# NVIDIA plans investments in Korean AI startups at a government forum that included domestic chip rivals

South Korea's science ministry hosted more than 20 startups at COEX, and Korean reports say they included the neural processing unit (NPU) designers DeepX, Rebellions and FuriosaAI, which compete with NVIDIA in inference.

- Published: 2026-11-10T06:14:13.273Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-11-10/nvidia-plans-investments-in-korean-ai-startups-at-a-governme
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- Sources: [NVIDIA Blog: Korean startups](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/korean-startup-investments-msit/), [NVIDIA Blog: Korea physical AI](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/korea-physical-ai-ecosystem/), [Asia Economy](https://view.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026110610323982187), [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/nvidia-expands-ai-ties-with-hyundai-samsung-sk-naver)

South Korea's Ministry of Science and Information and Communications Technology (MSIT) and NVIDIA hosted a startup partnership forum at COEX in Seoul on November 9. More than 20 Korean startups working on foundation models, physical AI, AI…

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