A milestone for the future of Korea's AI industry, recorded permanently on the blockchain.
On December 11, at COMEUP 2025, an important milestone was set for the future of Korea's AI industry — a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by three organizations: Korea Startup Forum, NAVER Cloud and NAVER Arabia.
PARAMETA provided its blockchain technology so that the contents of this meaningful agreement would be preserved permanently and beyond alteration. In this post, we look at what the agreement means and at the technical credibility behind it.
1. A three-way alliance for AI startup innovation and global expansion
This MOU has been called a "national AI project." At its core is a plan to energize the AI startup ecosystem on the back of an AI foundation model developed independently by a Korean company, and then to pursue entry into Middle Eastern markets through NAVER Arabia's network.
- NAVER Cloud: AI infrastructure and technical support
- NAVER Arabia: local intelligence and networks in the Middle East
- Korea Startup Forum: identifying promising startups and supporting policy
2. broof, the technology that proves a promise won't change
Because the agreement matters so much, the three parties went beyond simply signing a document and took a special extra step: recording the original agreement permanently on the blockchain.
PARAMETA recorded the MOU document on the blockchain using broof, its blockchain-based certificate issuance service. That makes tampering with the agreement's contents fundamentally impossible, and enables permanent preservation and transparent verification without any separate database. In effect, the parties used technology to prove their mutual trust in the most definitive way available.
3. Trust technology verified at the national level
What matters more than the mere use of blockchain is which technology did the recording. The core PARAMETA technology used here has proven its reliability on the following grounds.
- Sole K-BTF operator: PARAMETA is the sole contractor for the Public Blockchain Trust Framework (K-BTF) project driven by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA).
- CSAP certification: It was the first in the blockchain field to obtain the Cloud Security Assurance Program (CSAP) certification, securing public-sector-grade security.
Financial-grade infrastructure: That same technology also serves as the foundation for ParaSta, PARAMETA's stablecoin management solution.
In short, the integrity technology applied to financial and public infrastructure is exactly what preserved this agreement.
4. From the public sector to trust infrastructure for private business
PARAMETA had already built trust infrastructure at the government level, issuing the letters of appointment for members of the National AI Strategy Committee through broof. By now supporting a large-scale, privately led agreement as well, PARAMETA is establishing itself as the standard for digital proof and trust across both the public and private sectors.
PARAMETA CEO JH Kim commented on the agreement:
It is deeply meaningful that an agreement that will shape national AI competitiveness has been recorded in the safest and most transparent way through PARAMETA's technology. PARAMETA will continue to set the most trustworthy technical standard in every domain that requires authenticating and permanently preserving important documents
PARAMETA CEO JH Kim
Building on proven technology, PARAMETA will continue to serve as core infrastructure in every area of business where trust is required.