Science ministry receives six bids for AI for Everyone project

The science ministry said that six business consortia submitted proposals for its "AI for Everyone" project under a public call.

The submissions are from SK Telecom, MKD-3, Eastsoft, Xenon, Kakao and KT.

The ministry said SK Telecom's group includes Goodoc, Nota, Liner, Soundable Health Korea, Selectstar, Shinhan Card, SK Broadband, A2S, AIM Intelligence, Elice Group, Channel Corp, Tmap Mobility, Persona AI, Hana Card, Habit Factory and Hashed Ventures. Eastsoft's proposal includes Megazone, Bdraft, Suresofttech, WiseNut, EastAid, Polaris Office and Korea Productivity Center. Kakao's group includes Day1Company, Lunit, Seoul National University Hospital, Shinhan Bank, LG Management Development Institute AI Research Institute, LG CNS, LG Uplus, LG Electronics, Workspear, Wonderful Platform, Jarvis & Villains, Kakao Enterprise, CrowdWorks and FuriosaAI. KT's group includes Daum, DeepSearch, Lablup, Rebellions, Mathpresso, Motif Technologies, Musinsa, VESSL AI Korea, BC Card, Saltlux, ActionPower, Upstage, NC AI, Zigbang, Connectwave and the Korea Educational Broadcasting System.

Submitted documents will undergo a requirements review, written pass-fail evaluation and presentation evaluation before a business is selected by the end of the month. An agreement will then be signed with the selected business, followed by a beta service, and the service is planned to begin within the year.