KT Corp hosts AI transformation event for Gyeonggi startups with AWS, Databricks

KT Corp announced Thursday that it hosted an event to support AI transformation, or AX, among startups in Gyeonggi Province, in partnership with the Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy and Innovation, Amazon Web Services, Databricks Korea and KT Cloud.

The event, "KT AX Immersion Day 2026 Gyeonggi," took place Wednesday at Pangyo Startup Zone in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. It was designed to share AI and cloud-based AX strategies and practical approaches to business innovation with startups in the IT, gaming and media sectors based in the Gyeonggi region.

Participating companies including AWS and Databricks presented case studies on AI agents, data-driven decision-making and cloud migration, helping startups develop AI and cloud adoption strategies suited to their own circumstances.

AWS introduced business innovation approaches using AI agent technology — systems capable of understanding user requests and autonomously carrying out required tasks — under the theme "AI Agent on AWS." A separate session titled "AI Engineering 3.0: The New Build Paradigm with Harness" outlined how development and operations are evolving in the AI era, focusing on "Harness Engineering," the surrounding technical framework needed to turn AI models into working services.

Databricks presented on the theme "The Startup Survival Equation: How an Operations-Centered Data Environment Changes the Speed of Decision-Making," sharing methods for startups and growth-stage companies to build data-driven decision-making systems.

KT Corp showcased customer business innovation cases using its Cloudflex service. KT Cloudflex optimizes and delivers a range of cloud offerings tailored to each customer's environment. Built on dedicated hardware, it provides a high-performance, high-security cloud environment with flexible on-demand scaling, combining the agility of public cloud with the stability of private infrastructure.

KT Cloud presented best-practice cloud migration cases covering public institution systems — including local government and administrative platforms — and financial and fintech services, offering strategies for stable cloud adoption and operation.

The event went beyond simple technology introductions, focusing on helping startups address real-world challenges in development, operations and data utilization from an AX perspective.

Park Hyeon-ji, CEO of event participant Nekton, said her company had long recognized the need for AI and cloud-based AX transformation to sustain growth but had struggled to find solutions that fit its specific situation. "This event gave us exposure to a wide range of domestic and international AX trends and cases, and was a great help in establishing the direction for our AX initiatives," she said.

Lee Jin-hyeong, executive vice president of KT Corp's AX Business Division, said the company would draw on its accumulated AX expertise to provide practical technical guidance tailored to regional industry characteristics and each company's stage of AX adoption. "We will actively support companies' AI and cloud transformation in collaboration with our partners," he said.