Advances in AI coding tools have lowered barriers to starting a business, but intensified competition is deepening founders’ 고민 about survival, speakers said at a startup event in Seoul. Acros CEO Lee Jae-hong cited capital strength, arguing the fight has shifted to sales and marketing and could become a price war. GGUI CEO Lim Wan-seop said he is focusing on hard-to-copy technology. Elyn CEO Park Jung-hwan stressed product differentiation. Hashed and OpenAI outlined support programs.

Industry figures called for developing AI data centres as \"AI factories\" that produce computing resources, citing job creation and regional balanced development. At a forum hosted by the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association in Seoul, an SK Telecom executive urged attracting big tech AI computing demand and building domestic production hubs, while calling for deregulation and tax credits. Speakers also outlined planned sub-regulations for a special AI data centre law, including power-capacity criteria, streamlined permits and special zones outside the capital region.