes a Strategic Asset

Korean(한국어) Industrial water has long been treated as a cheap, invisible resource. But that assumption is rapidly collapsing. As global industries face rising costs, regulatory pressure, and water scarcity, a new paradigm is emerging—one where water is no longer consumed, but continuously regenerated. In this DIOTIMES Leaders interview, Javier López Palacios explains how his company […]

Co-Founders of Manie
Building the Operating System for Energy Decisions

Korean(한국어) Manie is building a platform that transforms how households and businesses manage energy contracts—moving from one-time decisions to continuous optimization. By combining real consumption data, tariff intelligence, and automated switching, the company addresses structural inefficiencies in the energy market that cause consumers to systematically overpay. Founded by four co-founders with complementary expertise across product, […]

Jongbum Park, Global Project Lead of IPIN LABS
Bringing GPS-Like Intelligence Indoors Through AI

Korean(한국어) As industries continue to digitize, one major blind spot remains: indoor environments. While GPS has transformed how people and businesses navigate the outside world, many large buildings, factories, hospitals, airports, and industrial facilities still lack precise visibility into what happens indoors. IPIN LABS is addressing this challenge through AI-driven indoor positioning technology. By using […]

Co-Founders of Ainwater
Building the AI Operating System for Water

Korean(한국어) Camilo Huneeus — Chief Executive Officer. Industrial Chemical Engineer with a Master of Science in Environmental Management from Yale University. Over 10 years of international experience in water management across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Camilo Huneeus is the Chief Executive Officer of Ainwater and brings over a decade of international experience in water […]

Kirill Pereverzev, Founder of Harbor
Operational Intelligence, Port Efficiency, and the Future of Maritime Coordination

Korean(한국어) Kirill Pereverzev, Founder of Harbor, approaches maritime digital transformation not as a data expansion challenge but as an integration imperative. Drawing from his background in navigation, logistics, and international technology development, he argues that modern shipping suffers from fragmented operational systems rather than insufficient information. In this interview, he explains how Harbor is building […]

Sergei Altynbaev, Founder & Managing Director of Ailoys GmbH
When Machines Speak: Building Industrial AI Infrastructure for the Age of Dark Factories

Korean(한국어) Personal Journey & Leadership You began your career in materials science and engineering. What pivotal realization led you from deep industrial engineering into founding an Industrial AI company? I spent years working with metals, composites, and manufacturing processes, and one observation kept returning: the most critical information about what happens inside a manufacturing process […]

Claudio Geyken, CEO & Founder of RiDERgy
Turning EV Fleets into Grid Assets

Korean(한국어) Turning EV fleets into grid assets: Why smart charging is becoming critical infrastructure “The next big leap in the energy transition won’t come from building more hardware: it will come from orchestrating flexibility at scale.” In this interview, we speak with Claudio Geyken, CEO & Founder of RiDERgy, about the pivotal role of electric […]

Ashley Reeves, Founder & CEO of ArbaLabs
When AI Leaves the Cloud Building Verifiable Trust for Edge AI in the Real World

Korean(한국어) As AI moves beyond data centers and consumer apps into aircraft, vehicles, energy systems, and other safety-critical environments, “trust” can no longer be a slogan—it becomes an engineering requirement and a leadership responsibility. In this DIOTIMES Leaders interview, Ashley Reeves, Founder & CEO of ArbaLabs, describes why the next frontier of AI is verifiability: […]

LEE SEE TING, Founder of The Emboldr
Gen Z, Identity, and the Future of Work

Korean(한국어) Could you briefly share your personal journey from growing up in Malaysia and Singapore to becoming a Future of Work consultant and founder of The Emboldr? I was 12 when I left Malaysia for a scholarship in Singapore. I remember packing my bags, not really knowing what I was walking into. Those first few […]