Jensen Huang: 'Building AI Cloud in Korea... Collaborating on Nemotron and Physical AI'

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited Naver's second headquarters, 1784, on Monday and announced, "We will build a massive artificial intelligence (AI) cloud in Korea and across the world."

"Naver is Korea's first cloud and AI company, and the partnership between our two companies has been a highly valuable asset to me for a long time," Huang said. "Chairman Lee is a pioneer in the technology sector and a global leader."

Previously, the two companies announced plans to build a gigawatt (GW)-scale, ultra-large global AI factory.

"Naver was the first company in Asia to adopt Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) to build a SuperPOD, which is how our relationship began," Chairman Lee responded. "Since you invited me to San Francisco last time, we have been working together based on the blueprint for our future partnership that you, CEO Huang, personally drew on a whiteboard."

Huang made the remarks during a meeting with Naver Board Chairman Lee Hae-jin on Monday afternoon at Naver's 1784 headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, raising expectations for AI infrastructure cooperation between Naver and Nvidia.

During a media scrum with Chairman Lee, Huang announced three areas of cooperation with Naver: Nemotron, AI cloud, and physical AI.

"Nvidia's Frontier AI Lab is partnering with Naver," Huang said. "We are teaming up with Naver in the Nemotron Alliance to build open frontier AI models."

According to Huang, Naver's role in the Nemotron Alliance is to fine-tune frontier AI models for Naver Cloud, Naver Robotics, and Naver services, and to work with Nvidia to create world models.

Huang added, "The two companies will cooperate to build an AI cloud. Naver is already the largest cloud service provider in Korea, and we plan to expand the AI factory to gigawatts (GW) in the future."

He also emphasized, "Lastly, physical AI is an area where Korea holds a massive advantage. Naver has been building robotic systems for a long time, and when I was upstairs earlier, I enjoyed an iced coffee served by a robot. We will cooperate with Naver to accelerate this even further."

When asked about Naver's differentiation compared to other major South Korean conglomerates cooperating with Nvidia, Chairman Lee emphasized, "The reason Nvidia chose Naver is that we are the only company in Korea capable of meeting the rapidly growing demand of the AI market right now, rather than just having simple future plans."

Huang also said at an event prepared by Naver Webtoon, "The more GPUs (graphics processing units) you have, the more you can work, and the happier you can be."

He also remarked, "GPUs are happiness."

To commemorate the meeting of the two, Naver Webtoon presented a short comic created by the authors of "The Greatest Estate Developer," one of its flagship titles.

Huang also appeared on a Chzzk live broadcast held at the Vision Studio on the B1 floor of Naver 1784.

He remarked, "Until gaming was introduced to Korea, it was just something people played for fun, but thanks to Koreans who love to win and want to make everything perfect, it finally became a sport."

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