President Lee Meets Global AI Leaders in San Francisco

Economy President Lee Meets Global AI Leaders in San Francisco Written: 2026-07-25 09:09:26 / Updated: 2026-07-25 09:12:58 Share Print Photo : YONHAP News President Lee Jae Myung met with the heads of three global technology companies in San Francisco on Friday local time, highlighting South Korea's push to become a global leader in artificial intelligence. The meetings with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan came on the first stop of Lee's overseas tour to the Americas. Lee told Altman that South Korea is restructuring its industries around AI and welcomed OpenAI's growing interest and investment in the country.

He also asked OpenAI to take part in the government's three flagship AI megaprojects, describing them as a national undertaking. Altman praised Lee's leadership and said South Korea is emerging as one of the world's leading countries in AI through its ambitious national initiatives. Meeting later with Huang, Lee thanked NVIDIA for helping ensure a stable supply of graphics processing units, or GPUs, saying the support has accelerated the country's AI preparations.

He reaffirmed the government's goal of making South Korea one of the world's leading AI nations and called for NVIDIA's continued cooperation. Huang said Lee's vision of building an AI-native nation has energized the country and described South Korea as entering a "golden age" of artificial intelligence. He also announced a new partnership with SK Group worth some 500 billion U.

S. dollars, while unveiling expanded cooperation with SK hynix and Samsung Electronics on advanced semiconductor technologies, as well as a major investment in Naver. Lee replied that the country is only at the beginning of its AI transformation and expressed hope that NVIDIA will continue to play a key role.

The president later met with Broadcom CEO Hock Tan and called for closer cooperation to help strengthen South Korea's AI ecosystem. Tan pledged to expand Broadcom's support for South Korea's sovereign AI initiative and its AI industry. Share Print List Share Close facebook X Copy Editor's Pick Creative [4K] fromis_9, idntt, LUN8, U-KNOW, SUNMI, HYOLYN, 8TURN, VAYONN, OURBIRTHDAY | On the way to Music Bank 260724 2026-07-24 Wonder Hours with Hyerim When Stains Find Their Melody: The Music in Our Marks 2026-07-22 K-POP News K-POP SPOTLIGHT | Beat the sticky monsoon blues with July's comeback lineup 2026-07-16 Creative [4K] fromis_9, idntt, LUN8, U-KNOW, SUNMI, HYOLYN, 8TURN, VAYONN, OURBIRTHDAY | On the way to Music Bank 260724 2026-07-24 Wonder Hours with Hyerim When Stains Find Their Melody: The Music in Our Marks 2026-07-22 K-POP News K-POP SPOTLIGHT | Beat the sticky monsoon blues with July's comeback lineup 2026-07-16