Finance Ministry Expands Budget Centered on AI and Physical AI
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According to AI TIMES, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said on September 1 that it has drawn up a 2027 budget and fund management plan o…
According to AI TIMES, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said on September 1 that it has drawn up a 2027 budget and fund management plan of about KRW 40 trillion, highlighting expanded investment in future industries such as AI and physical AI. The plan increases spending by 15.7% from the previous year’s main budget and aims to strengthen support systems that go beyond securing technologies to include demonstration, commercialization, and overseas expansion. In particular, the ministry added core components for physical AI and secondary batteries for humanoids as new priority support projects, underscoring its focus on securing AI competitiveness by combining it with robots and machinery. It also bundled together the push for a strategic sovereign wealth fund, a strategic export finance fund, and expanded supply chain investment, signaling a direction to channel state capital more deeply into future industries. For AI and digital sectors, the ministry plans to launch overseas expansion support in earnest through the so-called K-AI package using the Economic Development Cooperation Fund. The budget proposal shows the ministry’s policy priority of linking future industries not only to R&D support, but also to exports and the development of an industrial ecosystem.
Perspective
The significance of this budget proposal lies less in the broader scope of support than in the changing way that support is being delivered. Moving away from an approach that simply helps with technology development, it bundles capital, finance, demonstration, and overseas expansion into a single flow, shifting the center of gravity in industrial policy toward building a more direct growth base. In particular, the fact that AI is now being treated as something that connects software with hardware and export infrastructure suggests that market entry paths and commercialization opportunities may change for related industries.
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