Korean AI Firm Joins Nasdaq-Listed Supply Chain Company

On Monday, South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said Hanlab, an AI automation firm nurtured at Innopolis Daedeok in Daejeon, became a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Evolution Metals and Technologies (EMAT), which debuted on Nasdaq last month. The ministry said this is the first state R&D cluster institute to enter the U.S. market and announced a 167.3 billion won budget for nurturing research clusters in 2026, up 44 percent.