Gwangju City Signs Business Agreement with 5 Specialized Companies to Establish AI Business Infrastructure

Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "Accelerating the Creation of an Industrial Ecosystem to Support South Korea as a Top 4 AI Power"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City signed the 66th to 70th business agreements on the 13th with AI specialized companies DataStreams Co., Ltd., Doowon Meditech Co., Ltd., iCroGen Co., Ltd., Chamjoeun Net Co., Ltd., and Pine CNI Co., Ltd. to establish a Gwangju-type AI business foundation, and decided to actively cooperate in creating the Gwangju AI ecosystem through establishing corporate entities or regional offices for each company.

DataStreams Co., Ltd. is a data fusion platform specialized company possessing data integration and governance technologies.

Its main products include ▲next-generation big data product groups ▲data integration product groups ▲data governance product groups, providing solutions, consulting services, and platforms covering all areas of data management such as data integration, analysis, and data governance.

Doowon Meditech Co., Ltd. has been the only domestic manufacturer of special-purpose medical devices such as eco-friendly infusion sets, epidermal adhesive agents, and vaccine syringes, as well as general medical devices for 20 years, and is researching and developing AI home healthcare solutions in line with the 4th Industrial Revolution era.

iCroGen Co., Ltd. is a specialized company developing AI disease prediction solutions and services based on genomic big data. Its main products include ▲iDNADoctor (a personalized disease prevention solution platform based on whole genome information) and ▲iSearchme (a personal whole genome information analysis platform).

Chamjoeun Net Co., Ltd. is an ICT platform specialized company conducting urban regeneration smart technology support projects closely related to daily life based on self-developed smart sensors. Its main products include ▲ICT-based public parking lot specialized platform ▲AI-based air quality monitoring platform ▲smart community service platform.

Pine CNI Co., Ltd. is a data hub platform specialized company possessing self-developed solutions for data collection and management, data extraction, and linked analysis. Its main products include ▲open data hub platform ▲big data collection and management platform ▲Pine-OLAP ▲Pine-EAI.

Through the business agreements, DataStreams Co., Ltd. plans to establish a Gwangju corporation or regional office in the fields of data integration and data analysis platforms; Doowon Meditech Co., Ltd. and iCroGen Co., Ltd. in the medical and healthcare solutions fields; Chamjoeun Net Co., Ltd. in the IoT platform field; and Pine CNI Co., Ltd. in the data hub platform field to foster AI professionals and create new jobs in the Gwangju area.

The main agreement contents include ▲development of solutions and technical and policy consulting for creating an AI-related ecosystem ▲promotion of establishing Gwangju corporations or regional offices for nurturing AI specialized talents and creating jobs ▲development, operation, and promotion of various corporate support programs for AI industry ecosystem creation ▲planning and promotion of education and employment programs for AI specialized personnel.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “Gwangju, the nation’s top AI-centered city, is accelerating the creation of an AI industry ecosystem to support Korea as one of the four major AI powers this year as well as in 2020,” and added, “We will continue to attract the best AI companies nationwide, strengthen support systems so that these companies can grow into global enterprises, and do our best to create AI-related jobs.”

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