42Dot recruits 3 key talents from global IT companies... Strengthening SDV technology competitiveness

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Ha-na = 42Dot, the global software center of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on the 2nd that it will recruit three key leaders from global information technology (IT) companies and strengthen its competitiveness in software-centered vehicle (SDV) technology.

42Dot recently recruited Angelo Corsaro, the creator of the open source communication protocol 'Xeno' and co-founder of Zetascale Technology, as a senior researcher at its Silicon Valley office in the United States.

Corsaro is an expert in distributed computing and robotics middleware, and plans to improve next-generation data connectivity and scalability across SDV, cloud, and intelligent mobility platforms at Forty2Dot.

Kim Jae-young, the leader of the Gleo artificial intelligence (AI) model group, also recently joined 42Dot.

He is an expert who has been researching voice conversational AI and signal processing technology for 15 years at global IT companies such as Google DeepMind, Amazon, Samsung Electronics, and Intel. He plans to develop voice recognition (STT) and voice synthesis (TTS) technologies optimized for in-vehicle noise and multi-speaker environments.

In addition, Chao Pang, a former senior engineer in Nvidia's autonomous driving division, also recently joined the Silicon Valley office. He will be responsible for VLA research that combines visual information recognition, language-based reasoning, and action generation into one model.

Through this recruitment, 42Dot plans to strengthen its global leadership in key areas such as distributed computing, vehicle software platform, voice AI, and autonomous driving, and support Hyundai Motor Group's SDV transition.

Forty2dot said, "By combining expertise in each field with Forty2dot's AI and software capabilities, we will lead global technology standards in the fields of SDV, autonomous driving, and intelligent mobility."