Source: Maeil Business Newspaper, Reporter Park Seong-bae
Full article citation: “Beyond chatbots…AI agents taking over corporate tasks showcased at STK”
Publication date: 2026-06-12
Link: https://www.mk.co.kr/news/it/12072928
Smart Tech Korea 2026
Samsung SDS, CLEVI and ElevenLabs all in attendance
AI agents taking over corporate tasks
Performing real tasks beyond answering questions
Automating everything from consultations and document creation to meetings
“Can this product also be implemented at our company?”
This was the question heard most frequently at each corporate artificial intelligence (AI) booth in Hall A of ‘Smart Tech Korea (STK) 2026’, held on the 12th at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul. As generative AI expands beyond simply creating and searching documents into competition among AI agents that perform actual tasks, visitors’ interest was also intense.
Past trade shows focused on introducing which large language model (LLM) was being used, but this year was different. Demonstrations showing what tasks AI could actually perform on behalf of employees in corporate settings continued throughout the exhibition hall. At some booths, long lines of corporate representatives waiting for consultations formed.
Samsung SDS was one of the places that drew the most visitors. Samsung SDS put its enterprise generative AI platform FabriX front and centre. When it demonstrated how the platform connects internal data, finds materials, prepares reports and supports work, it attracted visitors’ attention. Throughout all three days of the event, so many visitors waited to hear about the FabriX platform that they surrounded the booth.
CLEVI introduced Ivy, a multimodal AI platform. It is an enterprise AI agent that simultaneously understands documents, images and video data, searches internal knowledge and processes tasks. Corporate representatives continued to make enquiries after hearing that it could reduce repetitive work and increase the use of knowledge within their organisations.
Acryl unveiled the integrated AI platform JONATHAN. Its key feature is that it provides an integrated environment for operating AI services and building agents. GPUBASE, unveiled alongside it, is a solution that efficiently allocates and increases the utilisation of graphics processing unit (GPU) resources owned by companies. As demand for GPUs surges with the spread of generative AI, it attracted the interest of corporate representatives because it can help use limited infrastructure efficiently.
Global voice AI company ElevenLabs unveiled its voice-based AI agent, ‘ElevenAgents’. It demonstrated natural voice conversations and content creation automation features, showcasing potential applications in customer service and the content industry.
Persona AI introduced a customer service solution combining AI agents and AI human technology. In particular, a demonstration connecting a humanoid robot with AI captured visitors’ attention. It directly showcased how Persona AI’s technology can be integrated with physical AI. Crowds gathered to await the experience after seeing a humanoid robot taller than a person recognize speech, move naturally, and perform movements.
The competition among enterprise AI agents continued in Halls B and D. Wrtn Technologies, one of South Korea’s leading generative AI companies, unveiled an AI contact centre (AICC) solution supporting customer service operations. It demonstrated features that automatically summarize consultations and recommend anticipated questions and answers.
MegazoneSoft introduced a platform that enables users to directly build and run AI agents based on Google’s Gemini Enterprise. ITCEN exhibited ‘Agentgo 2026’, which centrally manages multiple AI agents in enterprise environments, entering the enterprise AI operations platform market.
On-site assessments indicated that the criteria for AI competition have changed. Rather than which AI model is used, the new competitive advantage is how much actual work can be automated and productivity improved.
An Expo Forum official who prepared the event with Maeil Business Media said, “The stage of adopting generative AI has ended, and we are now moving into the stage of adopting AI agents that perform actual work,” adding, “Companies are more interested in how much AI can do on their behalf than in how intelligent it is.”