Startup Alliance Publishes Report on "AI Policy Directions Expected by Startups"

Emphasizing the Need for Tailored Policies by Investment Stage

Startup Alliance announced on October 2 that it has published the startup ecosystem trend report, "AI Policy Directions Expected by Startups."

This report comprehensively covers the need for policy support as experienced by startups, as well as future areas for improvement, at a time when AI has become a key national growth engine under the new government's economic growth strategy. According to a survey of 101 AI startups, the areas of government AI policy that startups are most optimistic about are, in order: expansion of AI infrastructure, regulatory innovation, investment and financial support, and data openness and utilization.

Startup Alliance published the startup ecosystem trend report "AI Policy Directions Expected by Startups" on the 2nd. Startup Alliance

Seed-stage companies showed the highest expectations for data openness, utilization, and AI infrastructure expansion. In the pre-Series A and Series A stages, regulatory innovation and support for research, development, and demonstration were emphasized. For Series B and later-stage companies, regulatory innovation and investment and financial support for scaling up and overseas expansion were identified as key policy tasks. This demonstrates that startups at different investment stages have varying policy needs, with infrastructure and data accessibility, as well as regulatory innovation, consistently emerging as core issues.

The report states, "Since regulatory innovation is a demand raised across all stages, it is necessary to materialize it through effective institutional measures. Only with such improvements can Korea not only develop and commercialize AI technology but also take the lead in building an AI-based innovation ecosystem that is globally competitive."

Lee Gidae, Director of Startup Alliance, said, "AI is a core infrastructure driving innovation across all industries, so policy must translate into tangible support at the field level. Since the regulatory environment greatly impacts the scaling up of startups, I hope to see the design of effective systems that can facilitate business activities."