Gwangju City Signs Business Agreement with Two Companies to Establish AI Business Infrastructure

Companies: "Cooperation for Rapid Commercialization of Proprietary Technologies, Talent Development, and Job Creation"

Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "We Will Focus Our Capabilities on Job Creation Including Support for the AI Ecosystem"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City signed the 37th and 38th business agreements on the 28th with AI-attracting companies Zeta Bank Co., Ltd. and Health Hub Co., Ltd. to establish a Gwangju-type artificial intelligence business foundation, and agreed to actively cooperate in creating the Gwangju AI ecosystem through the establishment of corporate entities and regional offices for each company.

Zeta Bank Co., Ltd. is making remarkable progress in various fields such as voice recognition, spatial intelligence, autonomous driving, and quarantine, accelerating the development of AI robots.

Its main products include ▲a complex prevention kit that checks hand sanitization, temperature, and masks at main entrances and provides data ▲a quarantine robot that detects indoor environments 24 hours a day, performs automatic disinfection, and provides data ▲a space sterilization robot that eradicates bacteria up to 99.9999% in special spaces, making it a specialized AI robot company.

Health Hub Co., Ltd. develops and provides software and platforms for medical image storage devices.

Its key technologies include ▲HTelerad, a remote reading platform that allows radiology specialists in different locations to interpret and provide medical images via network ▲HScan, a personal medical image storage platform that enables easy storage and sharing of medical images ▲BoneAge A.I, an AI-based bone age measurement system, among various healthcare service solutions, making it a healthcare specialized company.

Through the business agreement, Zeta Bank Co., Ltd. and Health Hub Co., Ltd. plan to establish Gwangju corporations and regional offices to quickly commercialize their current technologies, actively cooperate in nurturing talent in AI robot and healthcare fields, and create new jobs in the Gwangju area.

The main agreement contents include ▲technical and policy consulting for creating an AI cluster ecosystem and building a business platform ▲promotion of establishing Gwangju corporations and regional offices for AI talent development and job creation ▲development, operation, and promotion of various corporate support programs for AI industry ecosystem creation ▲planning and promotion of specialized AI workforce education and employment programs.

Choi Dong-wan, CEO of Zeta Bank Co., Ltd., said, “Our self-developed AI quarantine robot has been a great help in preventing infectious diseases during the difficult times of COVID-19,” and added, “We will actively cooperate in creating an AI-centered city ecosystem by establishing a corporation as soon as possible and promoting commercialization in the robot field.”

Lee Byung-il, CEO of Health Hub Co., Ltd., said, “With long experience and proprietary technology, we wanted to start an outstanding healthcare business model from Gwangju,” and stated, “We will expedite business full-scale operations through establishing a regional corporation and recruiting talent.”

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “We are doing our best to build an AI ecosystem so that AI companies can achieve many results in Gwangju,” and added, “We will focus all our capabilities to ensure that AI companies grow significantly and create many new jobs in the region through continuous cooperative networks with the attracted AI companies.”

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