“Let’s Build Profitable AI Businesses Together” Enthusiastic Discussions at the Maeil Business Newspaper-KAIST AIB Alumni Homecoming Event Over 150 Participants… Plans for ‘AI Business Forum’
![Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Maeil Business Newspaper jointly launched the nation’s first AI executive program, ‘KAIST Artificial Intelligence for Business (KAIST AIB),’ which held its inaugural official Homecoming Day on the 9th. [Maeil AX]](https://wimg.mk.co.kr/news/cms/202512/10/news-p.v1.20251210.cefbb23f48dd4593b226021d0686a929_P1.png)
The alumni affiliation of the nation’s first AI govt program, ‘KAIST Artificial Intelligence for Business (KAIST AIB),’ collectively established by Maeil Business Newspaper and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), held its first official homecoming occasion on the ninth to nice success.
On at the present time, Maeil Business Newspaper and KAIST hosted the first ‘AIB Homecoming Day’ on the ninth ground of ILSUNG IS headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, with over 150 alumni in attendance. Alumni shared insights on AI-related authorized and funding points in addition to enterprise methods. The occasion was organized by the KAIST AIB alumni affiliation and sponsored by ILSUNG IS. Beyond networking, the occasion was designed as a discussion board to foster enterprise collaboration in the AI sector.
Eleven corporations operated by alumni of this program showcased future applied sciences and companies comparable to generative AI, healthcare, entertech, doc AI, and bio. Participants included BrandBiz, FlipB, Toonsquare, KT Corporation, WeFrontier, Quantum AI, Aigen, BioArchers, Kangsters, NeuroVivi, Letsur Inc., and PwC Samil.
Alongside the exhibition, professional lectures had been held to deal with authorized and funding points associated to AI. The periods coated mental property (IP) and regulatory challenges confronted by corporations using AI, in addition to startup valuation case research, offering sensible insights for alumni to use of their companies.
![Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Maeil Business Newspaper jointly launched the nation’s first AI executive program, ‘KAIST Artificial Intelligence for Business (KAIST AIB),’ which held its inaugural official Homecoming Day on the 9th. Participants are seen creating AI with their hands. [Maeil AX]](https://wimg.mk.co.kr/news/cms/202512/10/news-p.v1.20251210.70c2c0f7c06b412ea1f3df772e00e0f2_P1.jpg)
A consultant from the KAIST AIB alumni affiliation acknowledged, “We hope the insights gained from booth conversations and lectures, as well as the connections made through networking, will help guide our leaders into the future.”
KAIST AIB, collectively established by Maeil Business Newspaper and KAIST, is the nation’s first AI govt program. Under the philosophy that ‘generative AI and data are the new currency,’ the program covers sensible programs starting from AI fundamentals and data-driven decision-making to new enterprise methods and funding. Yeo Hyeon Deok, Dean of KAIST G-School, serves as the lead professor. Over 300 executives from main corporations comparable to Samsung, LG, Hyundai Motor Company, and SKT have already accomplished the program, and the tenth cohort is presently underway.
Seok-Geun Yoon, president of the KAIST AIB alumni affiliation and ILSUNG IS, remarked, “Starting with this Homecoming Day, we will develop the KAIST AIB alumni network into an AI Business Forum. We aim to create a platform where businesspeople, investors, and technology experts can gather to discuss business innovation in the AI era and foster an environment where startups can naturally integrate into the AI market.”
The KAIST AIB alumni affiliation and ILSUNG IS plan to carry one or two common AI boards yearly, constructing an ‘AI innovation ecosystem’ that brings collectively trade, academia, and traders. By connecting the networks shaped throughout the program with alumni corporations and funding corporations, they intention to realize outcomes by means of joint analysis, joint ventures, and open innovation initiatives.
This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.