President Lee and Jensen Huang Meet... "SK and Nvidia to Cooperate on $500 Billion Partnership"

[Anchor]

President Lee Jae-myung, currently on a visit to the United States, met with heads of major AI tech companies, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Jensen Huang announced that Nvidia and the SK Group will launch a business partnership worth 500 billion dollars, approximately 730 trillion won.

Reporter Kang Cheongwan has the story.

[Reporter]

San Francisco City Hall officials and South Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Kang Kyung-wha greet President Lee Jae-myung and the First Lady upon their arrival in San Francisco, U.S.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie presented President Lee with a home run ball hit by Lee Jung-hoo, who plays for the San Francisco Giants in Major League Baseball.

This marks President Lee's third visit to the U.S., following his trip for the South Korea-U.S. summit last August and the UN General Assembly in September.

President Lee held successive meetings with global AI tech CEOs, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang—whom he previously met at the Gyeongju APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting last year—as well as heads from Anthropic and Broadcom.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang mentioned investment and cooperation plans with South Korean companies such as Hyundai Motor and LG, and notably announced a large-scale cooperation plan with the SK Group.

[Jensen Huang / Nvidia CEO : The SK Group and Nvidia will announce a business partnership between our two companies today. The scale of it reaches 500 billion dollars.]

At the San Francisco AI Summit, attended by figures such as Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung, President Lee Jae-myung unveiled the "San Francisco AI Declaration," outlining South Korea's AI vision and plans.

[President Lee Jae-myung : The Republic of Korea will leap forward to become a global AI production base, a foundation for innovation, and an irreplaceable global AI cooperation platform.]

Through this U.S. visit, President Lee plans to focus on elevating cooperation between global U.S. AI tech companies and South Korean firms to the next level.

(Camera Reporter: Jung Sang-bo | Video Editor: Yu Mira)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.