Kakao Partners with Four Major Institutes of Science and Technology to Discover Youth Unicorn Entrepreneurs

MOU Signed to Foster Future Talent in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
Nurturing AI Youth Entrepreneurs Outside the Seoul Metropolitan Area

Kakao Group is partnering with the four major Institutes of Science and Technology in Korea to discover and foster youth unicorn entrepreneurs.

On June 25, Kakao announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for nurturing future AI talent with the four major Korean Institutes of Science and Technology—KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology), DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology), and UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)—at Kakao Pangyo Ajit.

On the 25th, at Kakao Pangyo Ajit, Kim Youngduck, Head of Kakao AI Dot Center (center), Lee Sunghye, Director of KAIST Gifted Education Center (first from the left), Kim Jongwon, Director of GIST Dreaming Child AX Education Training Center (second from the left), Seok Changwon, Director of DGIST Convergence Talent Education Institute (second from the right), and Baek Chungki, Head of UNIST Supercomputing Center (first from the right), signed a memorandum of understanding for "Fostering Future AI Talent" and took a commemorative photo. Kakao

The signing ceremony was attended by Kim Youngduck, Head of Kakao AI Dot Center; Lee Sunghye, Head of KAIST Gifted Education Center; Kim Jongwon, Head of GIST Dreaming Child AX Education Training Center; Seok Changwon, Director of DGIST Convergence Talent Education Institute; and Baek Choonggi, Director of UNIST Supercomputing Center.

Kakao AI Dot, Kakao's regional AI talent and enterprise development initiative, will launch activities to discover young entrepreneurs as part of its startup support projects.

Back in March, Kakao also signed an MOU with the four institutes to nurture regional talent. This latest agreement marks the first step of a follow-up project, focusing on the early identification and support of aspiring scientists at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. By combining the educational capabilities of each institute with Kakao's infrastructure and field experience programs, the company plans to provide effective support.

Kim Youngduck, Head of Kakao AI Dot Center, said, "It is meaningful to be able to provide an AI education environment for local gifted students together with the four major Institutes of Science and Technology, which have been nurturing Korea’s science and technology talent. We will strive to identify and foster teenage AI entrepreneurs at an early stage."

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