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Nvidia Backs Korean Startup Point2 and Plans Stakes in Upstage, Motif and RLWRLD

The investments, announced at a Seoul forum co-hosted with Korea's science ministry, span chip interconnects, foundation models and robotics. Nvidia did not disclose any amounts.

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Nvidia has invested in Point2 Technology, a startup building radio-frequency links for AI data centres, and plans further investments in Motif Technologies, RLWRLD and Upstage, the chipmaker said on Monday. Nvidia did not disclose the size of any of the stakes.

The announcement came at the MSIT-NVIDIA AI Startup Partnership Forum, which Nvidia co-hosted with South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT at the COEX convention centre in Seoul. Ryu Je-myung, vice minister of science and ICT, joined Nvidia executives to meet more than 20 Korean startups working on foundation models, physical AI, AI infrastructure and AI chips, the company said in a blog post.

The four companies cover different layers of the AI stack. Point2's technology connects chips and racks inside AI clusters using radio frequency. Nvidia presented it as an alternative to the copper and optical links that clusters use today. The amount of data that can move between processors is one of the main limits on how large these systems can grow.

Motif Technologies is a Seoul-based lab that builds foundation models for AI agents designed to carry out complex tasks. It has released Motif-3, a large language model, with open weights. Upstage, an enterprise AI company, makes the Solar family of language models and document AI tools that pull information out of complex business documents.

RLWRLD has offices in San Francisco, Seoul and Tokyo and develops foundation models for humanoid and industrial robots. Nvidia said the models target tasks that need five-finger dexterity, such as precisely inserting components, threading nuts onto bolts and picking parts from moving conveyors.

Nvidia said the investments build on its existing ties to Korea's startup community. More than 1,000 Korea-based companies belong to Nvidia Inception, its programme that gives young companies preferred pricing, technical support and introductions to investors.

The Seoul forum follows other Korea announcements from Nvidia in recent days. These include a pact with the science ministry, projects with large Korean companies, and an arrangement with Rebellions and SK Telecom to connect Korean inference chips to Nvidia systems. Nvidia has not said when the planned investments in Motif, RLWRLD and Upstage will close.

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  • NVIDIA · NVIDIA Announces New Planned Investments in Korean Startups at the MSIT-NVIDIA AI Startup Partnership Forum

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