Three Generative AI-Based Innovative Startups Selected... Full-Scale Collaboration with Shinhan Card Begins

Shinhan Card (President Park Chang-hoon) held the "Startup TechBlaze" competition awards ceremony to discover and nurture promising AI startups in partnership with Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center (Director Lee Young-keun) on March 19. The awards ceremony was held at Shinhan Card headquarters in Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul with key officials including Park Chang-seok, Executive Vice President of Shinhan Card Strategy Business Group, and Kim Young-jun, Innovation Business Division Director of Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center. TechBlaze is a program discovering generative AI-based startups that can provide innovative services to financial consumers -- evaluating business model innovation, technical completeness, growth potential, and collaborative value with Shinhan Card. Three winning startups selected: Minds&Company (AI-based financial document analysis); Sapere Aude (personalized financial advisory AI); StartMind (AI-driven behavioral finance application). The winners will participate in a collaborative program with Shinhan Card -- accessing Shinhan Card anonymized transaction data for model training, receiving mentorship from Shinhan Card executives, and potentially integrating their AI solutions into Shinhan Card products and services.