AI+ OpenData Challenge
Funds Korean AI startups solving public-service problems with operational data and a route to government deployment.
Korean AI startups can win KRW 100 million by solving one of six public-service problems with operational data from government institutions. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups runs the AI+ OpenData Challenge as a problem-led competition rather than a general startup grant. Each challenge supplies a real institutional need and the data needed to build and test a solution. One startup wins each probl…
Covers AI products built against public-institution datasets for business support, public services, safety, operations, and contract-linked deployment.
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