Upstage (CEO Kim Seong-hun), an AI specialized company, announced on the 8th that it will significantly expand the Ministry of Science and ICT's 'Independent AI Foundation Model Project (Dokpamo)' consortium by additionally securing researchers from prestigious global universities and major domestic industrial and public partners.
This consortium expansion is a strategic move to strengthen core model research capabilities to a global level ahead of the second phase of the project and to rapidly expand AI Transformation (AX) services across various industries. Upstage previously unveiled its proprietary model, the "Solar Open 100B," demonstrating performance comparable to leading global models such as DeepSeek's "DeepSeek R1" and OpenAI's "GPT-OSS-120B."
In the academic world, Professor Yejin Choi of Stanford University and Professor Kyunghyun Cho of New York University, both world-renowned experts in deep learning, are joining the team. Upstage plans to expand joint research and talent exchange with them to advance the core technologies of its "Solar Open" model and strengthen its global AI competitiveness.
In the industrial sector, Channel Corporation, operator of the business messenger "Channel Talk," is developing a customer service (CS) AI agent, while fintech company Finda is building a hyper-personalized financial product recommendation service. Furthermore, the Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) is supporting research on public sector-specific agents and the advancement of AX.
Upstage plans to enhance the technological perfection and performance of 'Solar Open' through the expanded consortium, and based on this, quickly expand the AX service that can be felt in industrial sites and people's daily lives.
Kim Seong-hun, CEO of Upstage, said, “Through collaboration with global scholars and participation from leading industry partners, we will further accelerate the development of our own AI models and the spread of AX. We will do our best to ensure Korea’s AI technology independence and revitalize the ecosystem.”
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