The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency said Tuesday they will invest a total of 19.8 billion won in the 2026 “AI Content Production Support” program.
The initiative will be offered in three tracks based on a company’s growth stage: entry, advanced and partnership.
The entry track will help small and midsize companies with AI-based production capabilities enter the market and grow. It will select about 24 projects, with up to 200 million won per project. The advanced track aims to produce globally competitive content using more sophisticated AI technology, supporting about 10 projects with up to 700 million won each. The partnership track will back collaboration between large or mid-sized companies and small and midsize firms to boost commercialization and shared growth, selecting about 16 projects with up to 400 million won each.
The entry track includes “genre convergence” to upgrade production processes in existing genres; “new-technology convergence” to create new consumer experiences through technology-driven formats such as extended reality (XR), interactive and immersive content; and development and pilot testing of AI-based solutions and platforms that can be used in production. The agency said it aims to expand services tailored to content production beyond general-purpose technology use.
The partnership track will expand sharply from four projects last year to 16. It will also encourage cooperation not only between large and small companies but also between the content sector and other related industries to develop new commercialization models. The agency plans to hold a public briefing in March for small and midsize companies interested in joining the partnership track.
More details are available on the agency’s website.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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