From Chips to Skills, NVIDIA and Korea Expand Sovereign AI Collaboration

NVIDIA and Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) are expanding their partnership to strengthen the country’s sovereign AI ecosystem. The collaboration spans AI semiconductors, data center infrastructure, talent development, startups, models, agents, and security. Korean NPU and XPU companies will explore participation in the NVIDIA NVLink Fusion ecosystem, while training and certification programs, hackathons, and technical seminars will enhance GPU utilization across the sector.

Through Korea’s AI for All initiative, NVIDIA will work with three selected consortia and four leading Korean foundation model builders. The effort will use NVIDIA Dynamo software to optimize and scale AI inference for local models. The collaboration aims to accelerate the development of sovereign AI capabilities tailored to Korean needs and workloads.

NVIDIA also announced a new collaboration with SK Telecom and Rebellions, supported by MSIT, to advance sovereign AI infrastructure. The partnership focuses on deploying NVIDIA NVLink Fusion to enhance performance for Korean AI models and workloads. This initiative is part of broader efforts to ensure Korea’s AI infrastructure meets domestic requirements.

The expanded collaboration reflects NVIDIA’s commitment to supporting Korea’s AI ambitions through technology, training, and infrastructure. By integrating local companies and consortia, the initiative seeks to foster innovation while maintaining technological sovereignty in AI development.