Five South Korean firms join forces

Five South Korean companies, Orchestro Cloud, FuriosaAI, Upstage, SPK Inc. (SPK) and Daewon CTS, have agreed to jointly develop a 'Sovereign AI Full-Stack Appliance' that bundles a South Korean neural processing unit (NPU), a large…

Orchestro Cloud leads platform layer

Orchestro Cloud will lead the platform layer with its CONTRABASS virtualization and software-defined storage, combined with FuriosaAI's RNGD NPU and Upstage's SOLAR LLM.

Key roles divided by technology

Orchestro Cloud oversees cloud platform supply and technical validation.FuriosaAI handles AI inference computing.Upstage manages AI models and inference technology.SPK takes charge of server infrastructure and hardware.Daewon CTS handles data-center and network infrastructure.

Managed service and testing planned

The five companies will also develop a managed service for post-deployment operations and technical support, run proofs of concept and benchmark tests for public-sector and private customers, and pursue joint sales.

Park So-ah's vision

Park So-ah, CEO of Orchestro Cloud, said, 'Competitiveness in the AI industry depends not just on the excellence of individual technologies but on how completely they can be delivered as a single service.'

“Competitiveness in the AI industry depends not just on the excellence of individual technologies but on how completely they can be delivered as a single service.”

Sovereign AI market impact

The agreement links businesses each company has pursued individually into a single supply chain, targeting reduced reliance on foreign GPUs and cloud services for South Korea's AI infrastructure.