Sandoll Advances AI Font Business; H1 Operating Profit Soars 528%

Sandoll, a content creator platform company, has presented an ambitious vision to significantly expand its business domain by making artificial intelligence (AI) its core growth engine and leaping into the global market. At a corporate briefing held at the Korea Exchange on the 20th, Sandoll announced its innovation and future growth strategies through AI technology, building upon a solid foundation of achieving record-high performance in the first half of 2025. Sandoll plans to deeply integrate AI into all processes of its font business. By utilizing AI, it aims to increase font planning and production efficiency by up to 70%, provide services that maximize user convenience, such as font recommendations based on usage purpose and font search within images, and explore new revenue models. In particular, the strategy is to rapidly secure multilingual fonts through AI-based automatic translation and production technology to accelerate its expansion into the global market. Beyond the font business, diversification into the image and video sectors is also actively underway. Sandoll is focusing on developing generative AI image solutions in cooperation with LG CNS, and is collaborating with ESTsoft in the AI video sector to create synergy. Based on its proprietary platform with 2 million subscribers, it plans to commercialize these new businesses to accelerate its transformation into a comprehensive content platform company. This large-scale expansion strategy is backed by robust performance growth. Sandoll recorded consolidated revenue of approximately 10 billion KRW and operating profit of approximately 2.9 billion KRW in the first half of 2025, showing remarkable growth rates of 50.3% and 528.6% respectively compared to the same period last year. This represents the highest performance since its listing, and is analyzed as the result of a combination of factors including the effect of the Yoon Design acquisition, expansion of customized font planning, and the turnaround to profit by its subsidiaries. Sandoll is also actively seeking external drivers for growth. Sandoll has expanded its business portfolio through consistent M&A activities, including an equity investment in music company Most Contents in 2020, the acquisition of stock image platform Bibitree in 2023, and the acquisition of Yoon Design in 2024. It plans to continue M&A for scaling and diversification in the future. Recently, private equity firm KCGI joined Sandoll as a strategic partner, securing approximately 20% equity and call options, and is expected to add positive synergy to AI-based new businesses, global expansion, and M&A strategies. Shin Dong-geun, Vice President of Sandoll, stated, "We will continue sustainable growth by simultaneously pursuing the advancement of our font business based on AI technology, expansion into global markets, and diversification of our business portfolio through active M&A," and expressed his ambition to further strengthen Sandoll's competitiveness as a content platform through the expansion of new AI-based categories such as images and videos and the development of various monetization models.