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Nvidia forges AI deals with S. Korea's biggest companies

The Straits Times

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November 01, 2025

Nvidia has forged a landmark deal to supply its technology to South Korea’s biggest companies, part of an aggressive push to expand artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure around the world.

Nvidia forges AI deals with S. Korea's biggest companies

(From left) Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong, Hyundai chairman Chung Eui-sun and Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang enjoying beer at a restaurant in Seoul on Oct 30. Mr. Huang is on a globe-trotting push to spread the use of artificial intelligence computing.

(PHOTO: AFP)

Under agreements brokered with the country’s Ministry of Science and a trio of corporations - Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor and SK Group — Nvidia will be supplying more than 260,000 of its accelerator chips to help jump-start Korean AI projects.

The US company did not disclose the financial terms of the deals.

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