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00:30Let's look at what this means for startups and entrepreneurs in Korea.
00:34Korea's startup ecosystem is getting mixed signals this week.
00:38Global AI valuations are hitting new highs while a flagship domestic AI program struggles to get off the ground.
00:45At the same time, the government and Korea's largest platforms are making moves that reshape where founders can compete.
00:52Here's what the numbers show.
00:54Anthropic investors now expect an October IPO valuation above $2 trillion.
01:00Roughly $2,814 trillion won above SpaceX's $1.77 trillion listing.
01:08Anthropic's annualized revenue is projected to hit $100 to $120 billion by year-end, more than 10 times its start
01:16-of-year figure.
01:17Korea's government-backed AI for Everyone project closes applications on August 18th,
01:23and most consortium bidders, including SK Telecom, KT, LG Uplus, Kakao, and eSoft-led groups still haven't finalized their teams.
01:34Short pause.
01:35The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will select 10,000 founders in its second Startup for Everyone program,
01:42double the 5,000 selected in the first round, opening applications on August 20th.
01:48Carrot partnered with Toss Place to link over 400,000 merchant accounts across promotion, ordering, and payment by the third
01:55quarter.
01:57Korea's AI private investment reached about $1.8 billion last year, compared with $285.9 billion in the U.S.
02:06and $12.4 billion in China.
02:08So, what does this mean for founders and entrepreneurs in Korea?
02:13Earlier, we said Korea's own AI for Everyone project is stumbling.
02:16For founders, that's less a warning sign than an opening, since undefined roles and unclear budgets mean early movers can
02:24still shape how the program's requirements get written.
02:27The doubled startup discovery program and the Caritas local commerce tie-up both point to more entry points opening at
02:34the platform and government level this quarter.
02:36However, if Anthropik's valuation trajectory holds, expect Korean and global investors to keep chasing category-defining AI bets, which raises
02:45the bar for what counts as a fundable pitch.
02:48That's today's AI Prism Founders.
02:52This episode was produced with AI assistants based on Seoul Economic Daily Reporting and reviewed by a human editor.
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