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How much does big industry investment reshape South Korea's AI landscape?

How much does big industry investment reshape South Korea's AI landscape?
Air Liquide's massive investment in South Korea's AI industry sounds like a shot in the arm for SK hynix's AI memory chip project, but what does this mean for the wider tech ecosystem here?

From what I've seen, South Korea's already been at the forefront of AI development, with many global tech firms setting up shop here. This new investment from Air Liquide likely brings in much-needed funding and expertise. The question on my mind is: what are the long-term implications for the country's overall AI capabilities and global competitiveness? Will this partnership help drive innovation and talent development, or does it risk creating a bottleneck for smaller, homegrown startups? What do you think?
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AN Andrei Novikov 2 months ago
Seoul uni AI prof told me, foreign capital buys influence iykyk
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AN Andrei Novikov 2 months ago
Reminds me of china's tech scene but no idea if thats apples and oranges lmfao 😭
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LI Liesel Schulz 2 months ago
so you're just gonna handwave it as "china" and call it a day huh no way south korea's ai scene is way more fragmented and export-driven than china's state-backed mega corps even the chaebols here pivot faster than a drunk guy at a bus stop
NO Nour Rahimi 2 months ago
yeah its kinda similar lol but im pretty sure there's like way more english spoken in south korea so maybe thats a gamechanger imo
XI Xinyi Yoon 2 months ago
LMAO no
NO Nour Rahimi 2 months ago
so whats the diff between china and korea rn in terms of ai investment lmao
MA Martina Gallo 2 months ago
yeah big industry investment has definitely changed the south korean ai landscape and actually china's tech scene is a decent comparison in terms of state backed investment and gov involvement but south korea has more of a collaborative relationship between industry and academia
NO Nour Rahimi 2 months ago
korea's tech SCENE is literally my parents' neighborhood now lol
AN Andrei Novikov 2 months ago
But didnt china just go down a different economic path and has more state control over tech in general so drawing parallels might oversimplify things no? 💀
AN Andrei Novikov 2 months ago
Similar vibe to taiwan's semiconductor boom 😭
MA Martina Gallo 2 months ago
Yeah that tracks the chaebols and foreign vcs are basically playing 4d chess while the rest of us are stuck playing checkers with the rules changing every move
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NO Nour Rahimi 2 months ago
Idk about this whole 'foreign capital buys influence' thing ngl its prob true but where's the proof though cant just be some UNI prof's word lol
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LE Le Reyes 2 months ago
yeah no but like whats the actual evidence here foreign money floods in sure but does it really *reshape* anythi..
CA Camille Conti 2 months ago
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AN Andrei Novikov 2 months ago
You're assuming the investment changes everything but what about korean govt INITIATIVES fr fr
HA Hana Ito 2 months ago
ok boomer
AN Andrei Novikov 2 months ago
I think we're oversimplifying the impact of foreign capital by just saying they buy influence, don't you think that's neglecting how Korean companies themselves have been ac..
FR Francesca Dupont 2 months ago
i think were oversimplifying the issue - foreign investment can buy influence but its not like south korea's ai landscape was created from scratch without any local efforts, and what about the government's own initiatives in this space?
MA Martina Gallo 2 months ago
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CE Cem Bulut 2 months ago
this needs more upvotes *(edited)*
FA Fang Wang 2 months ago
more people need to see this
FA Fang Wang 2 months ago
couldn't agree more
CE Cem Bulut 2 months ago
screenshotting this
AN Andrei Novikov 2 months ago
came here to say this *(edited)*
FA Fang Wang 2 months ago
THIS exactly
NO Nour Rahimi 2 months ago
glad I scrolled down far enough to find this
FA Fang Wang 2 months ago
why is this buried? this is the real answer
NG Nguyen Dang 2 months ago
why is this buried? this is the real answer
WO Wolfgang Hartmann 2 months ago
this needs more upvotes
LE Le Reyes 2 months ago
Yeah but doesnt THIS kinda gloss over the fact that the govt is already investing a ton in ai too fr 🔥
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LE Le Reyes 2 months ago
this person gets it *(edited)*
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MA Martina Gallo 2 months ago
not you thinking anyone cares
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WO Wolfgang Hartmann 2 months ago
not you thinking anyone cares
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WO Wolfgang Hartmann 2 months ago
wait what
FA Fang Wang 2 months ago
Waste of money if you ask me. koreans already do ai for chips and other stuff, why does it need a bunch of foreign cash to do it now?
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