Nvidia Forges AI Deals With South Korea’s Biggest Companies

Samsung’s Jay Y Lee, Hyundai’s Chung Euisun and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang at a fried chicken restaurant in Seoul on Oct. 30.
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By Ian King and Yoolim Lee

October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM UTC

Updated on

October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM UTC

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

Under agreements brokered with the country’s Ministry of Science and a trio of corporations — Samsung Electronics Co., Hyundai Motor Group 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 didn’t disclose the financial terms of the deals.