Phase 2 Evaluation Results Unveiled for the Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project

- All four elite teams demonstrated achievements in developing world-class sovereign AI models.- Three elite teams (Upstage, SK Telecom, and LG AI Research Institute) advanced to the next round.【Relevant National Tasks】21. Becoming the world’s most AI-literate countryThe Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister: Bae Kyung-hoon) and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA, President: Park Yun-kyu) announced the Phase 2 evaluation results of the “Sovereign AI Foundation Model” project.[Achievements of Phase 2 of the Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project (H1 of 2026)]During the first half of 2026, the elite teams participating in Phase 2 of the “Sovereign AI Foundation Model” project developed globally competitive sovereign AI foundation models despite having relatively limited resources compared to global big tech companies, and released them as open source, thereby demonstrating Korea’s AI competitiveness and its capacity to build an open ecosystem. <td width="87" style="width:65.35pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-bottom: double black 2.25pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: double black 2.25pt;background:#F8FDFE;pad...