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  Startup

  Encrypted Data Firm CryptoLab Wins New Finance, Defense Deals

  As the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem expands rapidly, security technologies that protect data are emerging as a core competitive edge for companies. In line with this trend, technology firm Cryptolab, which holds original technology for “homomorphic encryption” that computes directly on enc

  2026.03.11
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  Biotech Startup

  Samsung Bio, Eli Lilly Nurture Korean Biotech Startups

  Panoramic view of Samsung Biologics headquarters in Songdo, Incheon. Provided by Samsung Biologics Samsung Biologics will establish a domestic base of “Lilly Gateway Labs (LGL),” a program to foster and support Korean bio startups in partnership with U.S. company Eli Lilly. Samsung Biologics announc

  2026.03.10
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  Robotics / Investment Trend

  LG CNS Invests in US Robot Firm Dexmate, Accelerates Physical AI Industry

  A scene of LG CNS training a Dexmate humanoid robot for deployment in industrial sites. AI-generated virtual image · Provided by LG CNS LG CNS is accelerating its physical artificial intelligence (AI) business centered on industrial humanoid robots by investing in a US robotics company. On the 10th,

  2026.03.10
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  Startup/Tech

  ProductTech Pushes Eco Metal Filters for Circular Economy

  Interest in air quality has grown, rapidly expanding the air purifier market. Products that use filters—such as industrial HVAC systems, household air purifiers, and automotive air filters—are already widespread across everyday life. The problem, however, is that most of these filters are designed t

  2026.03.10
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  IT / AI Platform

  GS E&C Opens ‘AI LAB’ Security-Safe AI Platform

  GS E&C headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul. GS E&C announced on the 10th that it has officially launched its self-developed AI platform, “AI LAB.” The move is drawing attention not merely because another AI tool has been introduced, but because it structurally addresses two key tasks: security and the

  2026.03.10
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  AI Trend

  AI Won’t Replace Consultants: Why Firms Return to McKinsey

  A consulting team conducts a corporate strategy meeting. As the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a core task in corporate management, global consulting firms such as McKinsey and BCG are once again attracting attention. Getty Image Bank Contrary to projections that artificial

  2026.03.10
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  AI

  First Go Match in 10 Years vs AI: ‘Far Stronger Than AlphaGo’

  On the 9th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jongno-gu, Seoul, 9-dan Go player Lee Sedol demonstrates an educational Go AI developed through voice commands using the AI operating system (OS) of domestic artificial intelligence (AI) startup Enhance. Photo by reporter Song Eun-seok silverstone@donga.com Te

  2026.03.10
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  InterBattery 2026

  Samsung SDI Unveils Solid-State Battery for Physical AI

  Bird’s-eye view of the Samsung SDI booth. Samsung SDI will participate in “InterBattery 2026,” the nation’s largest battery exhibition, to be held at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, from the 11th to the 13th, and will unveil solid-state battery samples for physical artificial intelligence (AI). On the 9t

  2026.03.10
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  MWC26 / MOU

  LG Uplus, Furiosa to Build Sovereign AI for Enterprise Security

  Lee Sang-yeop, Chief Technology Officer of LG Uplus (right), and Baek Jun-ho, CEO of FuriosaAI, respond to questions from reporters after signing an MOU on 4 March (local time) at the ‘MWC26’ exhibition in Barcelona, Spain, to develop an enterprise ‘Sovereign AI Appliance’. Provided by LG Uplus LG U

  2026.03.09
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  AI Startup

  Korean Founder Aims to Make Satellites as Common as PCs

  CEO Cho Sung-ik explains the optical payload to be mounted on the AI cubesat “BlueBON” at TelePIX’s office in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul. Photo by reporter Hur Jin-seok jameshur@donga.com Past midnight, a lone researcher was staring at a monitor. On the day of North Korea’s artillery bomb

  2026.03.07