SKAI Sets Sights on AI Infrastructure Market, Strengthens Full-Stack Strategy
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As AI adoption and use in industrial settings increase, the importance of hardware infrastructure is growing.
SKAI has made its AI infrastructure business a growth pillar and established an AI full-stack business structure.
Cumulative revenue over the three years since the launch of the AI Infrastructure Division was KRW 50.8 billion, and the company has expanded its supply and customer base across shipbuilding, defense, manufacturing, and broadcasting.
As AI adoption and use increase in industrial settings and AI models become more advanced, the importance of related hardware infrastructure is growing. The use of industrial AI, including physical AI, is now gaining momentum, and the importance of hardware infrastructure such as GPU servers and high-performance workstations is also expanding.
Against the backdrop of these trends and expectations for rising global AI infrastructure spending, SKAI is responding to the expansion of AI adoption in industrial settings. IDC projected that global AI infrastructure spending will rise from about KRW 439 trillion in 2025 to more than about KRW 1,490 trillion in 2029.
SKAI has set AI infrastructure as a new growth pillar and established an AI full-stack business structure encompassing data, AI technology, and computing infrastructure. The company also announced on the 7th that it would accelerate its market push.
Since launching its AI Infrastructure Division in 2023, SKAI has responded to growing demand centered on AI workstations. Demand has increased in shipbuilding, defense, manufacturing, and broadcasting, leading to expanded supply and a broader customer base.
These trends are also visible in its results. Cumulative revenue over the three years since the launch of the AI Infrastructure Division reached KRW 50.8 billion.
The company has broadened its application areas by supplying hardware and workstations tailored to various industries, including shipbuilding, defense, and manufacturing. For the shipbuilding sector, it supplied ultra-compact workstation hardware for vessel certification, and the hardware is used in autonomous navigation and navigation systems. Recently, it won a project to introduce a DB redundancy server. For the defense sector, it supplied hardware specialized for secure environments and also supplied design and AI workstations. For manufacturing, it supported the establishment of an on-site AI computing environment based on edge AI workstations, and it also supported the establishment of an on-site AI computing environment based on AI PCs for manufacturing.
Based on these supply results, the company is expanding its customer base. It supplied a server for building an AI-exclusive TV studio to the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), and it also supplied a workstation for building an AI-exclusive TV studio to KBS. It has maintained business with Pyeonghwa Group for many years, and it has also maintained business with Korea Maritime Technology (KOMAC) for many years.
The company plans to expand its business model in the future into an appliance form that combines its own solutions and hardware. It also intends to continue expanding its AI full-stack business area, connecting data, AI technology, and computing infrastructure beyond hardware supply.
As AI becomes more advanced, competition is shifting from software to implementation and acceleration infrastructure, SKAI CEO Shin Jae-hyeok said. He explained that in this process, the organic integration of infrastructure and AI is important, and that maximizing performance and efficient use in industrial settings are key factors.
SKAI is securing or pursuing data, software, AI technologies such as synthetic data, GPU, and data infrastructure, and CEO Shin said the company is pursuing a plan to connect the technological and business capabilities of each area into a single value chain. He said this would help the company secure competitiveness in AI full-stack services and grow into a key company leading the global AI industry.
Source: IT DAILY · Yang Seung-gap
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