COUNTRY · KR

South Korea

Model development, business adoption and the research base behind them.

KR
Enterprise AI adoption

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Model catalogue

17 catalogue entries

Broader Epoch catalogue, including variants; not a complete model census.

Research base

4.94% of GDP

All R&D, not AI-only investment.

CATALOGUE COVERAGE / 2025

What this model count includes

17Entries in the broader Epoch catalogue
8Entries with a notability criterion

Same source, year and developer-country attribution. The broader catalogue includes versions and sizes. Neither number is the total number of models developed here.

Models behind the count

Epoch · source snapshot

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Country research · captured 2026-10-22Data dates
MODEL DEVELOPMENT

South Korea in the model-building landscape

Annual notable-model entries · developer country · 2020–2025

International collaborations may appear in multiple countries. Counts are not additive market shares or a national AI-strength ranking.
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Epoch AI · CC BY 4.0 · Complete years through 2025 · incomplete 2026 excluded

RESEARCH CAPACITY · BROADER CONTEXT

The foundations around AI

These indicators describe all research and development, not AI-only expenditure or AI’s measured economic impact.

R&D expenditure

4.94% of GDP · all R&D · 2023 · South Korea

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Comparison uses 2023, the latest common year for this selection. The latest national observation above may be newer.

World Bank WDI / UNESCO Institute for Statistics · % of GDP · all R&D

R&D researchers

9,471.83per million people · all R&D · 2023 · South Korea

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Comparison uses 2022, the latest common year for this selection. The latest national observation above may be newer.

World Bank WDI / UNESCO Institute for Statistics · per million people · all R&D

Epoch AI · CC BY 4.0 · Model comparisons stop at 2025; incomplete 2026 is excluded. No forward-filled research observations.

No statistically compatible enterprise-adoption series is included for South Korea. Missing coverage is not zero adoption.

Models connected to South Korea

Epoch’s notable-model selection · developer country · international projects can appear in multiple countries

Motif-3Motif TechnologiesK-EXAONE 2.0LG AI ResearchA.X K2SK TelecomSolar Open2 250BUpstageEXAONE 4.5LG AI ResearchSolar Open 100BUpstageK-EXAONELG AI ResearchVAETKINC AI
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