Company

A deep-learning industrial vision AI platform company

We develop the algorithms, the optics and the equipment ourselves to redefine how manufacturing inspects quality — and now build industrial humanoids that put that AI to work.

Founded in 2019, DSTEK has commercialised industrial AI vision inspection at scale, developing its deep-learning algorithms, optics and inspection equipment in-house. It is a designated "little giant" specialised and innovative enterprise and a National High-Tech Enterprise.

Built on machine vision and deep-learning algorithms, DSTEK supplies a standardized AI vision inspection software platform, 2D/2.5D/3D imaging systems, AI smart cameras and AVI inspection equipment. Combined with an edge-cloud data analysis system and an industrial vision foundation model, this forms a closed-loop quality intelligence agent spanning defect detection, root-cause analysis, process optimisation and autonomous decision-making.

DSTEK operates across more than 30 countries in North America, Europe, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, with over 15,000 intelligent inspection lines delivered. Six funding rounds have taken the company through Series D, and it has filed over 100 intellectual property applications, with 25 invention patents granted.

In 2026 DSTEK launched DSROBOT, its industrial humanoid. It uses the AI vision refined on production lines over seven years as its eyes and judgement, then picks, moves and assembles with two arms. Four bodies — the fixed MATE, wheeled UNI, folding-waist FLEX and lift-type CARRY — take on inspection loading and unloading, precision assembly and line-to-line transfer.

DSTEK AT A GLANCE

An AI that gets stronger as the data accumulates

  • 15,000+ Production lines
  • 30+ Countries served
  • 100+ Fortune 500 customers
  • 100B+ Training images
  • 2B+ Images analysed daily
  • Up to 99.99% Detection accuracy Application-specific

DSTEK group worldwide

MISSION & VISION

What we are here to do

  • MISSION

    Bring AI onto the factory floor and set a new standard for manufacturing quality.

  • VISION 01 — Full-stack

    Owning the algorithms, optics and equipment lets us deliver solutions of consistent quality.

  • VISION 02 — Evolving AI

    Starting from 100 billion industrial defect images, the platform keeps learning from data accumulated on the line.

  • VISION 03 — Global standard

    On the strength of 15,000+ lines across 30 countries, we intend to set the global standard for industrial vision AI inspection.

HISTORY

History

  1. 2019 DSTEK founded in Suzhou Industrial Park
  2. 2022 Named annual supplier to a leading battery manufacturer · Joint Innovation Award
  3. 2022 Selected for China AI Commercialisation Top 100
  4. 2023 Selected for China Industrial Digitalisation Services Top 30
  5. 2024 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, 2024
  6. 2024 Fortune China — most socially impactful startup
  7. 2024 Vision Systems Design Innovators Awards 2024 — two categories (AUTOMATE 2024, USA)
  8. 2024 Japan entity established (株式会社DS TEK)
  9. 2025 Korea, USA and Hungary entities established
  10. 2025 Series D completed (sixth round)
  11. 2026 Selected for KPMG China Smart Manufacturing Tech 50
  12. 2026 DSROBOT industrial humanoid launched (MATE · UNI · FLEX · CARRY)
  13. 2026 Singapore entity established (DSTEK PTE. LTD.)
  14. 2026 New Huai'an plant due for completion (approx. 60,000 m²)

AWARDS

Awards & certifications

Verified consistently by outside bodies. A selection of the most significant is listed here.

International awards

  • World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, 2024
  • Vision Systems Design Innovators Awards 2024 — two categories (AUTOMATE 2024, USA)
  • Fortune China 2024 — most socially impactful startup

Industry selections

  • Fortune China 2026 — founder Han Xu named among the 40 Most Promising Business Leaders Under 40
  • KPMG China Smart Manufacturing Tech 50, 2026 (2nd edition)
  • Suzhou municipal cultivated AI large model, 2025 — industrial quality inspection large model
  • China Industrial Digitalisation Services Top 30, 2023
  • China AI Commercialisation Top 100, 2022
  • 36Kr High-Growth New Economy Company of the Year, 2023

Corporate certifications

  • National High-Tech Enterprise (国家高新技术企业)
  • Jiangsu "Little Giant" specialised and innovative enterprise
  • Jiangsu AI industry leading enterprise
  • Jiangsu Gazelle Enterprise (瞪羚企业)
  • ISO 9001 quality management system

Competitions

  • Grand Prize, 6th Global Smart Manufacturing Innovation Competition, 2022
  • First place, Shuangchuang Tiantang Competition, 2022
  • National First Prize, China Edge Computing Developer Contest, 2021
  • First place, 8th Entrepreneurship Jiangsu Next-Gen IT Competition, 2020

Intellectual property

  • Over 100 intellectual property applications filed · 25 invention patents granted
  • Contributor to Chinese machine vision and edge computing industry standards and white papers

LEADERSHIP

Leadership

Led by serial founders who came up through R&D.

Han Xu (韩旭)

Founder & CEO

DSTEK

  • Seoul National University · EMBA, Tsinghua University
  • Principal researcher at Hyundai Heavy Industries R&D Center · researcher at the Samsung–SNU joint database laboratory (2012)
  • Early member and China general manager at SUALAB — acquired in full by Cognex (USA) in 2019 for approximately USD 195 million
  • Board member, China Machine Vision Union (CMVU) · committee member, China Society of Image and Graphics
  • Gusu and Jinjihu Leading Talent
  • Fortune China 2026 — 40 Most Promising Business Leaders Under 40 in China
  • 36Kr "36 Under 36" Founder of the Year, 2023

Gyuyoung Hwang

Global CEO

DSTEK Korea

  • Seoul National University
  • Global CEO of DSTEK
  • Early member at Sendbird, the Silicon Valley startup — through its Series C at a valuation of roughly USD 1 billion
  • Led the infrastructure and core engineering teams at Sendbird — 300 million global MAU at 99.99% infrastructure availability
  • Sendbird has grown beyond messaging into a global AI company building AI agents for enterprises
  • Formerly an engineer at Samsung Electronics and Nexon
  • Leads the Korean manufacturing business and global expansion

GLOBAL

Global presence

Around the Suzhou headquarters and its R&D and manufacturing centre, six regional entities work close to the line.

Suzhou Seoul Tokyo Dallas Budapest Singapore
  • SuzhouChina HQ · R&D · Equipment manufacturing
  • SeoulKorea Technical sales · Engineering · Support
  • TokyoJapan Technical sales · Support
  • DallasUSA Technical sales · Support
  • BudapestHungary Technical sales · Engineering · Support
  • SingaporeSingapore Southeast Asia
Branches in China
  • Huai'an
  • Wuhan
  • Chengdu
  • Shenzhen

Korea support

Korean engineers, in Korean, on a tiered SLA

HQ owns the code and the models; the Korea team handles the floor.

  1. L1 First response Remote diagnosis and first action Within 24 business hours
  2. L2 Technical support On-site inspection, parameter tuning Within 72 business hours
  3. L3 HQ engineering Deep algorithm and hardware work Within 7 business days
  4. L4 Resident engineer Long-term residency, custom development By agreement

An all-Korean support team, Korean-language service, one year of warranty maintenance included.

Data security

Inspection data stays inside your facility

DSTEK deploys on-premise by default. Images, inspection results and trained models are processed only on the customer’s own servers and inspection equipment.

On-premise by default

Training, inference and storage all run on customer infrastructure.

No cross-border transfer

Inspection images and models are not sent abroad unless the customer explicitly authorises it.

Cloud is optional

Edge-cloud analytics is configured only on request.

Access control

Engineers follow the customer’s security procedures and NDA on site; any data export requires prior approval.

Remote support is provided only through channels and scopes the customer has approved. Quality management is certified to ISO 9001.

Customer references

The manufacturers that lead their industries run DSTEK

Leaders in automotive, batteries, electronics, displays and photovoltaics run DSTEK inspection in volume production — on 15,000+ lines in over 30 countries, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies.

  • Samsung
  • SL Corporation
  • Tesla
  • BMW
  • Toyota
  • Sony
  • Panasonic
  • Foxconn
  • Cisco
  • LG Energy Solution
  • CATL
  • BYD
  • Schaeffler
  • Luxshare Precision
  • Flex
  • Jabil
  • BOE
  • LONGi
  • Wistron
  • EVE Energy
  • CALB
  • Sunwoda
  • Ganfeng Lithium
  • Visionox
  • Compal
  • Musashi
  • Hwaseung
  • YKK
  • FAW-Volkswagen
  • Tarkett

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