Seoul AI Hub, Green Convergence Cluster to Drive Expansion of Green Industry AX
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Seoul AI Hub and the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute’s Startup and Venture Green Convergence Cluster signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on advancing AI transformation (AX) in the green industry.
The agreement focuses on identifying AX needs in green industry settings and connecting them with AI technology companies to build a cooperation system linking technology validation and commercialization.
The two organizations will pursue company matching, technology demonstrations, commercialization, open innovation, follow-up support, and the mutual use of resources and networks.
Seoul AI Hub and the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute’s Startup and Venture Green Convergence Cluster are joining forces to pursue AI transformation (AX) in the green industry sector. Seoul AI Hub announced on the 22nd that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Green Convergence Cluster.
The agreement focuses on identifying AX tasks needed in the green industry field and creating a structure that connects them with AI technology companies. The purpose of the agreement is to revitalize the startup ecosystem at the intersection of the green industry and artificial intelligence.
Seoul AI Hub said it will identify demand for AX in green industry settings, connect AI technology companies, and establish a cooperation system linking technology validation and commercialization. The support covers company matching, technology demonstration, and commercialization.
The two organizations plan to link resources they have, including companies, support infrastructure, and expert networks, and expand practical convergence opportunities between the green industry and the AI industry. Through this, cooperation between Seoul AI Hub and the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute’s Startup and Venture Green Convergence Cluster will be pursued.
The two organizations signed the agreement. Based on the agreement, they will pursue the discovery of AX demand among green companies, joint projects, the discovery of demand-side companies in the green industry, the discovery of AI technology suppliers, matching between demand-side and supply-side companies, commercialization linkage, joint planning and operation of demonstrations for AI technology application, joint planning and operation of PoC (technology validation), joint planning and operation of open innovation programs, growth support for incubated and supported companies, linkage with follow-up support programs, mutual use of shared resources such as facilities, companies, and expert networks, demonstration cooperation, discovery of joint projects in the green industry-AI convergence field, and the establishment of a continuous cooperation system.
The core of the agreement is to first identify demand for AI applications needed on the green industry front lines, then connect AI companies that have technologies to solve those tasks, and have the two organizations jointly plan and operate demonstrations, PoC, and open innovation programs to verify the technology’s applicability in the field, leading to commercialization linkage and follow-up support program linkage.
Seoul AI Hub stressed that this cooperation goes beyond simple intercompany exchanges and networking, and is a structure that connects everything from identifying AX demand among green companies to matching AI companies, demonstration and PoC, commercialization, and follow-up support.
After the agreement, the two organizations plan to connect their respective company support programs and resources to extend the process to demonstration, commercialization, and growth support. Based on plans to use their company support programs in the future, they will pursue follow-up commercialization linkage plans and growth support linkage plans.
To that end, the two organizations plan to promote resource linkage, mutually use facilities based on the agreement, mutually use company resources based on the agreement, and mutually use expert networks based on the agreement. They also plan to expand demonstration cooperation between incubated and supported companies and broaden follow-up support for incubated and supported companies at both organizations.
Seoul AI Hub believes the cooperation will serve as an opportunity to expand points of contact for AI startups to validate technology in green industry settings and to discover new business opportunities for AI startups. In addition, it will provide green companies with opportunities to discover AI technologies that match on-site AX demand and opportunities to connect with companies that meet that demand.
The two organizations will not limit the scope of cooperation to collaboration between individual companies. Accordingly, they plan to connect their company support systems and continue discovering joint projects in the green industry-AI convergence field.
Seoul AI Hub said it will use the cooperation as an opportunity to expand industrial AX support into the green industry sector and to promote connections between AI startup technologies and real industrial demand. It also plans to go beyond support centered on technology supply, strengthen the discovery of industrial site demand, strengthen the connection of AI technology companies suited to that demand, and strengthen verification of field applicability, thereby reinforcing a demand-based AX cooperation model.
This cooperation concretizes the structure with a focus on collaboration with the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute Green Convergence Cluster. Its goal is to connect the on-site needs of green companies with the AI companies and technologies of Seoul AI Hub, and to establish a cooperation base that links technology verification to follow-up commercialization and corporate growth by using the demonstration and company support foundations of both organizations.
Starting with this agreement, the two organizations plan to discover joint projects centered on AX and open innovation. They also plan to pursue demonstration cooperation based on corporate demand in stages and to advance follow-up support program linkage in stages.
Lim Hyun-jung, head of the operation team for the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute Green Convergence Cluster, said she expects the MOU to accelerate the application of AI technology across the green industry. She also said she hopes it will help discover promising startups and support their growth to create a sustainable innovation ecosystem.
Byun Woo-seok, head of Seoul AI Hub, said the key condition for producing tangible AX results in the industrial field is connecting concrete needs from the field with the technologies of AI companies. He said the process of verifying technology in real-world environments is also important, and stated that through this cooperation, Seoul-based AI startups will be supported so they can validate their technological competitiveness in green industry settings and secure new business opportunities. He added that the focus will be on building a practical cooperation model that leads to the AX of green companies.
Source: TECHWORLD · Lee Gwang-jae
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407380
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