South Korea plans to cultivate 20 AI unicorn companies by 2030

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, on November 11, the South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups released the "AI Startup Unicorn Cultivation Strategy" in Seoul, proposing to cultivate 20 AI unicorn companies valued at over 1 trillion Korean won and 1 AI decacorn company valued at over 10 trillion Korean won by 2030.

The ministry will select 50 AI startups each year as candidates and provide over 10 billion Korean won in R&D and commercialization funding support for companies that enter the final stage of the project. South Korea will also build a comprehensive empirical system connecting AI semiconductors, cloud, and services, and expand the "Government First Verification and Procurement" project, which allows government and public institutions to be the first customers, into the AI field.