Korea Jettisons Startup From High-Stakes Sovereign AI Contest
THE SO WHAT
Sovereign AI is consolidating around a few national champions, not a broad startup field. If you’re building core models in a country with an active state program, assume procurement and regulatory gravity will favor a small, politically durable set of players.
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