Gwangju City, Leading as an "AI Innovation Hub" through Corporate Attraction

8 Companies in Data, Healthcare, and Platforms Sign 'Business Agreement'
"Synergy Through Collaboration... Support for Technology Development and Demonstration"

Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jung is taking a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement with AI attraction companies for the creation of an AI industrial ecosystem in Gwangju at the City Hall Business Room on the morning of the 28th. Provided by Gwangju City

Gwangju City is making every effort to attract artificial intelligence (AI) related companies from the Seoul metropolitan area and Chungcheong region, establishing itself as an ‘AI Innovation Hub’ by attracting over 250 companies so far.

On the 28th, Gwangju City signed the 245th to 252nd business agreements with eight promising AI companies, including WAI Co., BioBrain Co., Apayu, AmpleLab, Illio Co., Thomaston Co., ToBeUnicorn Co., and Hamada Labs Co., at the city hall business room.

Companies from various fields such as data, healthcare, and platforms plan to actively cooperate in creating the Gwangju AI ecosystem by developing AI technologies and commercializing them through establishing corporations or local offices, and will also contribute to creating new jobs by fostering specialized talent.

The main contents of the agreements include ▲ promoting technology development and commercialization for creating the Gwangju AI ecosystem, providing technical and policy advice ▲ establishing a Gwangju corporation or local office ▲ developing and operating corporate support programs ▲ planning and implementing AI specialized workforce education and employment programs.

Company representatives stated, “We expect technological synergy effects through utilizing Gwangju’s core AI facilities and collaboration among concentrated AI-related institutions and companies,” and added, “Through these business agreements, we will contribute to nurturing local talent and creating jobs, and grow together with Gwangju.”

Kang Ki-jung, Mayor of Gwangju, said, “Gwangju is an AI regional innovation hub city equipped with AI infrastructure and a talent development ladder, supporting various innovative technology development and demonstrations by companies,” and added, “Through the promotion of the AI Phase 2 project ‘AX Demonstration Valley,’ we will turn various parts of the city into AI technology laboratories, moving toward a city where AI coexists in citizens’ daily lives.”

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