SKT Strengthens AI Collaboration with 8 Startup CEOs

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SKT Strengthens AI Collaboration with 8 Startup CEOs

Published2026.09.16 09:16

Target of Nurturing 500 Companies by 2030, Operating Collaboration Platform 'SKTCH'

SK Telecom (SKT) has embarked on expanding partnerships with startups. The company's strategy is to discover new business opportunities by combining its AI and infrastructure capabilities with startups' technologies and ideas.

SKT announced that on the 16th, CEO Jung Jae-heon met with 8 startup representatives at SKT Tower in Jung-gu, Seoul, to listen to on-site business challenges in project implementation and discuss mutual growth strategies.

At this meeting, SKT members currently conducting joint projects with startups also participated to share collaboration cases between large enterprises and startups.

CEO Jung previously engaged directly with startup representatives at MWC in March.

SKT has continued startup discovery and support activities since 2013, and this year enhanced its programs through the collaboration platform 'SKTCH'.

Support provided through SKTCH includes △expert mentoring △discovering collaboration opportunities with SKT and business advancement △participating in domestic and international exhibitions △investment attraction opportunities.

SKT has set a goal of nurturing 500 companies over five years until 2030.

Kim Song-hyun, CEO of Sierrbase, which has a drone-based AI safety diagnosis solution, said, "We are collaborating with SKT in the field of small autonomous drones to automate communication tower safety inspections on an AI basis," and added, "We will be able to not only advance technology but also discover actual business models."

SK Telecom CEO Jung Jae-heon stated, "Startups are important partners in creating new business opportunities together in the AI era," and "We will continue to listen to on-site voices and expand cooperation that can create substantive growth by connecting each other's strengths."

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