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SK Group Chairman 崔泰源: All Our Subsidiaries Must Transform into AI Companies

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SK Group Chairman 崔泰源 recently said the group hopes to break existing frameworks and transform all its subsidiaries into AI companies, arguing that SK Group should expand its business scope from AI semiconductors, infrastructure and energy to services to build a continuously growing "AI flywheel" model, according to a report by South Korean media Maeil Business Newspaper on November 15. Speaking at the group's "2026 CEO Seminar" held in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, from December 12 to 14, he said: "We must break existing frameworks and reposition ourselves as an AI company. All subsidiaries must find new positioning and build an 'AI flywheel' connecting AI services and the token economy." The group's subsidiaries have also begun advancing AI transformation on the production front, with SK hynix upgrading its smart factory integrating AI and digital twin technology to improve semiconductor production efficiency and SK Innovation using a "process map (ontology)" connecting equipment and operational data to raise production yields at its Ulsan petrochemical complex. 崔泰源 also stressed the importance of global cooperation in the AI era, saying: "In the AI era, no company can do everything

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SK Group Chairman 崔泰源: All Our Subsidiaries Must Transform into AI Companies

IT之家 News, November 15: According to a report today by Korean media outlet Maeil Business Newspaper, SK Group Chairman 崔泰源 recently said that he hopes to break the existing framework and transform all SK Group subsidiaries into AI companies. He believes SK Group should further expand its business scope from AI semiconductors, infrastructure, and energy to services, building a continuously growing "AI flywheel" model.

IT之家 learned from the original report that SK Group held the "2026 CEO Seminar" in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, from the 12th to the 14th. Executives including 崔泰源, 崔再源, and 崔昌源 attended. At the meeting, 崔泰源 said: "We must break the existing framework and reposition ourselves as an AI company. All subsidiaries must find new positioning and build an 'AI flywheel' that connects AI services with the Token economy."

The production frontline of SK Group subsidiaries has also begun to comprehensively advance AI transformation. SK hynix is upgrading its "smart factory" that integrates AI and digital twin technology to improve semiconductor production efficiency. SK Innovation, meanwhile, used a "process map (ontology)" connecting equipment and operational data to improve production yield at its Ulsan petrochemical complex.

崔泰源 also emphasized the importance of global cooperation in the AI era. He said: "In the AI era, no company can do everything alone."

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