# LG AI Research — LG Aimers 9th: Forecasting Pitch Control with AI

- Company: LG AI Research (lgresearch.ai)
- Announced: 2026-09-21
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://www.lgresearch.ai/news/view?seq=707
- Record: https://forck.live/items/12592-lg-aimers-9th-forecasting-pitch-control-with-ai
- Subject: EXAONE

LG AI Research hosted the LG Aimers 9th Hackathon, a two-day program in which 96 finalists from a record 3,393 applicants developed AI models to predict pitch control success probability in baseball, with 100 million KRW in funding support. The event included a job fair with four LG affiliates and awarded top teams for predictive precision and field usability.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://www.lgresearch.ai/news/view?seq=707:

> On September 19, LG AI Research hosted the "LG Aimers 9th Hackathon"—a practical program designed to solve industrial challenges using AI technology—at LG Inwha Academy in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, for a two-day, one-night event.

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