# LG AI Research — The honor of receiving Presidential Citation! Leading software innovation with EXAONE

- Company: LG AI Research (lgresearch.ai)
- Announced: 2025-12-02T00:00:00+00:00
- Category: funding-company-news
- Subject: EXAONE
- Models affected: EXAONE 3.0, EXAONE 3.5, EXAONE 3.5 32B, EXAONE Deep, EXAONE 4.0
- Source: https://www.lgresearch.ai/blog/view?seq=603
- Record: https://forck.live/items/4771-the-honor-of-receiving-presidential-citation-leading-software-innovation-with

Jinsik Lee, leader of the EXAONE Lab at LG AI Research, received a Presidential Citation for contributions to the software industry, in part for developing South Korea's first large-scale AI model and releasing open-weight models. The post highlights achievements of the EXAONE model series, including download numbers, benchmark comparisons, and international recognition.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://www.lgresearch.ai/blog/view?seq=603:

> Jinsik Lee, Leader of the EXAONE Lab, has been awarded the Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service to the Software Industry in recognition of his contributions to the advancement of the software industry.

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