Nvidia and KAIST launch $300M joint AI research lab in Seoul

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

July 23, 2026 7:00 PM EDT

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NVIDIA and KAIST are launching a joint AI research lab at the KAIST Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI in Seoul, dedicated to advancing agentic AI models and agent systems built for South Koreas industries, language and future.The collaboration includes compute contributions, funding for at least 10 KAIST researchers annually with NVIDIA internships, plus full-time NVIDIA roles for top Korean researchers creating new pathways for Koreas AI talent.A core focus is developing models optimized for Korea, using NVIDIA Nemotron open models and local NVIDIA Cloud Partner... More