NVIDIA KAIST Lab within Korea's AI Push
KAIST and Nvidia announced a joint AI research initiative, establishing the Nvidia-KAIST AI Joint Research Center/institute to develop agentic AI and language- and industry-specific models for Korea, backed by about $300 million over five years and $50 million in yearly computing resources. The collaboration will recruit and train Korean AI researchers, offer internships and permanent roles at Nvidia, and aim to secure foundational AI technologies and boost Korea’s industrial competitiveness.
Tech · 103 sources · Jul 27, 2026Read itThe journal
Open the journal →The conversation starts in the journal — be the first to post.
About KAIST
KAIST is a national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public, research-oriented science and engineering institution. KAIST has 10,504 full-time students and 1,342 faculty researchers and had a total budget of US$765 million in 2013, of which US$459 million was from research contracts.
Everything about KAIST →- Country
- South Korea
- Headquarters
- Daejeon
- Inception
- February 16, 1971
- Website
- https://kaist.ac.kr