LG CNS Partners With Anthropic and KDDI as It Expands Enterprise AX and Asia-Pacific Business

LG CNS laid out a strategy to expand its AI business by separating its domestic and overseas operations. It will deepen its collaboration with Anthropic while also working with Japanese telecom company KDDI to pursue enterprise AX and expand its business in the Asia-Pacific region.

In South Korea, the company said it aims to strengthen its systems modernization capabilities and its ability to build enterprise AI based on Anthropic’s Claude. Overseas, it plans to work with KDDI to expand business opportunities centered on agentic AI, physical AI, and smart cities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Against this backdrop, LG CNS announced that it had received the 'Preferred' tier in the Claude Partner Network (CPN). It is the first Korean company to receive the 'Preferred' tier in CPN.

CPN is operated for SI and AI companies and consultancies that support enterprises adopting Claude and building systems. Its tier structure consists of Registered, Certified, Select, Preferred, and Global Premier.

Anthropic assigns partner tiers based on Claude specialists and customer project execution results. To qualify for the Preferred tier, a partner must meet all requirements, including at least 100 Claude-certified experts, at least 15 live customers, and at least 3 public customer case studies.

LG CNS has about 140 specialists with Claude-related certifications and about 20 service implementation cases. There are more than 40,000 CPN partners worldwide, but fewer than 50 companies have earned the Preferred tier.

The partnership between the two companies is expanding into enterprise systems modernization projects. LG CNS invested in Anthropic through LG Technology Ventures in 2023, and in June it signed an enterprise-wide Claude Enterprise integration agreement covering all LG Group affiliates.

LG CNS rebuilt a project management system for a construction-sector client that had been in operation for about 20 years, using Anthropic’s AI coding tool Claude Code. The rebuild took about 7 months, and 2,888 of the existing 2,913 APIs were moved to the new system, resulting in an API migration rate of 99.1%. The old system had 1,340 screens, and the screens were converted to a React-based framework.

Anthropic said the rebuild cost for the case fell by about 50% compared with the existing development method. LG CNS has experience in code analysis and migration using Claude, and based on that experience it plans to expand modernization projects that move legacy systems to new development environments.

Kim Tae-hoon, vice president and head of LG CNS's AI Cloud Business Division, said the Preferred tier recognition formally validates its pool of Claude specialists and customer project execution experience. He said LG CNS aims to provide AI services optimized for customers' work and system environments and to accelerate enterprise AX based on its collaboration with Anthropic.

Along with its enterprise AI business, LG CNS is also expanding overseas AX and DX business. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese telecom company KDDI, and the two companies agreed to jointly identify new business opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region centered on AI, smart cities, telecommunications, and systems integration and operations management.

KDDI provides enterprise IT services including mobile telecommunications, internet, AI, cloud, and telecom networks, and operates B2B business through 19 bases in 15 Asia-Pacific countries. Based on this, it is reviewing and advancing its partnership direction with LG CNS across AI, robotics, and smart cities.

The two companies are reviewing cooperation in AI, and they are aiming to develop local enterprise AI services to be applied to KDDI's Asia-Pacific business by using LG CNS's AgenticWorks as the platform. They are also pushing ahead with cooperation in robotics, with integrated robot management services for manufacturing, logistics, and retail sites based on LG CNS's PhysicalWorks forming part of the partnership.

They are also pursuing cooperation in smart cities, combining LG CNS's experience in building integrated city control systems and intelligent transportation systems with KDDI's communications infrastructure. The two companies have designated Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and China as priority business regions, and they are fleshing out business opportunities through a working-level consultative body that combines LG CNS's solutions with KDDI's regional business network and communications infrastructure.

The two companies are promoting the sharing of the technologies and business experience each has accumulated in telecommunications and systems integration and operations management, and based on that are reviewing possibilities for joint business.

LG CNS aims to expand its overseas corporate customer base based on a plan that combines its domestic AI implementation experience with KDDI's Asia-Pacific network. Park Sang-gyun, executive vice president and head of LG CNS's Telecom, Distribution, and Service Business Division, said he expects new business opportunities in the Asia-Pacific market based on the combination of the two companies' capabilities and that he plans to pursue tangible results in global AX business with KDDI.

Matsuura Kentaro, deputy head of KDDI's Business Growth Division, said the company intends to build an industrial foundation that merges AI, telecommunications, and data through its collaboration with LG CNS, and that it plans to expand partner cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408137

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