NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang stopped by Seoul National University for a Build-a-Claw pop-up, packed with students, developers and AI researchers building intelligent agents from the ground up.
“The entire industry, the entire world is changing. Everyone is in the same starting line just like you,” Huang told the crowd. “It’s a great opportunity for you to shape this technology, to apply this technology. It’s brand new technology, so you are the expert.”
Today, NVIDIA and LG Group announced plans to build an AI factory to support LG’s robotics, autonomous driving, data center technologies and GPU cloud services.
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang met with LG Group chairman Koo Kwang-mo while in Korea as the companies expand their AI collaboration.
The combination of LG’s production technology data and know-how from global manufacturing sites with NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure and digital twin technologies will help enhance AI-driven manufacturing AI competitiveness. The two companies will collaborate to build an autonomous manufacturing ecosystem in which the entire process — from raw material procurement to production, logistics and customer delivery — is connected in real time through data and AI, and establish it as a new global smart factory standard.
Speaking with reporters in Seoul, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won outlined an expanded AI partnership. This builds on a multiyear partnership announced today to codevelop memory for four NVIDIA platforms spanning AI infrastructure, personal AI and physical AI.
NVIDIA’s work with SK also extends to AI infrastructure. SK Telecom plans to build a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in Korea using the NVIDIA DSX platform to support sovereign, physical and agentic AI services.
Sunday at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang threw out the first pitch for the mighty Doosan Bears, joined by Doosan Group chairman Park Jeong-won on the field.
The event underscored the two companies’ collaboration , which is expanding to advance new opportunities across physical AI, robotics and AI factory infrastructure, spanning Doosan Robotics, Doosan Bobcat, Doosan Enerbility and Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials BG.
The collaboration will bring together NVIDIA’s full-stack accelerated computing platforms with Doosan Group’s capabilities in industrial automation, power generation and advanced electronics materials to support next-generation AI infrastructure.
On Friday in Seoul, Huang headed to T1 Base Camp — a PC bang owned by T1, one of Korea’s top esports teams. There, he met with T1’s reigning League of Legends World Champion team, including six-time World Champion Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok to unveil RTX Spark.
Today, Huang headed to Seoul’s Gangnam district, where he surprised PC-bang gamers with a first look at RTX Spark with KRAFTON and NC.
At the first stop, Optimum Zone PC, Huang and KRAFTON Chairman Byung-gyu Chang showcased PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and Subnautica 2 on RTX Spark to a captivated crowd of gamers.
Next, Huang stopped at another PC bang, Portal PC, where he showcased NC’s CINDER CITY and AION 2 on RTX Spark, with support from Taekjin Kim, co-CEO of NC.
To shouts of “Welcome to Korea” from the crowd gathered outside on a Friday night, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang visited Seoul’s popular Hongdae district for a sit-down with the heads of some of Korea’s leading technology companies over a meal of Korean BBQ.
Huang joined SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won, LG Group chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Naver chairman Lee Hae-jin for a casual night filled with food and plenty of toasts. “Go Korea, go SK, go LG, go Naver,” Huang said with his glass raised.
Twice during the dinner, Huang stepped outside to pass out snacks to the crowds gathered hoping for a glimpse of the tech leaders inside.
Fittingly, Huang and Chey handed out “HBM Chips,” to cheers from the crowd. HBM references SK Hynix’s leading “high-bandwidth memory,” but in the case of the snack, HBM stands for “honey banana mat (flavor).” Get it?
On the heels of GTC Taipei at COMPUTEX, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang touched down in Seoul Friday afternoon, greeted by fans and media as his visit got underway.
A key focus of the trip, Huang said: to align the AI supply chain ahead of a busy second half of the year.
“We have a very significant, very large AI infrastructure buildout — already a very successful first half,” Huang told media. “Grace Blackwell, our system, is doing very well, and Vera Rubin is in full production — so we are going to be very busy the second half [of the year].”
Huang also touched on the huge potential for robotics and physical AI in Korea.
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Reference reading
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/korea-ecosystem-2026/#primary
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/author/nvidiawriters/
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/korea-ecosystem-2026/#disqus_thread
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