TEN's AI GPU solution 'AIPub' gains 'Innovative Product' status, paving way for public sector adoption
Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- TEN's AI infrastructure solution 'AIPub' has been designated an 'Innovative Product' by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
- The solution enhances GPU resource efficiency for public institutions by virtually partitioning hardware.
- This designation allows AIPub to be procured by public organizations through direct contracts for three years.
TEN, a company specializing in AI infrastructure optimization solutions, announced that its hardware resource efficiency solution, 'AIPub,' has received designation as an 'Innovative Product' for the first half of 2026 by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. This approval secures a pathway for its adoption within the public sector.
Amidst rising costs and supply delays for AI accelerators, AIPub is designed to boost the operational efficiency of GPU resources held by both private companies and government ministries. The solution minimizes idle GPU capacity, enabling institutions to handle AI workloads with limited resources and thereby reducing the need for additional infrastructure investments.
For public institutions, national universities, and research institutes that often share limited GPU resources among multiple teams, managing resource allocation, usage tracking, and system error responses has been a significant challenge. AIPub addresses these complexities by virtually splitting a single GPU's physical resources into up to 100 blocks, which can then be allocated to different departments or projects.
The 'Innovative Product' designation from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups is awarded to products developed with government R&D funding, following an assessment of their technological innovation and public utility. This designation grants AIPub its status for three years, enabling public institutions to procure the solution via direct contracts, a process streamlined by its prior registration on the government's e-procurement platform, Nara Market, in April.
TEN CEO Oh Se-jin expressed confidence that AIPub has been validated as a technical solution for resource allocation, idle GPU management, and fault response within public AI infrastructure. He stated the company's intention to expand its supply to central government ministries, local governments, research institutions, and national universities through continuous solution enhancement and service support.
This designation confirms that AIPub is a technical alternative that can solve problems related to resource allocation, idle GPUs, and fault response in public AI infrastructure.
Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.