AI Integrated Support Service Platform

Service period "January 2023

AI Startup/Enterprise Support

AI Startup Contest

• Business goal

  Matching industrial AI demand for various business items to promote start-up and commercialization support

• Business content AI startup contest, AI education, consulting and mentoring support for participants
  • Support target : ProspectiveAI founders (teams)
  • Main contents : Support for the production of test products for the opening ceremony of the participant recruitment, the finals, and the finals
  • (Industrial AI demand survey) Supports business model improvement and demand-supply matching by conducting market research and related demand for business items of teams participating in the competition
  • (Prototype production support) Support for 10 projects or more, total KRW 25~100 million support

Start-up Education Program Operation

• Business goal

  Promotion of education to materialize business items necessary for AI start-up

• Business content AI startup education program operation
  • Education target: contest participants, prospective entrepreneurs, AI startups, etc.
  • Education contents: Entrepreneurship, business plan and BM discovery and construction, management, start-up guidance, Business, financing, law, tax, intellectual property rights education, etc.
  • Number of trainees: 80

AI prototyping support

• Business goal

  Revitalize AI startups through the development of items and prototypes for AI startups

• Business content AI (city) product production and start-up/commercialization cost support
  • Eligibility for support : preliminary entrepreneurs, AI startups less than 7 years old
  • Support contents : AI (city) product production cost 50 million won to 150 million won per project

Gwangju AI Startup Camp

• Business Goal

  Integration of AI startups and revitalization of startups

• Business content AI-related preliminary entrepreneurs and start-ups support start-up space through move-in
  • Eligibility for support : preliminary entrepreneurs, AI startups less than 7 years old
  • Spatial Location : 193-22, Geumnam-ro, Dong-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju
  • Contents of support : Free support for a maximum period of 3 years (extended in units of 1 year)
  • Scale of support : 35 companies with independent occupancy spaces
  • Common facilities : shared office, 1 desk, training room, seminar room, conference room, gym, sleeping room, etc.

AI Startup Fund Creation and Investment Support

• Business Goal

  Create a fund and activate investment for commercialization and growth of AI startups

• Business content AI investment fund creation and investment support for AI startups
  • Investment target : Local AI startups less than 7 years old (including relocation plans)
  • Fund and investment scale : A total of KRW 109.8 billion in AI investment funds(invest more than KRW 16.8 billion in AI startups in Jeonnam-Gwangju)
  • Fund management period : 2020-2027 (8 years)
  • Support for investment matching (investment attraction consulting and briefing session) of AI startups
  • Consulting, mock IR, and investment attraction briefing session to strengthen corporate competency

AI Deregulation Consulting

• Business Goal

  Resolving difficulties regarding regulation to facilitate the growth of AI companies

• Business content Counseling (Consultation) regarding deregulation and AI-related legal advice
  • Target of service : AI-related startups and SMEs (Founded less than 7 years ago)
  • Service details : Consultation on difficulties regarding regulation, which occur or are expected to occur in the process of commercialization
  • ※ Legal counseling service for AI startups
  • Service method : regular recruitment and regular support

AI Quality Improvement Consulting Support

• Business Goal

  Enhancing corporate competitiveness by supporting the quality improvement of AI products and services

• Business content AI product and service quality testing, consulting support
  • Support target: AI products and services for startups less than 7 years old
  • Provide customized AI algorithm performance metrics guide for consulting target
  • Perform quality tests for AI products and services
  • Application method: regular recruitment and regular support

Support for advancement of global AI products and services

• Business Goal

  Activating business target companies' entry into domestic and overseas markets through the advancement of AI products and services

• Business content Improvement and localization of existing AI products, support for related costs such as AI introduction of existing products
  • Support target : AI startups less than 7 years old (small and medium-sized venture companies can participate in consortia)
  • Total support : AI product production cost support of 50 million won to a maximum of 250 million won per task

Global Network Establishment and Domestic and Overseas Marketing Support

• Business Goal

  Laying the foundation for AI startups to advance into the global market

• Business content Supporting companies by establishing an overseas cooperation network and preparing a support system
  • Support for overseas market research (including AI-related regulations and competitor research) and establishment of entry strategies
  • Overseas market readiness analysis and customized overseas market consulting support
  • Support for overseas buyers video meeting for AI startup market development

AI Corporate Cooperation Center

Operation of AI Corporate Cooperation Center

1. 01Call center reception
   1666-1072(artificial processing)

   Counselor operation (2 people)

2. 02Collaboration with experts in each field
   Experts in each field in Jeonnam-Gwangju

   AI company product development and commercialization
   manpower supply and demand
   corporate utilization, occupancy space and technology related, etc.

3. 03Customized Mentoring Service
   Utilization of Mentoring Program

   Technology / Business / Entrepreneurship / Finance / Legal Mentor

Operation of a Mentor Group for AI Startups

Operation concept map

* Mentor group inquiries : Artificial Intelligence Comprehensive Support Call Center ☏ 1666-1072

Support for AI Company Space

Artificial Intelligence Startup Camp Ⅰ, Ⅱ

• Location

  ① Artificial Intelligence Startup Camp Ⅰ 193-22 Geumnam-ro, Dong-gu (2 Geumnam-ro 4-ga, Dong-gu)
  ② Artificial Intelligence Startup Camp Ⅱ 193-12, Geumnam-ro, Dong-gu (6, Geumnam-ro 4-ga, Dong-gu)

• Scale

  73 rooms

• Recruitment target

  Prospective entrepreneurs (teams) and startup companies less than 7 years old

• Project management

  Artificial intelligence industry convergence project group

Regional ICT Innovation Square

• Support for building an educational environment such as strengthening artificial intelligence capabilities and operating blockchain education
• Target

  Gwangju Visual Complex Cultural Center (Dong-gu)

• Project period

  2020. 8. ~ 2024. 12.(4 years) / Remodeling (2020) ▶ Operational support (2021. ~ 2024.)

• Organizer

  Gwangju Information Culture Industry Promotion Agency

• Project cost

  about 22.3 billion won

• Space composition

  SW development room, mentoring room, project room, collaboration room, device lab, ICT exhibition hall, etc.

Startup Business Growth Support Center

• Project period

  2020. ~ 2025.(6 years)

• Location

  758 Ilgok-dong, Buk-guarea (within BonchonIndustrial Complex)

• Scale

  Site area of 6,350m2, building area of 14,416m2 (1 basement level - 7 above ground)

• Project Details

  Establishment of a start-up support center that integrates start-up companies and support facilities

• Total project cost

  45 billion won

• ※ Completed the feasibility study of the establishment of the Startup Business Growth Support Center and the establishment of the basic plan (2020. 8.)

Creative Industry Platform 'Station G’

• Gwangju Station Economic-Based Urban Regeneration New Deal Project
• Location

  Around 611-8, Jungheung-dong, Buk-gu(inside the small parking lot in Gwangju Station)

• Scale

  land area of 5,500m2, total floor area of 11,885m2 (7 stories above the ground)

• Contents

  Entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized venture companies move-in and childcare space creation, business discovery and nurturing programs, complex cultural facilities for attracting customers, etc.

Fostering AI Professionals

AI Professional Training Program

Artificial Intelligence Military Academy AI Manpower Training (5th('24)330 students selected)

1. 01Nurturing AI-specialized talent
   More than 330 people(1,300 hours in total)
2. 02Corporate cooperation/autonomous project
   Corporate tasks and regional-specific tasks
3. 03Immediate practical input of AI specialized talent
   Advancement of Gwangju’s artificial intelligence industry

Incumbent AI job change training

• Online AI education platform support
• AI practical training tailored to trainees
• AI project training based on corporate demand