Jeonbuk National University’s campus in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province / Courtesy of Jeonbuk National University

Hops BioSciences, a startup spun off from Jeonbuk National University, has been selected for the Daonda Program, a global corporate collaboration initiative.

The university said that through the program, the company will pursue an artificial intelligence (AI) transformation strategy aimed at integrating AI throughout the drug development process.

The program is jointly operated by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development and Dassault Systèmes, a global French software company.

The initiative supports promising Korean startups in enhancing their technological competitiveness by leveraging Dassault Systèmes’ technologies, expertise and global network.