AI service specialist company ESTsoft (CEO Jung Sang-won) announced on the 1st that it will introduce 'Han Ji-a,' an AI virtual human analyst, in collaboration with Korea Investment Securities.

The Han Ji-a introduced by both companies was born from ESTsoft's 'AI Studio Perso'. AI Studio Perso is a service that can create AI virtual humans and generate videos, and Han Ji-a was produced using ESTsoft's proprietary technology 'AI Persona', which creates non-existent people.

As a result, ESTsoft has proven the technical skills and marketability of AI Studio Perso by introducing a new AI virtual human with new IP following the end of last September. In addition, it will also contribute to the growth of new AI businesses comprising 'AI virtual human', 'AI glasses virtual fitting commerce', and 'AI image'.

For the production of an AI virtual human representing Korea Investment Securities, the two companies used the image of a new employee of Korea Investment Securities, whose portrait rights have been resolved, as training data for 'AI Persona', to implement Han Ji-a. In addition, to ensure the natural and smooth operation of the AI virtual human, several months of testing were conducted to enhance the completion.

The born Han Ji-a will be active as a new recruit analyst at Korea Investment Securities and plans to carry out various tasks such as education, promotion, and product explanations in the future.

The first stage of Han Ji-a's activity is 'Show Me the Report', which Korea Investment Securities launched this time. Show Me the Report is a service that introduces research reports of Korea Investment Securities in about 3 minutes of video summarizing the core content, and is the first domestic securities company to operate a service that implements an analyst that does not exist in reality as an AI virtual human.

Especially since the service will be provided on the Korea Investment Securities website, YouTube channel, MTS, etc., it is expected to be able to meet the activities of the AI virtual human Han Ji-a on various channels.

ESTsoft CEO Jung Sang-won said, "I am very pleased that ESTsoft's AI virtual human technology is being used for the new services launched by Korea Investment Securities, the leading domestic securities company," He added, "As the virtual human business, which we have been preparing as a new AI business, has been producing consecutive results, we expect that these results will lead to meaningful performance."

ESTsoft also launched the AI virtual human creator 'Baek Hana' using AI Persona technology in collaboration with online class platform Class101 in September. Baek Hana started her official activity amidst much interest, attracting about 1,000 students in just three days after opening her online class in October.

On the other hand, the virtual human market has a very high growth potential and is receiving global attention. Global market research firm Emersion Research has even predicted that the global virtual human market will grow to a size of $527.58 billion (approximately 688.4919 trillion won) by 2030.