Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) said on the 18th that it held a "visiting KOSME" roundtable at Ames, an insurance claim solution development company in Gangnam District, Seoul, to support innovative growth and a leap forward by artificial intelligence (AI) corporations.
The roundtable was arranged to visit Ames, a graduate of the Youth Startup Academy, to encourage AI innovative startups pioneering the market with an entrepreneurial spirit and to hear on-site opinions.
The event was attended by Chair Kang Seok-jin of KOSME, Planning and Management Director Lee Chang-seop, and 10 CEOs of AI corporations. They exchanged views on KOSME's major AI-related programs, including the "tech service export voucher," and on suggestions, and discussed support measures to grow into global leading corporations.
The corporations attending that day requested institutional improvements such as expanding policy fund loan support based on assessments of technological and business feasibility, expanding graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructure to strengthen the competitiveness of the AI industry, and expanding export voucher support.
KOSME plans to gather on-site opinions and reflect them in future support program overhauls and in discovering new projects. Chair Kang Seok-jin of KOSME said, "As countries around the world are fiercely competing to secure AI leadership, the role of domestic AI innovative corporations is becoming more important," adding, "KOSME will back domestic corporations with effective policy support so they can secure a leading position in global competition."