AI 음성기업 네오사피엔스 상장 첫날 168% 급등…공모가는 희망가보다 27.5% 낮았다

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Neosapience, an AI voice technology company, was newly listed on the KOSDAQ market on 21 September under the special provisions for technology growth companies, and as of 9:38 a.m. that day its shares traded at 26,800 won, 168.00% above the offering price. The proposed offering price range had been 13,800 to 15,800 won, but after reflecting the results of demand forecasting and consulting the lead manager, Daishin Securities, the final offering price was set at 10,000 won — about 27.5% below the bottom of the range. Even so, the general subscription held over two days from 10 September recorded a combined subscription ratio of 1,047.78 to 1, with 107,233 applications, while institutional demand forecasting had drawn a ratio of 219.56 to 1. The opening price formed at 25,250 won, 152.50% above the offering price. Founded in November 2017, Neosapience runs 'Typecast', an AI voice content and character creation service built on text-to-speech technology, and has secured more than 700 AI voice characters through formal contracts with professional voice actors. Its operating loss was 7.20236 billion won in 2023 and 7.87973 billion won in 2024, then fell to 2.67554 billion won in 2025.