Hyundai’s Chung, Nvidia’s Huang Meet at Santa Clara Headquarters for Follow-Up AI Talks
Summary
- Chung and Huang held follow-up talks at Nvidia headquarters on autonomous driving, robotics and manufacturing AI.
- Hyundai Motor Group said it plans to invest $6.5 billion in Saemangeum to build a future-technology growth hub that includes AI, robotics, hydrogen energy, solar power and an AI hydrogen city.
- Hyundai Motor Group and Nvidia said they will strengthen robotics and autonomous-driving operations and physical AI capabilities by securing 50,000 Blackwell GPUs, investing about $3 billion, and establishing an AI technology center.
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Meeting comes 46 days after Huang’s June 8 visit to South Korea
Follow-up discussions included robotics and the Saemangeum AI Valley project
Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung met with Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang on July 24 at Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The meeting came 46 days after the two last met at Hyundai Motor Group’s headquarters in Seoul on June 8.
Nvidia disclosed the meeting on July 25 in a post on X, formerly Twitter, releasing a photo of Chung visiting its Santa Clara headquarters with Huang.
The two discussed autonomous driving, robotics and manufacturing AI during the visit, according to the report. The meeting also served as a follow-up to cooperation plans the companies discussed in June.
During his June 8 trip to South Korea, Huang visited Hyundai Motor Group’s headquarters in Seoul’s Seocho district, where he and Chung discussed cooperation across a range of fields. Huang also referred to Saemangeum, a planned Hyundai investment site, as South Korea’s “AI Valley” and mentioned possible cooperation on projects including data centers. The latest meeting likely also covered Saemangeum-related cooperation.
Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest 9 trillion won ($6.5 billion) in phases starting this year at its 1.124 million-square-meter Saemangeum site. The company aims to build a future-technology growth hub spanning robotics, AI, hydrogen energy, solar power and an AI hydrogen city.
Hyundai Motor Group has been expanding its collaboration with Nvidia since last year. It signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia in January 2025 and then reached another agreement in October 2025 to advance physical AI capabilities in South Korea.
The automaker has secured 50,000 next-generation Blackwell GPUs to support its robotics and autonomous-driving businesses. The two companies also agreed to invest about $3 billion to establish an Nvidia AI Technology Center and a Hyundai Motor Group Physical AI Application Center in South Korea.
In March, Hyundai Motor Group said it would begin jointly developing next-generation autonomous-driving solutions by combining its in-house software-defined vehicle capabilities with Nvidia’s autonomous-driving technology.
Chung and Huang are also scheduled to attend the San Francisco AI Summit on July 24, an event expected to draw South Korean business leaders and big tech executives.
Choi Su-jin, Hankyung.com reporter naive@hankyung.com
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