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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang promotes AI ties in South Korea with TV and baseball appearances
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Huang's four-day South Korea visit included meetings with Samsung and Hyundai, a talk show appearance, and a ceremonial first pitch, underscoring the country's growing role in Nvidia's AI supply chain.
Key facts
- At the APEC Summit in October 2025, Nvidia announced a partnership involving over 250,000 GPUs earmarked to bolster South Korea’s AI infrastructure
- The visit, which ran from June 5 to June 8, included an appearance on the wildly popular Korean talk show “You Quiz on the Block” and a ceremonial first pitch at a Doosan Bears baseball game
- A dedicated tracking website set up to follow Huang’s South Korea itinerary attracted over 70,000 visitors, a staggering number for what amounts to a CEO’s travel schedule
- The commitment of over 250,000 GPUs announced at APEC was the opening move
Summary
Jensen Huang, the leather jacket-wearing CEO of Nvidia, spent four days in South Korea this past week doing something most tech executives never attempt: becoming a genuine pop culture figure in a foreign market while simultaneously locking down critical supply chain partnerships. The visit, which ran from June 5 to June 8, included an appearance on the wildly popular Korean talk show “You Quiz on the Block” and a ceremonial first pitch at a Doosan Bears baseball game. South Korea is home to the world’s most advanced manufacturers of high-bandwidth memory chips, the specialized components that make Nvidia’s AI GPUs work. At the APEC Summit in October 2025, Nvidia announced a partnership involving over 250,000 GPUs earmarked to bolster South Korea’s AI infrastructure.