Open-Weight LineageThe 5 elite teams of Korea's Independent AI Foundation Model project
Korea's 5 elite foundation model teams release their first models together
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Released their first models at the same time — SKT A.X K1 (519B), LG K-EXAONE (236B), Naver Cloud HyperCLOVA X SEED, NC AI VAETKI (113B), Upstage Solar Open 100B
Why it matters
The moment large Korean open-weight models appeared all at once
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Pressaitimes.comhttps://www.aitimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=205195Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week
On the map — ⑨ Open-Weight Lineage line
- Previous stopKimi K2 Thinking
- This recordKorea's 5 elite foundation model teams release their first models together
- Next stopK-EXAONE 2.0
In the model family tree — Korean models family · 21 versions
- Earlier versionA.X 3.1
- This recordA.X K1
- Later versionSolar Open 100B
In the model family tree — Korean models family · 21 versions
- Earlier versionEXAONE 4.0
- This recordK-EXAONE
- Later versionEXAONE 4.5 33B