Lee Min-hyung joined The Korea Times in 2014 and has worked as a journalist mainly in Korea’s finance, tech and automotive industry. He specializes in content creation, breaking news and in-depth analysis currently on transportation and mobility. You can reach him via mhlee@koreatimes.co.kr.
LG’s top execs to visit Nvidia headquarters for ties in AI, robotics
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo, left, poses with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, at the Korean firm's headquarters in Seoul, June 8. Yonhap
By Lee Min-hyung
Senior executives from LG Group’s key affiliates are set to visit Nvidia’s headquarters in California, Monday (local time), to hammer out practical business cooperation in physical artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
The high-level visit comes just two weeks after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and at his corporate headquarters in Seoul for a landmark meeting.
At that time, the two tech leaders agreed to solidify a comprehensive partnership across the AI ecosystem, including the co-development of reference robots, AI infrastructure and future mobility.
The upcoming meeting in California underscores how rapidly the road map for cooperation between the two tech giants is taking shape.
A large-scale working group of around 30 LG executives will fly to the U.S., including LG CNS CEO Hyun Shin-gyoon, LG Electronics Chief Technology Officer Kim Byoung-hoon and LG Sciencepark head Jeong Su-heon. Experts from LG AI Research will also join the delegation.
The executives are also expected to pitch the so-called "One LG" strategy, pooling the core capabilities of the entire conglomerate to maximize synergistic cooperation with Nvidia.
The partnership aims to combine Nvidia’s end-to-end AI platform with LG’s diverse portfolio in home appliances, robotics, automotive components, smart spaces and AI infrastructure to build a next-generation AI ecosystem.