Kakao Holds ‘AI SAIL Summit 26’ in Busan, Shares Group AX Cases
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Kakao held the 'AI SAIL Summit 26' in Busan and shared AX cases from its group affiliates along with strategies to support local AI talent and startups.
About 800 people attended the event, and Kakao, Kakao Mobility, KakaoBank, Kakao Pay, and Kakao Pay Insurance introduced AX initiatives in each of their business areas.
Kakao presented a three-stage support system covering talent development, startups and commercialization, and local ecosystem expansion, and outlined programs such as the 'Kakao AI Rookie Camp' and plans to establish a Busan AI hub.
Kakao held the 'AI SAIL Summit 26' in Busan and shared AX cases from its group affiliates along with strategies to support local AI talent and startups. 'Kakao AI SAIL' is Kakao's organization for fostering AI talent and companies, and it announced on the 29th of last month that it would hold the 'Kakao AI SAIL Summit 26'.
About 800 people attended the event. The attendees were local AI talent, founders, and developers.
At the site, Kakao Group's AX cases, domestic and global AI technology trends, and local startup experiences were shared. At the Busan event, Kakao covered its affiliates' AI transformation cases together with support directions for local talent and startups.
At the summit, Kakao, Kakao Mobility, KakaoBank, Kakao Pay, and Kakao Pay Insurance participated as featured companies and introduced their AX initiatives in each business area. The individual affiliates presented application cases by business area and their future directions.
Kakao shared how developers' roles are changing as AI is introduced and also introduced cases of building an AI-based coding environment. Kakao Mobility presented the direction of future mobility services using autonomous driving technology.
KakaoBank announced plans for building financial AI datasets and securing the stability of AI systems. Kakao Pay introduced AI-based financial search and coaching cases, while Kakao Pay Insurance introduced its experience redesigning insurance underwriting using AI. In addition, case sharing by each group affiliate was conducted in parallel, and strategies to support the local AI ecosystem were also disclosed.
Kim Young-deok, head of Kakao AI SAIL Center, presented a three-stage support system of talent development → startups and commercialization → local ecosystem expansion. The system is structured to first cultivate talent, then connect that to startups and commercialization, and afterward spread it across the broader local ecosystem.
In the talent development stage, Kakao operates the 'Kakao AI Rookie Camp,' 'Tech for Impact Campus,' and 'Kakao Tech Campus' programs for local high school and college students. Through these programs, it expands AI utilization capabilities and broadens problem-solving experience. It also announced plans to link these efforts with follow-up startup programs, with the aim of providing practical startup support.
In the startups and commercialization stage, the 'AI Growth Platform' supports students at the four science and technology institutes and local aspiring founders. It provides GPU, AI models, and storage to support their development infrastructure.
At the event, the 'Ralphthon' program, which turns ideas into products, was operated alongside the 'Departure' program, which connects promising startup teams with investment and business collaboration.
In terms of regional expansion, Kakao presented a flow of promoting the establishment of a Busan AI hub for the purpose of expanding the local ecosystem, and also promoting a network program for the same purpose. Through this, it aimed to expand exchanges among local founders, investors, and industry experts, and also outlined a plan to support solutions to regional industrial AX challenges by linking the deep-tech capabilities of the science and technology institutes with Kakao's AI technology.
Along with the event, 'Ralphthon' was also held. More than 60 people participated in 'Ralphthon,' and the participants included students from the four science and technology institutes and high school students from the Busan, Ulsan, and South Gyeongsang regions.
Participants used AI agents to work on activities ranging from idea discovery to product implementation and presentations. Working developers and VC officials participated as mentors and judges.
Presentations on AI technologies by domestic and global AI companies were also held on site. Park Sung-hyun, CEO of Rebellions, introduced directions for the development of AI infrastructure based on AI semiconductors, while Kim Seong-min, an OpenAI Applied AI engineer, shared software development and verification methods using the coding agent 'Codex.'
Kim Young-deok, head of Kakao AI SAIL Center, explained that the key capabilities needed in the AI era include not only the ability to use technology, but also the ability to identify field problems and execute solutions. He then said he plans to promote connections among local talent, companies, and experts, and through this create a virtuous cycle leading to startups and regional innovation.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407688
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