Korean AI developers scurry to jump on generative AI bandwagon
AlphaGo was behind the first artificial intelligence shock in South Korea after its landslide victory in a Go match against the country’s lege...
S.Korea's Upstage to add AI chatbot AskUp to Japanese messaging app Line
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) tech company Upstage on Friday said it will install its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot AskUp on the...
Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US
South Korea's sleep technology startup Asleep, which was part of an economic delegation accompanying President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent state visit to...
BIND wins D.Camp startup pitch race in April, co-sponsored by CJ
BIND Corp. was chosen by investors as the best of the best for its online fashion platform for middle-aged men during South Korea’s major star...
S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Thursday that it will support the export of 100 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...
S.Korea, UL Solutions sign agreement for supporting domestic startups
The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with global certification agency UL Sol...
Kolon Industries to move into secondary battery recycling market
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturing company, is entering the secondary battery recycling market. The company an...
Hanwha Aerospace invests in Israeli startup with anti-jamming tech
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. has invested in an Israeli start-up possessing anti-jamming technology to prevent interference in global position...
Upstage beats Amazon, Nvidia to rank first in global AI competition
South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup Upstage on Monday said it ranked first in four categories at the International Association for P...
Blockchain game startup Gomble gets seed round
South Korean blockchain gaming startup Gomble announced on Monday that it has successfully secured its first institutional investment. The seed fund...
SK Telecom invests $11 mn in AI startup Scatter Lab
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday a strategic partnership with Scatter Lab, the creator of the AI agent "Luda Lee," following a 15 bi...
Asleep dreams big to help sleepless people worldwide find right treatment
Armed with artificial intelligence and big data technologies, Asleep hopes to find the best treatment for sleep-deprived people around the world wit...
Indonesia's Green Rebel enters S.Korean alternative meat market
Indonesia-based food tech startup, Green Rebel Foods, made public its official entry into the Korean plant-based protein food market. Bryan Toh, Glo...
Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze
The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...
Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn
UK Premier League Tottenham Hotspur star forward Son Heung-min and two-way US MLB icon Shohei Ohtani, a designated pitcher and hitter for the Los An...
S.Korean gov't to support domestic startups in Saudi Arabia entry
South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups held on Wednesday the "K-Deep Tech Startup Meetup" event at Startup Alliance & Space in Gangnam dist...
Shinsegae supports int'l expansion of S.Korea's promising fashion brands
South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store has launched activities to support the overseas expansion of up-and-coming domestic fashion brands. The com...
LG to unveil healthcare product; open to startup M&As
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is set to unveil its first digital healthcare product in the second half of this year, three years after it ...
Rebellions CEO aims to outrival Qualcomm within a decade
Artificial intelligence is the talk of the tech world, particularly with the rise of the worldwide sensation OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the generative ...
S.Korean AI chip fabless Rebellions beats global chip giants in MLPerf tests
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, beat global chip giants Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Nvidia Corp. in ...
Shared growth with startups essential for GS Group: Chairman Huh
GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, plans to aggressively invest in startups and venture companies with promising technology &nd...
SK C&C partners with Storm Ventures to discover promising B2B startups
South Korean IT services company SK C&C announced on Wednesday a partnership with American venture capital firm Storm Ventures to discover and c...
S.Korean AI startup Liner Launches multilingual AI chatbot
South Korean AI search platform Liner announced on Wednesday the launch of a groundbreaking interactive search chatbot called "Liner Chat," designed...
Shinhan Financial, KOSME to support startups for expanding Japanese market
Shinhan Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) to support Korean startups' ent...
TIMWORK lifts trophy at March D.Camp startup pitch competition
TIMWORK Inc., a South Korean digital construction plan management software developer, won first prize at D.Camp’s March startup pitch competit...
Korean kitchen automation startups' US advance gains traction
South Korean kitchen automation system developers are eyeing the US as their next key market as demand for automated restaurant operating systems in...
S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics
The South Korean government will inject this year budget of 1 trillion won ($763.4 million) in intellectual property (IP)-related projects.The Presi...
KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups
South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...
Korean startup investments rapidly dry up in wake of SVB debacle
The shock from the collapse of American startups’ main financing artery Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been deeply felt in the South Korean sta...
S.Korean startup DeepBrain AI unveils 3D virtual human B2B technology
South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI has unveiled a 3D virtual human B2B technology that can engage in real-time conversations, display emotional ex...
