OpenAI held its first Exec Summit in Korea on the 27th, bringing together domestic corporate leaders to discuss the practical application and expansion of enterprise artificial intelligence, the company said on the 29th.
The event drew approximately 130 business and technology executives from major Korean companies. Under the theme "Intelligence in the Workplace," the summit explored how AI operates within corporate systems, data and work processes, moving beyond its role as a personal productivity tool.
Attendees included Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon, Vice President of Enterprise Ashley Kramer and Korea Country Manager Kyunghoon Kim. Key OpenAI enterprise leaders, including Codex Product Lead Rohan Varma, Head of Technical Support Dominic Grillo and Head of Forward Deployed Engineering Colin Jarvis, introduced how AI is being applied to software development, work automation and the resolution of complex business problems.
The event featured live demonstrations of how AI agents and Codex can analyze complex problems arising in corporate work and convert them into actionable outcomes. Krafton (259960.KS) shared its company-wide AI transformation and Codex deployment experience as a domestic case study. After declaring an "AI-first" approach last year, Krafton has been pursuing company-wide AI literacy integration and work process innovation. As of a February company-wide survey, the usage rate of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT reached 97.2%.
"OpenAI plans to continue expanding its cooperation with Korean companies and provide support across technology, products and partnerships so that AI can be safely integrated into actual operations and organizational management, and lead to repeatable outcomes at industrial sites," said Kyunghoon Kim, Country Manager of OpenAI Korea.
