Lablup Inc. stated it obtained the Presidential Commendation in the 2026 Government Awards for Merit in Information and Communications on the 2026 Science and ICT Day ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT on the Korea Science and Technology Center on the twenty first.
The Government Awards for Merit in Information and Communications are introduced to organizations or people who’ve contributed to the event of the data and communications trade. Lablup was acknowledged for serving to advance and unfold AI know-how, in addition to creating high quality jobs, by way of its proprietary AI infrastructure operations platform know-how.
Since its founding in 2015, Lablup has developed Backend.AI, an AI infrastructure orchestration platform now utilized by greater than 120 firms and establishments worldwide. Backend.AI centrally manages heterogeneous AI semiconductors, together with Nvidia Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), Intel Corporation, and domestically developed NPUs, on a single platform. It additionally applies container-level GPU partitioning and virtualization on NVIDIA GPUs, a know-how that divides one GPU amongst a number of containers for simultaneous allocation, enhancing GPU utilization. In addition, it really works with main high-performance storage techniques to assist firms and establishments function their infrastructure extra effectively.
Following CEO Shin Jeong-gyu’s receipt of the Industrial Service Merit Medal in 2024, the corporate has now obtained the Presidential Commendation in its company identify this yr. With this award, Lablup plans to speed up efforts to broaden the technological base of Korea’s AI ecosystem and broaden into the worldwide AI operations platform market.
Shin Jeong-gyu, CEO of Lablup Inc., stated, “I believe this is an award shared by the team that has built Backend.AI with me over the past 11 years and by the customers who trusted and used the platform.” He added, “AI transformation ultimately happens on foundational software that connects models and accelerators. We will continue to develop Backend.AI into a platform used across more industries so that anyone can easily use AI and scale it freely as needed.”
This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.
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