The South Korean company STARCHIUM claims a 28-fold increase in productivity on a real-world public sector project, by producing vector files that can be edited directly in CAD rather than images.
Introduced on August 20, 2026, ArchiPilot is the architectural design platform of STARCHIUM, a company based in Pangyo, South Korea, created to digitize the construction industry. The user enters basic data in natural language — address, site conditions, scale, design requirements — and the system renders a drawing in DXF format in about two minutes.
The technical distinction is there: the proprietary "Prompt-to-DXF" technology produces native vector files, not raster images. The plans are therefore directly editable in CAD software and retain their accuracy regardless of the magnification factor, where raster output degrades.
The claimed costing
STARCHIUM bases its demonstration on the second phase of the National Training Center in Jincheon: 28 specialists mobilized for three months at a cost of about 336 million won, while ArchiPilot would allow three people to complete the same job in one month for 12 million won — a factor of 28 in productivity and a cost reduction of 96.4%. The tests of the minimum viable product, conducted in February 2026 with 42 practicing architects, have according to the company aroused spontaneous expressions of interest from Canada and the Netherlands.
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