00:02You're listening to AI PRISM, from Seoul Economic Daily.
00:06Korea just committed 10 trillion won of patient capital to deep tech, and founders are on the guest list.
00:14A new state fund targets quantum computing, defense chips, and energy tech, with checks starting next year.
00:22Naver's AI search hit 10 million users in 18 days, proving how fast Korean consumers adopt agents.
00:29And the AI security gap those agents create?
00:32That's a market nobody has claimed yet.
00:35It's Thursday, July 16th.
00:38Let's look at what this means for startups and entrepreneurs in Korea.
00:43Seoul's Financial Services Commission wants patient capital for technologies Korea imports today,
00:49from Danish wind turbines to American defense chips.
00:52Consumer platforms are racing to ship AI agents, expanding both the market and the attack surface.
01:00And AI data centers are pulling capital into energy and advanced packaging supply chains.
01:06Here's what the numbers show.
01:08Korea Strategic Technology Partners will deploy up to 10 trillion won, about $6.7 billion,
01:16at 1 to 2 trillion won per year starting next year.
01:19The National Growth Fund expands from 150 to 200 trillion won,
01:25with a new 880 billion won ultra-long-term fund for 10-year R&D bets in chips and bio.
01:33A youth startup loan program launches next month at 200 billion won,
01:38offering founders under 39 a 1.5-point rate cut and full guarantees.
01:44Naver's AI tab reached 10 million users in 18 days,
01:49with daily queries up seven-fold and decision times cut by up to 70%.
01:54Jailbreak success rates hit 61% for GPT-40
01:59and 90% for DeepSeq V3 in multi-turn attacks, per Nature Communications.
02:04The tandem solar cell market is projected to grow from $390 million this year
02:11to $6.2 billion by 2034, a 41% annual rate.
02:17So, what does this mean for founders eyeing Korea?
02:21Earlier, we said founders are on the guest list.
02:24Here's what that actually means for you.
02:27Patient state capital lowers the entry barrier in quantum, energy, and defense tech,
02:32while agent security and domain-specific guardrails are open lanes with proven demand.
02:38The regulatory risk cuts the other way.
02:41Build for AI safety review from day one,
02:44because governments now treat jailbreaks as a national security issue.
02:49That's today's AI Prism founders.
02:52This episode was produced with AI assistants based on sole economic daily reporting
02:57and reviewed by a human editor.
02:59AI Prism is a Juan Ifra Award-winning series.
03:03We'll be back tomorrow.
03:04You've been listening to AI Prism from sole economic daily.
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