- Public–private collaboration to develop a globally influential Korean AI foundation model
- Up to five elite teams will be selected, aiming for ≥95% performance against leading global models
- Comprehensive support (GPU resources, data, talent) for up to three years per team

The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Yoo Sang‑im, hereinafter “MSIT”), alongside the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (President Park Yun‑kyu, “NIPA”), the National Information Society Agency (President Hwang Jong‑sung, “NIA”), and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (President Hong Jin‑bae, “IITP”), has launched an open call (June 20–July 21) for elite domestic teams to participate in the “Proprietary AI Foundation Model”* project.
* The initiative was previously referred to as the “World Best LLM (WBL)” project.

Background
With AI supremacy becoming a matter of national importance worldwide, securing a globally competitive proprietary AI foundation model has become ever more critical. By making such a model available as open source in Korea, this project aims to accelerate AI-driven service launches and broader societal innovation.

Building on the directions set out in the National AI Capability Enhancement Plan (released in February 2025), the government has prepared this public–private collaboration to recruit top-tier domestic teams for model development.


※ Please refer to the attached files.