Naver D2SF backs Sorcerics ambient AI startup for autonomous smart homes

Sorcerics sits at an interesting intersection of ambient computing and edge AI. Rather than shipping another cloud‑dependent smart speaker, the team is betting on a single‑camera hub running multiple models locally to infer gestures, routines and environmental cues, then proactively adjust lighting and services—essentially an autonomous house manager in a box.([prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/naver-d2sf-invests-in-sorcerics-an-ambient-ai-startup-developing-autonomous-ai-home-solutions-302650444.html?utm_source=openai)) With Naver D2SF’s backing, the company is explicitly targeting North America, suggesting Korean AI hardware and embedded‑model expertise will increasingly show up in Western homes.

From an AGI‑race perspective, this is part of a broader shift from “AI on screens” to “AI in the environment.” Training and deploying models that must interpret noisy, partly observable physical contexts and act with long‑term user trust is a different challenge than predicting the next token. The more these ambient systems are deployed—especially in privacy‑sensitive, on‑device setups—the more data and experience the ecosystem gains about robust perception, continual learning and user‑aligned autonomy in real spaces. Those capabilities will be crucial as agents move from browsers and IDEs into robots and embodied assistants. Naver’s involvement also shows Asian platforms won’t cede the AI‑home category to US giants without a fight.