Hyundai Motor Group is entering Korea's national artificial intelligence development initiative aimed at building capabilities rivaling global Big Tech companies. The group plans to adopt industry-specific AI models developed by NC AI across its key affiliates, supporting the government's push to expand a sovereign AI ecosystem.
Lee Yeon-su, CEO of NC AI, announced at the Ministry of Science and ICT's "Independent AI Foundation Model Project" briefing held at COEX in Seoul on Wednesday that the company is developing VAETKI, a proprietary 100-billion-parameter model for industrial applications including manufacturing.
"We are conducting technical cooperation with Hyundai AutoEver for industrial AX (AI transformation)," Lee said.
The Independent AI Foundation Model Project is a government initiative providing concentrated development resources including graphics processing units to help domestic companies build Big Tech-level AI models. Five companies are competing in the project: NC AI, SK Telecom, LG AI Research, Naver, and Upstage.
Hyundai AutoEver, the IT services affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, will first deploy VAETKI to automate its automotive industry-specific enterprise resource planning systems. As the group's primary IT systems integrator, Hyundai AutoEver is expected to apply the results of this collaboration to broader group-wide business innovation.
Hyundai AutoEver has also joined the Independent AI Foundation Model consortium led by NC AI.
