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

Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "Actively Supporting Scale-up to Grow into Unicorn Companies"

On the afternoon of the 17th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, is taking a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement with Jeong Sang-won, CEO of Eastsoft Co., Ltd., in the East Building conference room in Seocho-gu, Seoul, to establish a Gwangju-type artificial intelligence business foundation. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City signed the 61st and 62nd business agreements on the 17th with EastSoft Co., Ltd. and Youngwoo Digital 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 local offices, research centers, and training centers for each company.

EastSoft Co., Ltd. is a specialized company providing AI services based on its self-developed software such as ALTools and ALYac. Its main products include ▲ AI-based business (commerce AI, enterprise AI, camera-based AI) ▲ software (ALTools - ALZip, ALSee, ALPDF, etc.) ▲ security (ALYac PC·mobile), Threat Inside (deep learning-based malware threat response security solution), and SecureDisk (document security solution).

Youngwoo Digital Co., Ltd. is a specialized company providing comprehensive IT solutions and services. Its main products include 27 global IT vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft, CISCO, IBM, Dell, RedHat, and cloud service providers like AWS and Oracle.

Through the business agreement, EastSoft plans to actively cooperate in creating an AI-based ecosystem and generating new jobs in the Gwangju area by establishing local offices, research centers, and training centers for AI service fields such as software, security, and commerce. Youngwoo Digital will focus on AI services and IT solutions talent development.

The main agreement details are as follows: EastSoft will ▲ promote AI technology convergence and commercialization linked with local AI companies in Gwangju to create an AI service ecosystem (software, security, commerce, etc.) ▲ jointly plan and promote projects such as Gwangju AI Data Dam construction and AI-based personal information de-identification for public data ▲ plan and promote employment programs for AI-based cybersecurity technology development and related talent cultivation ▲ push for early establishment of local offices or research centers for AI consulting, security talent development, and job creation.

Additionally, Youngwoo Digital will ▲ plan and execute promotions targeting AI companies to foster the Gwangju ecosystem in AI services and IT solutions ▲ establish a Gwangju branch and AI developer training center for talent development and job creation in AI services and IT solutions ▲ focus on providing AI education, free consulting and deployment services using Amazon (AWS), supporting global expansion of AI-attracting and local companies, and operating employment programs.

The company representatives said, “We are pleased to contribute to the creation of the Gwangju AI ecosystem through our self-developed technologies and proactive services,” and added, “We will actively cooperate in the development of Gwangju as an AI-centered city, job creation, and talent cultivation.”

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “Gwangju, a city of justice and intention, is now leaping forward as the nation’s top AI-centered city, supporting South Korea as one of the four major AI powers,” and added, “We will strengthen various support systems at each stage such as commercialization, investment resources, and startup spaces so that creative entrepreneurs and companies with technology and ideas can grow into scale-ups and unicorn companies in Gwangju, building the largest AI ecosystem in the country.”

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