FortyTwoMaru Presents Sovereign AI Strategy: "AI Technology Sovereignty Is Key to National Security"

Generative AI startup 42Maru (CEO Dong-Hwan Kim) announced that it will participate in a special seminar titled “Sovereign AI and Korean AI National Strategy: Establishing the Concept and Exploring the Strategy” held at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul on the afternoon of the 14th, and present the direction of sovereign AI and Korean AI national strategy from the perspective of the AI industry.

This seminar, hosted by the Korea Association for World Politics of Information (KAWPI, President Sangbae Kim), was designed to shed light on the concept of "sovereign AI" and national strategies from various perspectives and explore South Korea's AI strategy in the era of global competition.

Following the opening remarks by Professor Sangbae Kim of the Information World Politics Association, in the first session, Donghwan Kim, CEO of Forty2Maru, will present on ‘Sovereign AI’ and Korean AI National Strategy: The AI Industry’s Perspective. Following this, Professor Baek Seoin of the Department of Global Culture and Commerce at Hanyang University will present from a technology management engineering perspective, and Research Fellow Jeonghyun Yoon of the Institute for National Security Strategy will present from an information world politics perspective. In the second session, Professor Emeritus Seonghyun Maeng of KAIST and Dean of the Graduate School of AI Convergence Strategy at Taejae University will present on ‘Korea’s AI Strategy in the Era of Global Competition,’ and Sangkyun Cha, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University and Stanford HAI Distinguished Fellow, will present on ‘Korea’s AI Strategy: Beyond Sovereign AI.’ The final general discussion will be moderated by Professor Kim Sang-bae of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University, and will be attended by Professor Lee Tae-hyun of Information Security and AI Policy at Kookmin University, Professor Lee Jeong-dong of the Graduate School of Engineering at Seoul National University, Editorial Writer Choi Jun-ho of JoongAng Ilbo, and Professor Lee Jeong-hwan of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University, who will engage in an in-depth discussion with the presenters.

In his keynote speech, FortiTumaru CEO Kim Dong-hwan explains the concept and technical implications of sovereign AI, compares and analyzes the AI strategies of the United States and China, and proposes a specialized sovereign AI strategy to establish AI sovereignty in terms of diplomacy and security.

He emphasizes that diplomatic autonomy and security resilience must be secured by minimizing technological dependence and strengthening self-determination. To achieve this, he proposes four action plans: ▲developing sovereign AI specialized in diplomacy and security; ▲strengthening multilateral international cooperation and promoting balanced diplomacy; ▲strengthening cybersecurity and AI threat response; and ▲cultivating AI talent and strengthening technological capabilities in the fields of diplomacy, security, and national defense. He emphasizes that these measures will enable South Korea to leap forward as an AI powerhouse with strategic autonomy and international negotiating power.

Forty2Maru, a generative AI startup, mitigates the hallucination phenomenon, a drawback of large-scale language models, by engineering them with RAG42, a search-augmented generation technology, and MRC42, an AI reading technology. The company is developing and servicing LLM42, a lightweight model specialized for specialized industries. Supporting Private Mode for enterprises, the platform allows companies to safely leverage large-scale AI without worrying about internal data and sensitive customer information leaks, dramatically reducing the costs associated with solution development, training, and serving.

FortiTumaru CEO Kim Dong-hwan emphasized, “Sovereign AI specializing in diplomacy and security is a crucial national strategic asset that goes beyond simple technological independence and encompasses national security and industrial competitiveness.” He added, “In this new era of AI-centered hegemonic competition, I hope that South Korea will be able to establish AI technological sovereignty and secure strategic autonomy and international negotiating power in the fields of diplomacy, security, and national defense.”

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