The CEO Ready to Challenge Nvidia With a 'Renegade' Chip

June Paik spurned a takeover offer from Meta Platforms last year. Now his South Korean company, named for a 'Mad Max' protagonist, has an Al chip entering mass production.

- BY JIYOUNG SOHN

TIM FRANCO FOR WSJ

The startup that is now one of a handful of chip makers nipping at the heels of Nvidia began in a hospital bed in Seoul a decade ago.