LG Electronics and NVIDIA, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors, are strengthening their technological alliance to expand the K-EXAONE ecosystem.
On Tuesday, LG AI Research held a strategic meeting at its headquarters in Magok, Seoul. Co-Director Lim Woo-hyung and other executives met with NVIDIA’s Vice President of Applied Research, Bryan Catanzaro, and Jung So-young, the head of NVIDIA Korea. They discussed next-generation AI model development and joint ecosystem strategies, as announced on Wednesday.
The two tech giants agreed to significantly broaden their collaboration. They plan to jointly develop specialized models that combine LG’s ultra-large AI model EXAONE with NVIDIA’s open ecosystem Nemo Megatron.
This partnership builds on their previous close collaboration, which focused on ensuring data training quality and optimizing inference performance from EXAONE 3.0 to the latest multimodal AI, EXAONE 4.5. NVIDIA has been instrumental in enhancing EXAONE’s learning efficiency by providing its cutting-edge graphic processing unit (GPU), Blackwell, and advanced AI development platforms.
The collaboration is already yielding impressive results. In the recent AI Index Report published by Stanford University’s Human-Centered AI Institute, South Korea was ranked as the third most notable country for AI models globally. Notably, four out of five selected models, including K-EXAONE, were products of LG AI Research.
Catanzaro, NVIDIA’s Vice President, stated that NVIDIA has been a key partner in elevating EXAONE to become Korea’s premier AI model. He emphasized that their partnership will lead the way in sovereign AI development and contribute significantly to ecosystem expansion.
LG is ramping up its AI initiatives by forging stronger alliances with big tech companies.
Co-Director Lim of LG AI Research commented that they’re aiming to expand the collaboration beyond research and development, creating tangible results that will have a real impact across various industries.
In a related development, LG Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Koo Kwang-mo has been actively bolstering the group’s AI competitiveness. Earlier this month, he visited Silicon Valley to exchange insights on accelerating AI transformation with global AI leaders, including Palantir.