KT Launches Domestic NPU and LLM Integrated Sovereign AI Appliance
Published2026.08.19 09:27
Equipped with Rebellio ATOM-MAX and Midum K 2.5 Pro, Immediately Usable from Day of Installation
On the 19th, KT announced the launch of 'KT NPU LLM Station,' an enterprise sovereign AI appliance integrating Rebellio's domestic AI semiconductor company NPU 'ATOM-MAX,' its proprietary LLM (Large Language Model) 'Midum K 2.5 Pro,' and an operations API platform.
KT explained that the structure aligns with the government's sovereign AI policy direction by filling all core components from AI semiconductors to models and operations platforms with domestic technology.
'Midum K 2.5 Pro' is a proprietary KT model with strengths in high-difficulty inference and AI agent utilization.
The product is installed within the customer's premises, and all data and AI operations are processed only in-house.
KT anticipates that adoption pathways in public, defense, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and financial sectors, where using overseas generative AI has been difficult due to security regulations such as network segregation, will open up.
As a fully-integrated product combining server, AI model, and platform, KT states that AI features such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) based on in-house documents can be utilized from the day of installation without separate construction.
Supporting industry-standard APIs enables compatible operation without code modifications by simply changing existing AI service connection information.
KT plans to sequentially integrate meeting minutes generation, coding support, and work automation agent 'K-Claw (tentative name),' and expand utilization areas to include edge data centers (Edge DC) for physical AI.
KT plans to participate in the Ministry of Science and ICT's 'AI for All' project using domestic NPUs.
KT AX Division Head Lee Jin-hyung, Senior Executive, stated, "It will become the most practical choice for companies and organizations seeking to begin AI transformation while protecting data sovereignty."
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