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Global companies step up push into South Korea\'s sovereign AI market
Global AI companies are accelerating efforts to target South Korea’s sovereign AI market, focused on AI infrastructure controllable by governments and enterprises. Palantir held a second pop-up event in Korea, while Mistral began hiring in Seoul and Cohere outlined plans to set up local entities and double Asia-Pacific staff by year-end. The article also rounds up moves by OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Salesforce and others, including models, acquisitions, investments and cloud and AI agent infrastructure tools.
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Channeltalk launches AI phone counselling \'Voice ALF\', supports outbound calls
Channel Corporation, operator of the customer AI platform Channeltalk, on Tuesday introduced \'Voice ALF\', an AI phone service for voice-based counselling. The company said the generative AI agent expands its existing chat-based ALF agent into phone calls, supporting inbound responses to customer inquiries as well as outbound calls through \'ALF Marketing\'. It said the service can automatically call applicants and help AS centers confirm product status and send guidance by text.
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Channel Corporation appoints Lim Sang-wook as COO of Japan unit
Channel Corporation, which operates the all-in-one AI business messenger ChannelTalk, said on March 19 it has appointed former Xenon Partners partner Lim Sang-wook as chief operating officer of its Japan unit. Lim previously served as Asia managing partner at Xenon Partners, a U.S. B2B SaaS-focused investment fund. He also founded IT consulting firm Nihonium in 2023, supporting Japan market entry strategies and local partnerships for startups in Korea and abroad.