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Upstage acquires Daum to build AI-driven portal in South Korea

Upstage acquires Daum to build AI-driven portal in South Korea Upstage recasts Daum as an AI testbed amid Kakao tie-up and ...

AI startup Upstage to acquire Daum operator AXZ for Korean training data

Korean AI startup Upstage has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire AXZ, the operator of the nation's once-dominant internet portal Daum, from Kakao in a sh ...

SK Group’s $75 billion AI gamble: Upstage acquires Daum as Korea’s AI industry enters a major power shift

As global competition for AI dominance intensifies in the opening of 2026, Korea’s leading AI companies are also in motion. SK Group has decided on an astronomical investment of more than ₩100 ...

Upstage moves to acquire Daum in strategic AI push

Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage has taken formal steps to acquire Daum, the portal owned by Kakao, in a ...
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AI startup Upstage acquires Daum portal

AI startup Upstage is moving to acquire the portal Daum. Daum, a first-generation portal, began its service in 1995 when internet adoption in South Korea started to gain momentum. It once dominated ...