Forty Two Maru Supports Corporate AX Demand Discovery and Matching Through K-AI Partnership
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Forty Two Maru is leading the AX expansion subgroup of the K-AI Partnership to identify corporate AX demand and connect it with supplier companies.
Forty Two Maru attended the 'AX Demand-Supply Company Business Networking Day' hosted by KITA and KOSA in its capacity as head of the AX expansion subgroup.
The AX expansion subgroup launched in June, collected difficulties from 700 companies, and plans to hold consultation sessions, an AI Festa special pavilion, AX project discovery, and a performance-sharing event in the second half of the year.
Forty Two Maru is supporting the discovery of corporate AX demand through the AX expansion subgroup of the K-AI Partnership, while also helping expand business connections with supplier companies. More than 100 companies are participating in the AX expansion subgroup led by Forty Two Maru, which works with advisory organizations such as the Korea International Trade Association and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry to identify corporate AI adoption tasks, refine those tasks, and connect them with suitable supplier companies.
As an extension of that role, Forty Two Maru took part in the 'AX Demand-Supply Company Business Networking Day' co-hosted by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) and the Korea Association for ICT Promotion and Software (KOSA). The event was held on the 11th at Seoul Trade Tower, and Forty Two Maru attended in its capacity as head of the AX expansion subgroup.
The K-AI Partnership is a public-private AI cooperation body led by the Ministry of Science and ICT, and it launched last April. KOSA serves as the operating organization for the K-AI Partnership.
The K-AI Partnership includes more than 190 AI supplier companies and demand-side companies in manufacturing, finance and other sectors, along with 12 advisory organizations. Forty Two Maru is in charge of the AX expansion subgroup within the partnership and continues to support the discovery of companies' AX demand, its refinement, and matching with supplier companies.
More than 200 employees from companies seeking to introduce AI attended the event, where government support programs and practical application strategies were introduced.
This was followed by business consultations, in which demand-side companies from 60 pre-matched firms and 11 AI supplier companies held one-on-one meetings. The consultations were conducted by connecting supplier companies based on the adoption tasks submitted by demand-side companies, and the participants discussed ways to introduce agentic AI, integrate it with existing systems, and apply it appropriately to their work environments. Through this, they reviewed the potential for actual cooperation.
The AX expansion subgroup was launched last June and gathered feedback on challenges in the AI adoption process from 700 demand-side companies. The main difficulties identified were integration with existing systems, insufficient budgets, a shortage of specialized personnel, and limited access to information on government support programs.
Based on this feedback, the group plans to hold regional consultation sessions in the second half of the year in coordination with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In October, it will operate a special K-AI Partnership pavilion at 'AI Festa'; in November, it will identify AX projects based on demand-supply company consortia; and in December, it plans to conclude the year's activities with a performance-sharing event.
Regarding its AX expansion support system, it has decided to strengthen links with 'AX360°,' a one-stop support portal built by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) and KOSA. 'AX360°' is a platform where users can integrate information on AI-related government programs, models, solutions and partner companies.
Kim Dong-hwan, CEO of Forty Two Maru, said that many companies feel the need to adopt AX, but face difficulties at the execution stage because of practical barriers such as adoption budgets and a lack of specialized operating personnel. He added that while the AX expansion subgroup and advisory organizations are working to ease those barriers, they will connect demand-side companies with proven AX solutions and support programs, and provide supplier companies with meaningful opportunities to expand their business.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-ki
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