{"slug": "sejong-university-research-center-2-firms-join-forces-to-build-sovereign-ai", "title": "Sejong University research center, 2 firms join forces to build sovereign AI ecosystem", "summary": "Sejong University's Future GPU Research Institute signed a memorandum of understanding with AI companies Certisilicon and ThetaON on July 7 to build a sovereign AI ecosystem, reducing reliance on overseas AI semiconductors and cloud infrastructure. The partnership targets industries like defense and manufacturing that require high data security and independent AI control, combining expertise in AI semiconductor and GPU research with AI systems software.", "body_md": "A Sejong University research center has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies to establish a sovereign AI ecosystem. The university said Sunday that its Future GPU Research Institute signed the MOU with Certisilicon and ThetaON on July 7 to reduce reliance on overseas AI semiconductors and cloud computing infrastructure. The agreement aims to build a sovereign AI ecosystem for industries such as defense and manufacturing that require high levels of data security and independent control over AI infrastructure. The three institutions also plan to establish a close industry-academia collaboration framework by combining their expertise in AI semiconductor and GPU research with AI systems software and infrastructure technologies. Park Woo-chan, director of the institute, discussed ways of expanding industry-academia collaboration and conducting joint research with Certisilicon CEO Koh Young-hak and ThetaON CEO Lee Young-hwan after signing the MOU. Certisilicon is an AI semiconductor and computing solutions company that builds gene", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-research-center-2-firms-join-forces-to-build-sovereign-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20260804/sejong-university-research-center-2-firms-join-forces-to-build-sovereign-ai-ecosystem?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-08-04 05:32:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 05:36:42.987531+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Sejong University", "Future GPU Research Institute", "Certisilicon", "ThetaON", "Park Woo-chan", "Koh Young-hak", "Lee Young-hwan"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-research-center-2-firms-join-forces-to-build-sovereign-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-research-center-2-firms-join-forces-to-build-sovereign-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-research-center-2-firms-join-forces-to-build-sovereign-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-research-center-2-firms-join-forces-to-build-sovereign-ai.jsonld"}}