{"slug":"kt-corporation-and-microsoft-launch-five-year-multibillion-dollar-ai-partnership-in-korea","url":"https://findausecase.com/use-cases/kt-corporation-and-microsoft-launch-five-year-multibillion-dollar-ai-partnership-in-korea","title":"KT Corporation and Microsoft launch five-year multibillion-dollar AI partnership in Korea","description":"KT Corporation and Microsoft announced a five-year, multibillion-dollar strategic partnership to drive AI transformation for more than 650,000 businesses and 17 million consumers in Korea. The plan includes a Korea-customized GPT-4o via Azure OpenAI Service, a Korean sovereign cloud (Secure Public Cloud) built on Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty, a new AX-specialized service company, an AI co-innovation center with Microsoft Research, and deployment of Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot to KT employees, with more than 19,000 employees to be trained in cloud and AI skills.","company":"KT Corporation","industry":"Telecommunications","country":"South Korea","aiCapabilities":["Generative AI","Large Language Models","Agentic AI"],"technology":["Azure OpenAI Service (GPT-4o)","Microsoft Phi","Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty","Microsoft Copilot Studio","Azure AI Studio","Microsoft 365 Copilot","GitHub Copilot","Microsoft Fabric"],"deployment":"Public Cloud","solutionApproach":"KT Corporation and Microsoft unveiled a five-year, multibillion-dollar partnership spanning five areas: developing a Korea-customized version of GPT-4o (and exploring a customized version of Microsoft's Phi small language models) via Azure OpenAI Service using KT's Korean-language data; delivering a Korean sovereign cloud solution (Secure Public Cloud) built on Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty; establishing a new AX-specialized service company delivering Microsoft-powered AI transformation services; advancing AI R&D through a co-innovation center with Microsoft Research; and migrating KT's IT workloads to Azure while deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot to KT employees. KT will also use Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Studio to develop custom AI agents.","businessValue":"The partnership is intended to drive AI transformation for more than 650,000 businesses and 17 million consumers across Korea. Microsoft will help equip more than 19,000 KT employees with cloud and AI skills and enable more than 5,800 AX specialists to lead the transformation.","evidence":{"band":"high"},"sourceUrl":"https://news.microsoft.com/source/2024/09/29/kt-corporation-and-microsoft-take-giant-step-to-accelerate-ai-innovation-in-korea","dates":{"publishedAt":"2026-08-16T14:40:37.249Z","publishedAtSource":"ledger","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T10:29:36.013Z"},"license":"Open for reading and citing with a link to https://findausecase.com/use-cases/kt-corporation-and-microsoft-launch-five-year-multibillion-dollar-ai-partnership-in-korea. Bulk republication requires permission."}