South Korea Triples AI Spending; Qatar Launches MAI Platform
December 2, 2025
3:32 pm
Seoul invests $7B to boost AI amid global competition; Qatar launches unified platform offering GPU-as-a-service for national digital transformation.
South Korea plans to triple its spending on Artificial Intelligence (AI) next year, while Qatar has unveiled a new national AI platform, signaling growing global efforts to harness AI for economic and technological leadership.
In Seoul, President Lee Jae Myung outlined a $7 billion AI budget for 2026, three times the previous administration’s allocation. The investment is part of a broader $511 billion fiscal plan now awaiting parliamentary approval. “In the AI era, being late by a single day means falling …
