South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with the leaders of four major global technology companies in San Francisco on July 24 to advocate for increased foreign investment in Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) sector. During his two-day trip, Lee held individual discussions with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic PBC CEO Dario Amodei, and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan to promote the country's national plans for building large-scale semiconductor production clusters and AI data centers.

President Lee emphasized that these government-led initiatives aim to solidify South Korea's position as a key global chip supply hub and facilitate the transition into an AI-driven society. In his discussion with Jensen Huang, the president highlighted Korea's infrastructure expansion, while Huang noted the country's current golden era of AI adoption. During his meeting with Dario Amodei, the two parties discussed upcoming collaborative efforts, including a planned memorandum of understanding between Anthropic and the Korean science ministry focused on AI security and the cyber industry.

Sam Altman acknowledged South Korea's significance in the global AI landscape, while the president shared his personal use of ChatGPT during their meeting. In his final session with Broadcom CEO Hock Tan, Lee reiterated his request for support in establishing a robust domestic AI ecosystem. The meetings collectively served to solicit deeper investment, technical cooperation, and industry contributions from these global firms to advance the president's vision of integrating AI applications across Korea's real-world industrial structure.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with the leaders of four major global technology companies in San Francisco on July 24 to advocate for increased foreign investment in Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) sector. During his two-day trip, Lee held individual discussions with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic PBC CEO Dario Amodei, and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan to promote the country's national plans for building large-scale semiconductor production clusters and AI data centers.

President Lee emphasized that these government-led initiatives aim to solidify South Korea's position as a key global chip supply hub and facilitate the transition into an AI-driven society. In his discussion with Jensen Huang, the president highlighted Korea's infrastructure expansion, while Huang noted the country's current golden era of AI adoption. During his meeting with Dario Amodei, the two parties discussed upcoming collaborative efforts, including a planned memorandum of understanding between Anthropic and the Korean science ministry focused on AI security and the cyber industry.

Sam Altman acknowledged South Korea's significance in the global AI landscape, while the president shared his personal use of ChatGPT during their meeting. In his final session with Broadcom CEO Hock Tan, Lee reiterated his request for support in establishing a robust domestic AI ecosystem. The meetings collectively served to solicit deeper investment, technical cooperation, and industry contributions from these global firms to advance the president's vision of integrating AI applications across Korea's real-world industrial structure.