Playdata, Encore's IT and AI Education Institute, Surpasses 3,500 Offline Trainees
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Encore said on the 14th that the cumulative number of offline trainees at Playdata has surpassed 3,500.
Playdata began training in 2017, expanded its education areas to data, SW, cloud, and AI, and was selected this year as an operating institution for the K-Digital Training (KDT) AI Campus.
This year’s trainees and graduates won awards at several AI competitions and hackathons, while Playdata operates practical training centered on team projects and mentoring by industry professionals, as well as the Encore AI Campus.
AI and data specialist Encore said on the 14th that the cumulative number of offline trainees at Playdata, its IT and AI education institute, has surpassed 3,500. Encore said it is strengthening the cultivation of practical AI talent based on its accumulated education experience.
Playdata began offering courses in 2017 and has continued to provide offline, IT-focused education for 10 years. During that time, it expanded its training areas to data, software (SW), cloud, and AI.
Playdata is strengthening its expertise in AI-related education in line with the growing use of AI across industries. Encore said this aligns with its direction of expanding the development of practical AI talent based on its existing experience in running educational programs.
As an example of this trend, the SK Networks Family AI Camp is currently running its 37th cohort. In addition, Playdata was selected this year as an operating institution for the Ministry of Employment and Labor's K-Digital Training (KDT) AI Campus, and it has been fully operating the 'Encore AI Campus' since last July.
Playdata's AI education achievements continue to build. This year, Playdata trainees and graduates have won consecutive awards in various external AI competitions, proving their practical capabilities through those results. Major achievements include the grand prize in the culture data utilization category at the 4th Culture, Sports and Tourism AI and Data Utilization Competition, the top prize at the 2026 KDT Hackathon, and first place in the Olive Young track at the 'Copathon AI Native Hackathon' co-hosted by CJ Olive Young and Krafton.
Playdata offers practical training based on team projects and mentoring by industry professionals. The program aims to apply AI technology to solving real-world problems and implementing services. Instructors provide rapid feedback, and education managers oversee learning. It also supports an environment focused on learning and helps peers collaborate, fostering the ability to solve practical problems through teamwork.
This educational management capability has also been recognized by outside organizations. Last year, the Playdata Lifelong Education Center was selected by the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office as an 'Excellent Institution for Vocational Skills Development Training Performance' and also received a commendation from the head of the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office. The selection was based on a comprehensive evaluation of employment rates, improvements in employment rates, and collaboration performance with employment centers, and it was the only IT training institution under the Seoul Seocho Employment Center to be selected.
Playdata is strengthening the cultivation of practical AI talent based on its existing education experience, and it is aligning that development direction with corporate talent demand. Its focus is on securing data comprehension and business and service application capabilities built on AI, and it opened the Encore AI Campus last July accordingly.
The curriculum at the Encore AI Campus is organized around practical skills tailored to corporate on-site needs, and the courses cover AI agents, AI-ready data, and AI machine learning. The training is conducted through projects and hands-on practice. Kim Gwon-sik, head of Playdata Center, said that data is the starting point of AI and that in the AI era, the importance of understanding high-quality data and being able to use it for business and services is growing. He added that since Encore has accumulated experience from industrial sites and Playdata has know-how from training 3,500 people, the company plans to continue cultivating practical talent that can use AI and data to solve problems in industrial settings.
Source: IT DAILY · Yang Seung-gap
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