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00:31Korea's IP office expanded its FastTrack patent review to youth-founded startups and to AI data center and physical AI
00:38technologies starting in November.
00:41The program already covers batteries, semiconductors, and AI or bio startups since its 2024 launch.
00:48FastTrack review compresses the wait for a first examination result to under one month, down from a national average of
00:5414.7 months.
00:56Here's what the numbers show. AI patents took 21.3 months to first review last year, 6.6 months longer
01:04than the overall average.
01:05The new AI data center and physical AI track is capped at roughly 4,000 supported cases a year, with
01:12eligibility details due in November.
01:15One biotech applicant using FastTrack review received its first result in just 27 days across 14 filings.
01:22Small and medium-sized firms filed about 60% of the 1,284 FastTrack applications submitted between October and August.
01:33Separately, Equinix and Korean AI chip startup Furiosa AI are expanding into Europe together, deploying Furiosa AI's second-generation RNGD
01:42accelerator in a Lisbon data center already running proof-of-concept tests with local clients.
01:48Furiosa AI plans to produce 100,000 accelerator cards by next year before expanding into the Americas and Southeast Asia.
01:56Omdia Project's agentic AI traffic will grow at a 175% compound annual rate through 2029, with generative AI traffic
02:05up 90% annually through 2027.
02:09So, what does this mean for founders?
02:11Earlier, we said patent wait times just got cut to under a month.
02:15Here's what that actually means for you.
02:17Startups working on AI data center hardware or physical AI can now lock in IP protection fast enough to support
02:24funding rounds and the international patent prosecution highway rather than waiting over a year.
02:29Europe's strict data sovereignty rules are also opening a concrete entry point for Korean AI hardware startups willing to build
02:36local infrastructure first.
02:38What to watch, eligibility details for the new FastTrack category due in November,
02:44Furiosa AI's push into the Americas and Southeast Asia after its European rollout,
02:49and Korea's 18-gigawatt AI data center megaproject build-out through 2035.
02:55That's today's AI Prism founders.
02:58This episode was produced with AI assistance based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting and reviewed by a human editor.
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