The Korean government, through the Ministry of Science and ICT, is investing in sovereign AI infrastructure with over 50,000 of the

Nvidia partners with South Korean government and major companies like Samsung, Hyundai, and SK Hynix to enhance artificial intelligence infrastructure and technology, providing substantial GPU resources and boosting national AI initiatives.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met the chiefs of Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor during his first official visit in more than a decade to South Korea on Thursday, highlighting the company's deepening AI ties with its tech and auto industries.

GYEONGJU, South Korea/TAIPEI -- Nvidia will work more closely with South Korea's government and biggest tech companies, including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, to build out the country's artificial intelligence infrastructure as the Lee Jae Myung administration aims for a sovereign AI model, the American AI chip titan said on Friday.

Nvidia shares rose after Amazon boosted AI investment and the chipmaker unveiled major partnerships with top South Korean firms.

Samsung and NVIDIA had a meeting in South Korea this week, and this also included an appearance by Jay Y Lee, who is the Executive Chairman of Samsung, at

SK Group and NVIDIA are deepening their partnership to advance SK hynix HBM and future memory solutions for NVIDIA GPUs, chip

Partnerships with Nvidia have boosted stocks of companies ranging from Intel to Nokia as the maker of AI chips transforms into a venture-capital giant. On his visit to South Korea timed for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit,