NVIDIA and KAIST Launch Joint AI Research Lab to Accelerate AI Innovation in Korea

Information Summa y:

• NVIDIA a d KAIST a e lau chi g a joi t AI esea ch lab on the KAIST Kim Jaechul G aduate College of AI i Seoul, devoted to adva ci g age tic AI fashions a d age t methods constructed fo South Ko ea’s i mud ies, la guage a d futu e.
• The collabo atio i cludes compute co t ibutio s, fu di g fo no less than 10 KAIST esea che s a ually with NVIDIA i te ships, plus full-time NVIDIA oles fo prime Ko ea esea che s — c eati g ew pathways fo Ko ea’s AI story t.
• A co e focus is developi g fashions optimized fo Ko ea, usi g NVIDIA Nemot o ope fashions a d native NVIDIA Cloud Pa t e i f ast uctu e to construct a pipeli e f om tutorial esea ch to e te p ise a d atio al AI deployme ts.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. a d SEOUL, July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NVIDIA a d the Ko ea Adva ced I stitute of Scie ce a d Tech ology (KAIST) as we speak a ou ced the lau ch of a joi t AI esea ch labo ato y on the KAIST Kim Jaechul G aduate College of AI i Seoul, devoted to adva ci g age tic AI fo South Ko ea.

The collabo atio will set up a obust tutorial AI esea ch p og am, b i gi g togethe NVIDIA full-stack AI expe tise, NVIDIA Nemot o ™ ope fashions a d NVIDIA AI Cloud pa t e computi g with the wo ld-class scie tific story t at KAIST, o e of Asia’s p emie esea ch u ive sities.

“Ko ea is residence to leadi g AI esea che s a d is o e of the wo ld’s most adva ced tech ology ecosystems,” mentioned Invoice Dally, chief scie tist a d se io vice p eside t of esea ch at NVIDIA. “The joi t NVIDIA-KAIST esea ch lab will p ovide a fou datio fo the ext f o tie of AI esea ch to accele ate AI fashions a d age t methods constructed fo Ko ea’s i mud ies, la guage a d futu e.”

“AI esea ch is e te i g a ew e a — o e that equi es f o tie story t, la ge-scale i f ast uctu e a d deep collabo atio ac oss academia a d i mud y,” mentioned Hyu woo Kim, i comi g school membe on the KAIST Kim Jaechul G aduate College of AI, who will se ve as head of the joi t NVIDIA-KAIST lab upo joi i g KAIST. “Togethe , NVIDIA a d KAIST Kim Jaechul G aduate College of AI will pu sue bold wo ok that helps Ko ea att act a d etai prime AI scie tists whereas buildi g lasti g ties with NVIDIA’s international esea ch o ga izatio .”

Full-Stack I f ast uctu e, Ope Fashions a d Collabo atio Gasoline Ko ea’s AI Futu eThe lab shall be established on the KAIST Kim Jaechul G aduate College of AI i Seoul. KAIST, headqua te ed i the tech hub of Daejeo , has a st o g focus o public esea ch spa i g e gi ee i g, AI, semico ducto tech ology, obotics a d digital huma ities.

The joi t lab pla s to fu d no less than 10 KAIST esea che s a ually a d p ovide every with i te ship oppo tu ities at NVIDIA. I additio , NVIDIA pla s to hello e exceptio al Ko ea esea che s fo full-time positio s. Togethe , these effo ts will c eate st o ge pathways fo Ko ea’s prime AI story t to pu sue bold esea ch, construct lo g-te m ca ee s a d deepe international collabo atio betwee academia a d i mud y.

The $300 millio collabo atio is anticipated to i clude $50-millio -pe -yea compute co t ibutio s ac oss a i itial five-yea pe iod. Compute i f ast uctu e f om native NVIDIA Cloud Pa t e s will p ovide esea che s with di ect entry to the most recent NVIDIA AI i f ast uctu e.

Amo g the lab’s p io ities shall be developi g fashions optimized fo the Ko ea la guage a d Ko ea-specific use circumstances, with NVIDIA Nemot o ope fashions to adva ce the cou t y’s AI capabilities, foste i g a pipeli e f om tutorial discove y to e te p ise a d atio al AI deployme ts.

About KAISTThe Ko ea Adva ced I stitute of Scie ce a d Tech ology (KAIST) is a public esea ch u ive sity i Daejeo , South Ko ea. Fou ded i 1971, KAIST is co siste tly a ked amo g Asia’s prime u ive sities i scie ce a d e gi ee i g a d has p oduced ma y of Ko ea’s leadi g scie tists, e gi ee s, a d e t ep e eu s. Fo mo e i fo matio , go to www.kaist.ac.ok .

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