Why You Need to Build an AI-Native Company β And How to Actually Do It
Session Overview
The rise of AI means it's time to redefine what a "company" actually is. Rather than treating AI as a "copilot," this session shares how to put AI at the center and build a genuinely self-improving company β along with practical approaches to agent collaboration.
Key Takeaways
- Why the rise of AI means it's time to redefine what a "company" actually is.
- The shift from treating AI as a "copilot" to putting it at the center of how a company operates.
- What it actually takes to build a self-improving company powered by AI.
- Practical approaches to agent collaboration inside a real organization.
- Lessons from three practitioners who've driven AI transformation (AX) across major Korean enterprises.
Speakers
Josh Kim is the CEO of Joshua & Company and the creator behind the "Builder Josh" channel, followed by over 60,000 subscribers. He delivers the most practical, hands-on take on AI from the perspective of both practitioners and executives, and has helped numerous companies β including SK and LG β with their AI transformation (AX).
Hyuntae Hwang is CEO of SpaceY, an enterprise AX startup. Through its Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) team, Spacewhy helps enterprise companies through AI transformation, with clients including LG, Kiwoom Securities, and other major Korean corporations. He shares lessons on enterprise AX through his YouTube channel "Prickly AI", and holds a bachelor's and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Yonsei University.
After completing his master's degree at KAIST, Hwidong Bae worked as a backend and frontend developer across a range of domains β including his own startup, indie game development, NBT (mobile advertising), Elice (software education), and KCD (finance). Believing AI would have a major impact on the world, he joined XL8 in 2021, where he led the frontend team building an AI media translation service. In 2025, he launched Korea's first vibe coding course at Fast Campus, which topped the platform's real-time rankings for several months. He now serves as AX Team Lead at Corca, focused on driving AI-powered change at the individual, team, and organizational level. Under the motto "a developer who learns and gives back," he shares his thoughts and experience on AI through his blog and social media. He co-authored So You Want to Be an AI Developer?