NVIDIA and Korea Expand Sovereign AI Work, from Chips to Startups and Models
NVIDIA and Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT are widening their partnership. It covers semiconductors, startups, open models and agent security.
NVIDIA and Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) are expanding their collaboration across the country's sovereign AI ecosystem. It spans AI semiconductors, data center infrastructure, talent, startups, models, agents and security. It also lays groundwork for Korean NPU and XPU companies to explore joining the NVIDIA NVLink Fusion ecosystem.
At a joint startup forum at COEX, MSIT and NVIDIA met with more than 20 Korean startups. They work in foundation models, physical AI, AI infrastructure and AI semiconductors. NVIDIA announced an investment in Korean startup Point2, with more investments planned.
Why it matters: It shows how nations are building local AI stacks, and which open Korean models are now easier to deploy.
On the model side, NVIDIA is releasing Dynamo-optimized deployment recipes for four Korean open models. They are A.X K2 from SK Telecom, K-EXAONE 2.0 from LG AI Research, Solar Open 2 from Upstage and Motif-3 from Motif Technologies. On agent security, Hyundai Motor Group is exploring NVIDIA NemoClaw blueprints and the OpenShell runtime. AIM Intelligence is integrating its Starfort platform with OpenShell.
What builders should know
- Dynamo recipes help split large models across multiple GPUs.
- Four Korean open models now have optimized deployment recipes.
- OpenShell is being used for secure enterprise agents.
Sources: NVIDIA