Samsung SDS outlines AI transformation biz strategy at REAL Summit

Samsung SDS outlined its strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) transformation during its conference for enterprise customers and industry experts, Tuesday, announcing new partnerships with leading AI firms including OpenAI, Anthropic and Walden Robotics. The IT solution company held REAL Summit 2026 at the Coex convention center in southern Seoul, drawing more than 15,000 participants both on-site and online. During his keynote speech, Samsung SDS CEO Lee June-hee stressed that AI transformation is “a much more fundamental change than simply adopting AI to save time and costs.” “AI transformation means completely redesigning the way we work from scratch, rather than improving some aspects of existing work processes with AI. It means companies that used to wait for customer requests can act before customers even ask. … AI changes how work is done, but AI transformation changes the business itself.” Lee cited a McKinsey & Company survey showing that 88 percent of global businesses have introduced at least one AI system into their work processes, but only 6 percent said AI is