8 Native AI Startups Begin Global Demonstration in 6 Countries… Targeting 970 Trillion AX Market

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Korean AI (Artificial Intelligence) startups are collaborating with overseas companies and institutions in four key industries—healthcare, manufacturing, education, and agriculture/livestock—to conduct global field demonstrations. On the 17th, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced the selection of eight consortia for this year’s “AI & Digital Transformation (AX) Innovation Companies Global Demonstration Support Project,” marking the official launch of the initiative.

With the global AX market expected to grow from 355 trillion won in 2025 to 970 trillion won by 2029, this project—launched for the first time this year—aims to provide promising domestic AI solution companies with overseas proof-of-concept opportunities and establish a foundation for global expansion.

According to GDIN (Global Digital Innovation Network), the project’s executing agency, 57 companies applied for the program, resulting in a 7:1 competition ratio.

Among them, eight consortia linked to public institutions, universities, and private companies in Europe, North America, and Asia were selected. These groups will carry out solution development, testing, and field validation in their respective countries through December.

Project Highlights by Sector:

• Healthcare:Monit will partner with SingHealth Polyclinics, a public healthcare organization under Singapore’s Ministry of Health, to validate an integrated care facility management system based on smart diaper sensors.

  Tetra Signum will collaborate with Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico to develop an AI and VR-based CPR training solution, featuring real-time feedback.

• Manufacturing:Tilda will work with Germany’s industrial software company Adaept Engineering to validate an AI-optimized process control solution for food packaging equipment.

  Cube Seventeen will team up with Hospilux, a medical device specialist in Luxembourg, to demonstrate an AI-based automation and global remote delivery system for dental prosthetics production.

• Education:Classting will partner with LSPR Communication & Business Institute, a private university in Indonesia, to validate an AI-based lecture and learning management platform.

  Codepresso will work with Polytechnic Cyber Institute in Luxembourg to present an AI education system that assesses and monitors individual digital skill proficiency.

• Agriculture/Livestock:Robotware.AI will cooperate with the Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation in Malaysia to test an unmanned automation platform for AIoT-based smart poultry farming.

  Triplet will collaborate with IOWC Sdn Bhd, a digital solutions company in the same region, to build an AI-integrated poultry farm environmental management system.

Park Tae-wan, Director-General of Information and Communication Industry Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, “As AI technology rapidly spreads across industries, the demand for digital transformation is surging. This project will serve as a strategic milestone to ensure domestic AI companies gain timely experience in global validation and secure an edge in the international market.”

[MoneyToday Startup Media Platform, ‘Unicorn Factory’]Reported by Junyoung Ryu (joon@mt.co.kr)