Budit's 2026 Selections
The support programs and grants Budit was selected for or joined in the first half of 2026, gathered on one page. Seven separate announcements have been merged here, keeping each program's organizer, support details and notice links.
At a glance
| Program | Organizer | Budit's role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 AI Youth Startup Shared Growth Voucher | Ministry of Science and ICT, NIPA | AI solution supplier |
| Everyone's Startup Project | Ministry of SMEs and Startups, KISED | AI solution supplier |
| THE Waffle, youth startup program, season 4 | Seongnam Youth Foundation with Wadiz | Participating company (iCard) |
| 2026 High Performance Computing Support | Ministry of Science and ICT, NIPA, run by KAIT | Supported company |
| Seoul AI Hub HPC Infrastructure Support, first half of 2026, Track 2 | Seoul AI Hub | Participating company |
| 2026 Media Startup Support Program | Korea Press Foundation | Selected company |
| Google for Startups Cloud Program | Google Cloud | Participating company |
The Korea Creative Content Agency launchpad selection in September has its own post, and the KOTRA open data use case featuring ViewVibe is here.
1. AI Youth Startup Shared Growth Voucher, supplier
A voucher program that subsidizes companies in traditional industries such as manufacturing when they buy AI solutions from young AI startups. Budit was selected as an AI solution supplier.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Ministry of Science and ICT, National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) |
| Scale | 9 billion won in total; the cap per project depends on where the buyer and supplier are located, up to 1.1 billion won |
| Buyers | Companies in traditional industries such as manufacturing, construction and logistics |
| How it works | A buyer applies paired with a company from the supplier pool |
| Buyer application deadline | June 8, 2026, 15:00 |
- Notice: NIPA, 2026 AI Youth Startup Shared Growth Voucher
- Scale source: Electronic Times, May 20, 2026
Buyers who want to adopt Budit's AI solutions through the voucher can reach us at Contact.
2. Everyone's Startup Project, AI solution supplier
A startup audition style program open to anyone with a creative idea. Budit was selected as an AI solution supplier.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development |
| Eligible | Prospective founders or companies within three years of founding, depending on the track |
3. THE Waffle, season 4
A youth startup capacity program run by the Seongnam Youth Foundation together with Wadiz. The product Budit prepared for Wadiz in this program was iCard, a service that makes picture cards with a character resembling the child from a photo and reads them in the parent's voice. That direction later became NoryCard and NoryBook.
4. 2026 High Performance Computing Support
Budit receives high performance computing (GPU) resources for AI development and inference under a program aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of Korea's AI industry.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Ministry of Science and ICT, NIPA |
| Operator | Korea Association for ICT Promotion (KAIT) |
| Support | GPU resources for AI development and inference |
- National AI Computing Resource Portal, 2026 HPC support user call
- Venture Investment Portal, KAIT 2026 HPC support user call
5. Seoul AI Hub HPC Infrastructure Support, Track 2
Budit was selected as a Track 2 participating company in the Seoul AI Hub's high performance computing infrastructure support program for the first half of 2026.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Seoul AI Hub |
| Program | High Performance Computing Infrastructure Support, first half of 2026 |
| Track | Track 2 |
6. 2026 Media Startup Support Program
Selected by the Korea Press Foundation, Budit receives commercialization funding and news data. Through this program Budit can use the API of BigKinds, the foundation's news big data service, free for two years. BigKinds provides news from 104 outlets (per the BigKinds guide as of Sep 17, 2026). The data is used for topic discovery in NoryLogic.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Korea Press Foundation |
| Support | 30 million won in commercialization funding and two years of free BigKinds API access |
| Additional | Dedicated mentoring, field specific training and networking, and partner cloud programs with credits |
| Awards | Outstanding startups awarded at the final review, 10 million won in total prizes |
- Notice: Korea Press Foundation, 2026 Media Startup Support Program
- Number of outlets: BigKinds, collected news information
7. Google for Startups Cloud Program
Budit joined as a participating company and receives program benefits including Google Cloud credits.
Where the support goes
The computing resources go into NoryBook's illustration personalization and voice synthesis and into NoryCard's object recognition in photos. The BigKinds news data goes into NoryLogic's topic discovery, and the supplier status from the AI voucher and Everyone's Startup programs lets Budit supply AI solutions to traditional industries and startups. The technology behind each service is described on About and Services.
Program details and schedules follow the organizers' notices and may change.