NVIDIA signs AI pacts with Korean government and firms at Seoul event
Rebellions will link its Rebel R200 NPU to NVIDIA platforms via NVLink Fusion, with systems due from 2028 in SK Telecom AI data centers.
NVIDIA held "NVIDIA AI Day Seoul 2026" at COEX in Seoul on November 9, 2026, announcing a set of AI cooperation agreements with the Korean government and companies including Rebellions, SK Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Kakao Mobility, LG Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group, according to digitaltoday.co.kr.
The company expanded its sovereign AI cooperation with Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT to cover AI semiconductors, data center infrastructure, talent training, startups, models, agents and security. At a startup partnership forum, NVIDIA announced an investment in AI interconnect company Point2 Technology and plans to invest further in Motif Technologies, Real World and Upstage.
On hardware, Rebellions will connect its next-generation NPU "Rebel R200" to NVIDIA platforms via NVLink Fusion and develop systems based on the NVIDIA MGX rack architecture. The Rebel R200-based systems are expected to be deployed in SK Telecom AI data centers and be available for distribution from 2028.
Samsung Electronics said it used NVIDIA cuEST in its sMOL materials research platform to run some quantum chemistry calculations up to 5x faster, and cut a chip thermal and mechanical simulation from about 18 hours to 41 seconds using PhysicsNeMo. Kakao Mobility will develop a Level 4 autonomous driving system combining its own software and Gangnam operating experience with NVIDIA Hyperion and Halos, starting with Kia PBV vehicles.
LG Electronics demonstrated manufacturing tasks for its robot "Cloid" based on NVIDIA Isaac GR00T, while Hyundai Motor Group is reviewing adoption of enterprise AI agents using the NVIDIA NeMoClaw blueprint and the OpenShell runtime. LG AI Research will release an API for K-Exaone-2.5 developed using NVIDIA NeMoTron datasets. NVIDIA also released Dynamo deployment recipes for Korean open models including SK Telecom A.X K2, LG AI Research K-Exaone 2.0, Upstage Solar Open 2 and Motif Technologies Motif-3.
Hyundai Motor Group's agent adoption and Aim Intelligence's public energy sector proof of concept are still under review, and some startup investments remain at the planning stage.
Quick answers
When will Rebellions' Rebel R200 systems be available?
Systems based on the Rebel R200 are expected to be deployed in SK Telecom AI data centers and be available for distribution from 2028.
What did Samsung Electronics report using NVIDIA technology for?
Samsung said it used NVIDIA cuEST in its sMOL materials research platform to run some quantum chemistry calculations up to 5x faster, and reduced a chip thermal and mechanical simulation from about 18 hours to 41 seconds using PhysicsNeMo.