{
  "id": 16720713,
  "title": "KT unveils AI platform Token Factory, eyes new growth business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/kt-unveils-ai-platform-token-factory-eyes-new-growth-business",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-27T07:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20261027/kt-unveils-ai-platform-token-factory-eyes-new-growth-business"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KT, a leading telecommunications company, has unveiled an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) platform called Token Factory. The new platform aims to create a fresh growth business for KT by helping companies effectively manage and control their AI costs. The company announced the launch of Token Factory on Tuesday, with the service set to go live the following Friday.\n\nToken Factory provides access to 73 AI models through a single platform, consolidating models hosted on KT's domestic infrastructure and models from major global providers. The company plans to expand the platform's offerings to over 500 models by November, in collaboration with OpenRouter, a prominent AI model marketplace.\n\nThe launch of Token Factory unifies AI model selection, usage management, and billing into one comprehensive service. This allows businesses to access multiple models through a single API, eliminating the need to sign up for and connect to each model individually. Park Sang-won, executive vice president of KT's AX Business Division, highlighted the importance of this development during a press conference held at the company's headquarters in Seoul. He emphasized that competition in the AI industry is shifting from merely creating better models to finding effective ways to utilize AI.",
  "summary": "KT is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that automatically selects models for different tasks and bills customers based on token usage, as it seeks to build a new growth business by helping companies control AI costs. The telecom company announced Tuesday that it will roll out KT Token Factory on Friday, offering access to 73 AI models through a single platform, including models…",
  "key_points": [
    "KT unveils AI platform Token Factory",
    "Platform aims to create new growth business for KT",
    "Over 500 AI models to be added by November"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Consolidating diverse model access and billing into a single interface shifts the competitive focus from model development toward the practical management and cost-effective utilization of artificial intelligence.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}