Accelerating Korea's AI Transformation: Codepresso's Three Weeks of AI Capability Milestones

• Busan (June 26): AXMOS consortium MOU. Codepresso is responsible for developing Busan's AI transformation workforce through its AI Fluent platform.
• Seoul (July 14): AXMOS consortium MOU. Codepresso leads AI education, competency assessment, and certification for small businesses, startups, and manufacturing companies.
• Iksan, Jeollabuk-do (July): Selected by KETI as the implementation partner for an AI-enabled XR transformation project, responsible for the entire process—from needs assessment and training to outcome validation.

Why Is an AI Competency Assessment Company Part of a Manufacturing AI Consortium?

Codepresso is a core member of AXMOS (AX for Manufacturing OS), a manufacturing AI innovation consortium established in March 2026. AXMOS is an execution-focused consortium in which five specialized companies jointly deliver every stage of enterprise AI transformation.

• Translink Investment — Investment and global business growth
• Wilt Venture Builder — International business expansion
• Codepresso — AI competency assessment and education
• DreamAce — Manufacturing AI solution implementation
• Popup Studio Korea — AI infrastructure and development tools

Within this collaborative structure, Codepresso is responsible for one critical element: people.

No matter how advanced an AI solution may be, it cannot deliver lasting value if employees lack the skills to operate it. Once external support ends, the system often becomes underutilized or abandoned.

The true measure of successful enterprise AI adoption is not whether AI has been implemented, but whether employees can independently operate and continuously improve it. That is why every AI transformation initiative must include three essential steps: assessing AI capabilities, closing skill gaps through targeted education, and validating improvement with measurable results. Within AXMOS, Codepresso is responsible for this entire capability development process.

"AI transformation is not simply about adopting new tools. It is about redesigning how an organization works around AI, and that transformation begins with the AI capabilities of every employee."

— Donghoon Lee, CEO of Codepresso

Since its founding in 2019, Codepresso has served as an IT capability development partner for leading Korean enterprises including Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Company, and SK Telecom. The company has also established expertise in digital transformation (DX) and AI transformation (AX) capability development across manufacturing and shipbuilding industries through collaborations with organizations such as Hyundai Mobis and the Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding Association.

During the first half of 2026, Codepresso delivered AI education programs across South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, and Luxembourg. In April, the company won Third Place in the Supernova Challenge, the startup competition at GITEX AI Asia. In June, Korea's national broadcaster KBS News9 featured the growing demand for AI competency assessment in both industry and education, with CEO Donghoon Lee discussing the importance of practical, workplace-focused AI capability assessment and training.

What Happened Over the Course of 3 Weeks?

Between June 26 and mid-July 2026, three major collaborations were confirmed across Busan, Seoul, and Iksan (Jeollabuk-do). While each partnership involved different organizations and regional priorities, Codepresso's role remained consistent throughout.

Busan: Building Busan's AI Transformation Workforce with AI Fluent

Under the Busan partnership, Codepresso is responsible for developing AI transformation talent across regional businesses. At the center of this initiative is AI Fluent, Codepresso's AI competency assessment and education platform that evaluates employees' ability to use generative AI effectively in real business environments.

Rather than measuring theoretical knowledge alone, AI Fluent assesses practical skills through workplace-oriented tasks such as prompt engineering, AI workflow design, AI agent utilization, and AI-assisted code review. Based on the assessment results, personalized learning programs are provided to strengthen identified competency gaps. The platform supports employees across all business functions—not only software developers, but also professionals in marketing, sales, finance, and human resources.

The partnership combines the public infrastructure and regional business networks of the Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency and the Busan Venture Business Association with AXMOS's implementation capabilities to establish Busan as a regional hub for AI transformation. The collaboration focuses on four key areas:

• Joint research and development for AI-powered operational efficiency
• AI solution infrastructure development
• Busan-specific AI workforce development
• Regional AI transformation acceleration programs

Seoul: Moving Beyond AI Adoption to AI That Works

The partnership signed on July 14 with the Seoul Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, led by President Young-geun Lee, focuses on execution.

Many small businesses and startups have begun experimenting with AI, yet relatively few succeed in integrating AI into everyday operations where it consistently delivers measurable business value. This collaboration combines the Seoul Center's entrepreneurial and small business support network with AXMOS's implementation expertise to ensure that AI transformation extends beyond adoption and becomes fully operational in the workplace.

The results are already measurable. At one regional distribution company supported by AXMOS, receipt processing that previously required several employees to spend multiple hours each day has been reduced to approximately 20 minutes, while meeting minute preparation has been fully automated.

"AI transformation is not proven by announcing that AI has been adopted. It is proven when employees actually spend less time doing repetitive work."

— Heeduck Park, CEO of AXMOS / Translink Investment

In this partnership as well, people remain the key measure of success. Codepresso is responsible for AI education, competency assessment, and certification, ensuring that successful AI implementation results in lasting employee capability rather than temporary operational improvements.

Iksan, Jeollabuk-do: Building Lasting AI Independence for XR Companies

Codepresso has been officially selected by the Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) to implement its "AI-Enabled Extended Reality (XR) Technology Support and Consulting Project."

The initiative helps companies developing XR products and services—including holograms, digital humans, and immersive content—integrate AI solutions tailored to their specific technologies and business needs.

Jeollabuk-do, with Iksan as its regional hub, has long invested in developing Korea's hologram and XR industries. KETI, established in 1991 under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, has supported the commercialization of hologram technologies through its Jeonbuk Regional Headquarters.

This project closely reflects Codepresso's vision for a complete AI transformation model.

The process begins with a comprehensive assessment of each company's business needs, translating broad AI ambitions into clearly defined implementation projects. Codepresso engineers then work directly alongside each company to design, develop, and validate AI solutions that operate within their actual products and services.

Employee education is equally data-driven. AI Fluent first assesses employees' existing AI competencies, enabling customized training programs tailored to each organization. After training, participants are reassessed to quantitatively measure improvements in AI capability.

Finally, the completed AI technologies, along with operational guidelines and documentation, are transferred to each company. The ultimate objective is to enable organizations to continue operating and improving their AI systems independently long after the project concludes.

"The extended reality industry is one of the sectors where AI can create the most dramatic improvements in product competitiveness. At the same time, it is difficult for individual companies to begin that journey alone. Our goal is to leave each participating company with the capability to operate AI independently even after the project has been completed."

— Donghoon Lee, CEO of Codepresso

Codepresso's Approach to AI Transformation (AX)

Although Codepresso's initiatives in Busan, Seoul, and Jeollabuk-do differ in scope and target audiences, the company views them as part of a unified AI transformation capability model built around three continuous stages: Assessment → Education → Reassessment.

1. Initial Assessment

The first step is to evaluate how effectively an organization and its employees are currently using AI.

Codepresso identifies the AI capabilities required for different job functions and work environments, measures existing competency levels, and pinpoints the areas where education and technical support are needed.

2. Customized Training and Technical Support

Based on the assessment results and each organization's real business challenges, Codepresso designs tailored education programs and technical support.

Rather than simply teaching employees how to use AI tools, the goal is to help them integrate AI into their daily workflows and develop the ability to operate AI independently.

3. Reassessment and Outcome Validation

After training, employee AI capabilities are reassessed and workplace implementation results are evaluated.

This allows companies to measure how much their employees' AI competencies have improved, while enabling public agencies and program sponsors to objectively verify the outcomes of their AI transformation initiatives through measurable data.

Why These Three Initiatives Matter: If It Can't Be Measured, It Can't Scale

Although the three initiatives serve different purposes—workforce development in Busan, operational AI implementation in Seoul, and industry-specific technical support in Iksan—Codepresso's role is exactly the same in each case:

Assess. Educate. Reassess. Quantify improvement.

This role is essential because the greatest bottleneck in AI transformation is not technology—it is people.

Today, organizations with very different missions—including regional public agencies such as the Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency, startup support organizations such as the Seoul Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, and national research institutes such as KETI—are all investing in AI transformation at the same time. AI transformation initiatives tailored to regional economies and industry sectors are rapidly expanding across Korea.

The real challenge, however, is determining how to prove that meaningful change has actually occurred.

The number of AI systems deployed or the number of employees who complete training programs does not prove AI capability.

Codepresso addresses this challenge by measuring competency improvements through reassessment before and after training. These measurable outcomes enable public organizations to demonstrate the effectiveness of their programs and help businesses make informed decisions about future AI investments.

This is why Codepresso continues to participate in AI transformation initiatives across multiple regions.

The company's long-term vision is the standardization of AI literacy.

Only when AI competencies can be measured fairly and developed systematically can AI transformation move beyond isolated success stories and scale across entire industries and regions.

The initiatives now underway among regional businesses in Busan, small businesses and startups in Seoul, and XR companies in Iksan represent some of the earliest examples of what that future standard looks like.

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