Korean President and business leaders meet Nvidia and OpenAI executives in the U.S.

President Lee Jae Myung and Korean business leaders will meet with executives of Big Tech firms during his visit to the United States later this week, his office said Wednesday, highlighting Korea’s growing role in the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry and strengthening ties with key players in the sector. Lee will embark on a five-nation trip on Friday, visiting Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Germany and the U.S. National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac and presidential chief of staff for policy Kim Yong-bum said Lee will meet Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan in separate meetings in San Francisco. The presidential office said the meetings are part of the president’s schedule to engage with global AI leaders and Silicon Valley venture capitalists. "Through meetings with CEOs of global Big Tech companies, the president will emphasize Korea's commitment to AI investment and global cooperation while securing tangible outcomes such as investment partnerships from key enterprises," Kim said. The presidential office sai

The heads of Korean firms Samsung Electronics, SK Group and Naver are expected to meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Silicon Valley in the United States this week, marking a rare gathering of global artificial intelligence (AI) industry leaders. A roundtable-style meeting between Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Naver Board Chair Lee Hae-jin and Huang is expected to take place on Friday (local time), with discussions expected to focus on ways to strengthen cooperation in memory chips, graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructure and generative AI services amid growing demand for AI technologies. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are also expected to attend, further elevating the significance of the meeting. If confirmed, the gathering would be unprecedented, bringing together leaders of the world's two largest memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK Group's SK hynix, AI chip leader Nvidia, and generative AI developers Naver, OpenAI and Anthropic. Just over a month ago, Huang visited Korea and held separate me