Nvidia broadens ties with Korean firms during CEO's Seoul swing

Nvidia has expanded its artificial intelligence (AI) partnerships with a broad range of Korean businesses during CEO Jensen Huang's whirlwind meetings with top business leaders in Seoul, laying the foundations for wide-ranging cooperation encompassing joint chip development, data center infrastructure and physical AI initiatives.

On Monday alone, Huang met SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo, Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun, Naver Chairman of the Board Lee Hae-jin and other key figures in Korea's tech industries.

SK Group and Nvidia announced a long-term partnership spanning joint development of chips and AI infrastructure expansion.

Unlike the previous relationship between the two sides, in which SK hynix stood as a major memory chip supplier, the new partnership aims for a broader collaboration across SK Group affiliates, including SK Telecom. “We are securing a long-term agreement.

We are co-designing our road maps together so that Nvidia's architecture and SK hynix's memory technology can advance together, allowing us to achieve the high