01
HyperCLOVA X (하이퍼클로바X)
sourced
Naver · korea · Impact 80
Korean-language and cultural context
Teams already evaluating CLOVA Studio or Naver Cloud deployment
Product-specific API adoption is not disclosed
Buyer guide
Korean foundation models
Sovereign and enterprise model families compared on access, deployment, current generation, and disclosed adoption.
Selection principle
A sovereign mandate is not the same as product adoption; the guide keeps those signals separate.
Updated 2026-09-04
What we compare
- 01Current family and access
- 02Korean capability evidence
- 03Named deployment or developer reach
02
Solar LLM (솔라 LLM)
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Upstage · korea · Impact 80
Korean and English enterprise workloads
Document-heavy workflows using Upstage's broader stack
Product-specific usage and named-customer scale remain partly disclosed
03
EXAONE (엑사원)
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LG AI Research · korea · Impact 80
Korean-English bilingual models
Open-weight model releases
No public API documentation is recorded
04
A.X
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SK Telecom · korea · Impact 80
688B-parameter Korean foundation model
Open-weight language model
No public API documentation is recorded
These are explainable shortlists, not paid placements. Inclusion uses the criteria above and the evidence attached to each catalog row. Missing information is shown as a limitation rather than silently estimated.