Korean Startup Wins Top CES Award for AI Sales Robot

Imagine uploading a photo of your product and having a complete, polished online store page ready in half a minute. That's exactly what StudioLab's robot does, and it just earned the company tech's most prestigious innovation award.

The five-year-old Korean startup won Best of Innovation at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, beating out 4,100 competing companies. Only 43 products received this top honor across all categories, and StudioLab was the sole winner in spatial computing.

Their secret weapon is called Jency Studio. A photographer robot takes pictures of products using physical AI technology. Then generative AI instantly creates detailed product pages with descriptions, specs, and sales copy ready to go live.

Co-founder Lee Jae-young and CEO Gam Sung-hoon started the company through Samsung Electronics' startup program before leaving in 2021 to scale up. They saw a problem worth solving: small businesses and brands were spending huge amounts of time and money just getting products online.

The traditional process required professional photographers, copywriters, and designers working for days or weeks. StudioLab compressed that entire workflow into 30 seconds while maintaining professional quality.

The technology impressed CES judges because it tackles real commerce challenges with hardware and software working together seamlessly. The robot doesn't just snap photos; it considers artistic angles and lighting like a human photographer would.

The Ripple Effect

StudioLab's growth shows the power of solving everyday business problems. Revenue jumped 6.5 times in 2023, then another 4.5 times in 2024. In late 2024, they secured $2.4 million in funding from major Korean investors including Naver.

This marks StudioLab's third consecutive CES Innovation Award, an extremely rare achievement for such a young company. They won in AI in 2024 and robotics in 2025 before claiming this year's top prize.

Now they're setting their sights beyond Korea. Lee says CES 2026 was about building bridges to U.S. and Japanese markets. They spent the event meeting potential sales partners and secured promising leads to discuss after returning home.

The timing couldn't be better. Small businesses worldwide are rushing to build online presence, but many lack resources for professional product photography and page design. A solution that democratizes access to polished online selling tools could help thousands of entrepreneurs compete with bigger brands.

For a company that started in a corporate incubation program just five years ago, StudioLab is proving that focused innovation on unglamorous problems can lead to world-changing solutions.