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Everyone's AI

Category: AI in Government / Public Sector

Government-led South Korean program (MSIT) delivering free nationwide AI chatbots and AI agents built on domestic models, executed by SK Telecom, Kakao and KT consortia. Based in Seoul, South Korea. Latest round: Undisclosed.

Headquarters
Seoul, South Korea

Value proposition

Free general-purpose AI chatbot and public AI agents for all citizens. The agents handle search, reservations, applications and payments via app, web, phone and KakaoTalk. At least 50% of AI usage must run on domestic models to reduce reliance on foreign LLMs.

Products and solutions

SKT consortium: execution-type AI agent with phone/SMS access and a 'call on your behalf' feature, plus health and finance services. Kakao consortium: KakaoTalk-integrated chatbot and agents, a phone AI lite version with LG U+, and an agent marketplace. KT consortium: 'Ieum' integrated agent and the 'Token Factory' model-routing platform, with partners Daum, Danawa, Musinsa and Zigbang.

Unique value

A free, sovereign-AI national agent service with a mandatory share of at least 50% domestic models.

Target customer

All South Korean citizens (consumer/public service)

Industries served

Public services, consumer AI, health, finance, education, real estate, senior care, tax

Technology advantage

Government-supported domestic-model ecosystem: selected operators must use sovereign foundation models for at least 50% of service and other companies' domestic AI models for at least 30%. Foreign-model use is limited to minimally necessary cases and receives no government support.

How they differentiate

Free of charge, built mostly on domestic Korean models, and embedded in phone, SMS, KakaoTalk and telecom/IPTV channels. It also executes public and administrative tasks directly, beyond Q&A.

Main competitors

OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude

Key partnerships

Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), SK Telecom, Kakao, KT, LG Uplus, Daum, Danawa, Musinsa, Zigbang

Major milestones

2026-08: SKT, Kakao and KT consortia selected from 6 applicants. 2026-09-04: project launch meeting. 2026-10: beta launch. 2026-12: planned official launch.

Growth metrics

Target of 5M MAU per consortium (15M total) by end of 2026. The government plans a KRW 250B budget for 2027 and about 2,000 NVIDIA B200 GPUs of support.

Market positioning

Sovereign-AI public initiative competing with foreign free AI services used by about 23M Korean generative-AI users. In Korean usage surveys, ChatGPT leads at about 68% and Gemini follows at about 14%.

Geographic focus

South Korea

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