Krafton Chairman emphasizes AI expansion and stepping outside comfort zones

Krafton Chairman Chang Byung-gyu highlighted the importance of pursuing new possibilities by leaving established comfort zones during a keynote speech at the 2026 Chung Ju-yung Entrepreneurship Competition. He shared personal experiences regarding career shifts and global service challenges to illustrate how stepping into the unknown drives growth.

Krafton is currently undergoing an ‘AI First’ organizational transition. The company is investing approximately 100 billion won to build a high-performance GPU cluster based on NVIDIA B300, aimed at supporting large language model (LLM) research, game AI, and internal operations. To bolster this initiative, Krafton established a Chief AI Officer (CAIO) position and is conducting its largest-ever recruitment drive, seeking over 100 new employees across six technical and business sectors.