I-ON Communications

On May 6th, the doors of COEX Hall A opened — and for three days, Seoul became the center of Asia's AI industry. Our team visited AI EXPO KOREA 2026 in person, and what we found on the floor gave us a vivid, real-time sense of where enterprise AI is heading, and just how quickly it's getting there. About AI EXPO KOREA Launched in 2018 as Korea's first AI-dedicated exhibition, AI EXPO KOREA has grown in scale every year since. This edition brought together approximately 350 companies and institutions from 18 countries — including the United States and Canada — across around 600 booths. With an expected 50,000 visitors and buyers over the three-day run, the event has firmly established itself as one of Asia's defining AI industry gatherings. What makes this exhibition stand out is its clear B2B focus. This is not a showcase of consumer technology. The center of gravity here is AI solutions and infrastructure that are actually deployable in enterprise environments — a...