In the era of the AI revolution, Korea launches the 2025 AI Champion Competition, a nationwide contest designed to discover innovative AI technologies and the creative, ambitious talent behind them. As Korea’s largest and longest-running AI competition, the event draws an extraordinary 630 teams and 3,410 applicants, all competing for the chance to make their mark in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. This series follows the intense competition up close, revealing the ideas, breakthroughs, setbacks, and challenges behind the teams’ journeys, and the relentless process that ultimately produces the No. 1 team, awarded 3 billion won in follow-up research funding.