en.Wedoany.com Reported - Hancom has secured 31.9 billion KRW in cash by selling its stake in Hancom InSpace. The company plans to use these funds to drive the global expansion of its "Sovereign Agentic OS" business, particularly focusing on customer acquisition and partnership development in the European market.

On the 18th, Hancom announced through a public disclosure that it had sold 3,094,234 shares of Hancom InSpace, representing a 26.08% stake. The acquisition price per share was 3,516 KRW, the disposal price was 10,317 KRW, and the total sale amount was 31,923,210,000 KRW. The return on investment (ROI) for the total investment of 8,630,890,000 KRW reached 269.87%. The company stated that approximately six years after Hancom InSpace was consolidated in 2020, it has realized investment returns and secured financial resources for future growth investments.

Its subsidiary, Hancom With, also plans to sell 719,442 shares under the same conditions, representing a 6.2% stake. Accordingly, the group's cash liquidity is expected to further increase. During this sale process, Hancom also decided to contribute to the employee stock ownership association to support Hancom InSpace's future growth and IPO promotion, as well as to encourage all employees who contributed to technology development.

This sale is interconnected with Hancom's AI business expansion strategy. The company is accelerating its transformation from a traditional office software provider into an AI platform enterprise. The Sovereign Agentic OS, unveiled at a press conference last month, is the core axis of this strategy. This platform connects enterprise internal data, external AI models, and business systems, supporting the development and operation of AI agents. Hancom plans to target regulated industries such as public, financial, and healthcare sectors while expanding its business scope to overseas markets.

In particular, the company is accelerating its entry into the European market. Hancom CEO Kim Yeon-soo previously stated that the company is concretely formulating a local market entry strategy in response to the strengthening of European data sovereignty policies and the expanding trend of digital accessibility regulations. The company indicated at the time that it was advancing cooperation with three European local partners. This month, the company signed a business agreement with 7Bulls, a Polish state-recognized R&D center, to initiate joint localization development of the Agentic OS. Previously, in collaboration with Polish AI company Algomin, Hancom decided to conduct a technology verification project for the public sector.

Europe is considered to have strict regulations on data sovereignty and personal information protection, which Hancom views as an opportunity. The company judges that institutions in the public, financial, and healthcare sectors handling sensitive data face restrictions on using external clouds, thereby increasing demand for on-premises-based sovereign AI.

The company plans to launch a beta version of the Agentic OS in the second half of the year and achieve commercialization next year. The 31.9 billion KRW obtained from this equity sale will be invested in global beta service operations, expanding overseas partnerships, and discovering local customers. The recent hiring of Director Victor Venegas Mendoza, who has over 17 years of experience in enterprise software and cybersecurity sales in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, to lead European business development is also seen as part of this strategy. Hancom plans to start from Poland and promote the expansion of the Agentic OS business in major European markets.

Hancom CEO Kim Yeon-soo stated that selling the Hancom InSpace stake is a meaningful achievement, as it both realized investment returns and secured financial resources for expanding the AI business. The company will concentrate the obtained funds on securing global customers for the Agentic OS and generating substantial sales and results in overseas markets.

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