208 Startups Participate in Solving 'Problems Presented by Large Corporations'

The Power of Connection, Digital Dream 9 Contest

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Park Young-sun, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry) announced on the 31st that 208 tasks were submitted for the new style contest "The Power of Connection, Digital Dream 9," where startups solve problems presented by large corporations.

Startups participating in the nine tasks announced on July 30 will be able to establish a foundation for growth through collaboration with leading domestic and international companies. By field, the most startups participated in the 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Content' and 'Immersive Media' sectors, followed by digital healthcare, future mobility, eco-friendly materials, and food tech.

For the AI content field's viewership prediction task, solutions utilizing various elements such as character relationship analysis, content consumption data, and unstructured value data were proposed. The task involving Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) application included not only new content-related ideas but also many proposals expanding the scope of OLED utilization.

In the immersive media field, virtual reality (VR) content was presented in various ways in line with the task planning intent, with many ideas focusing on interaction with users to enhance immersion. Additionally, the task to enhance the vividness of mobile baseball broadcasts proposed methods such as providing baseball trajectory information, predicting game results based on this, and improving image quality.

Reflecting interest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many startups participated in digital healthcare tasks developing monitoring solutions for infectious diseases and hospitalized patients, as well as AI-based clinical decision support solutions for medical staff. In the future mobility field, ideas expanding and applying the task scope were submitted, including route suggestions reflecting subjective preferences of transportation users, recommendations for meeting places based on optimal travel routes, and logistics delivery route tracking.

In the food tech field, which was highly evaluated by experts from the task planning stage, the 'Development of Jjamppong Flavor Identification Sensor' task attracted attention with various sensory sensors such as visual, olfactory, and tactile sensors proposed. Experts and large corporations will jointly participate in the evaluation of this contest. Next month, innovation, task suitability, and technical feasibility will be primarily assessed through idea evaluation and face-to-face evaluation, and in November, a pitching competition will be held to select up to three startups capable of collaborating with large corporations.

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