South Korean Business Leaders to Meet Global Tech CEOs on AI Cooperation

SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top business leaders, including Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong, are set to meet with Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang and other global tech executives in the United States later this week to discuss cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI), industry sources said Wednesday.

A meeting in San Francisco on Friday (U.S. time), organized by the South Korean government, will bring together Lee, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung, Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, according to the sources.

At a dinner hosted by President Lee Jae Myung, the executives are also expected to exchange views on industry trends and explore business opportunities in the AI sector.

The events are part of President Lee's visit to the U.S. on his way to South America.

The meetings came after Huang visited South Korea in June and met with top executives from Korean companies in the AI-related industry, such as Samsung Electronics, SK hynix Inc., Hyundai Motor Group, LG Group, Naver Corp. and NC.

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, the world's two largest memory chipmakers, are key suppliers to Nvidia and other AI companies, while Hyundai Motor Group has expanded its presence in physical AI through its robotics subsidiary, Boston Dynamics.