Kakao Mobility announced on Sunday that it has been operating “Nemo Ride” in collaboration with self-driving deep tech startup “Ride Flux” at the Jeju Advanced Science and Technology Complex since last month. Nemoride is a self-driving vehicle that travels on 11.7 kilometers of roads, including the Science and Technology Complex and Jeju University Ara Campus. It was introduced to solve the problem of lack of public transportation and severe traffic congestion.
Kakao Mobility is also working to expand its ecosystem by acquiring RS Solutions, an integrated parking management solution provider. After acquiring RS Solution, the company provided parking control software free of charge to other small and medium-sized parking lot operating companies, which led to an increase in the number of parking lot users.
NAVER is actively working on investing in and collaborating with startup companies. In particular, we are expanding collaboration with artificial intelligence (AI) startups. When it announced its first AI, his HyperCLOVA
Among telecommunications companies, KT last month opened the KT Pangyo Open Innovation Center in the 2nd Pangyo Techno Valley to support ventures and emerging companies with promising technologies and provide business cooperation. The center will provide office space, welfare facilities, and opportunities to participate in venture development and business cooperation programs to 12 selected companies with technological capabilities in eight promising fields such as AI, cloud, mobility, and quantum computing. do.
김하경 whatsup@donga.com
