NVIDIA announced new planned investments in Korean startups Point2, Motif Technologies, RLWRLD, and Upstage at the MSIT-NVIDIA AI Startup Partnership Forum held at COEX in Seoul. The event was co-hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and NVIDIA, bringing together company leaders and representatives from over 20 local startups.
Ryu Je-myung, vice minister of science and ICT, joined NVIDIA executives to meet with founders working across foundation models, physical AI, AI infrastructure, and AI semiconductors. The announcements highlight NVIDIA’s continued expansion of its investment portfolio in the region, targeting companies that build critical components of the artificial intelligence stack.
Investment in AI Interconnects and Foundation Models
Point2 Technology, an AI interconnect company, received an announced investment. The firm builds scalable, radio frequency-based interconnects designed to move data between chips and racks in AI factories. These systems offer an alternative to conventional copper and optical interconnect solutions for AI cluster scale-up, aiming to deliver the reach, performance, and efficiency required for next-generation AI infrastructure.
Motif Technologies, a Seoul-based AI lab, is also among the planned recipients. The company develops foundation models for building AI agents capable of carrying out complex tasks. Its portfolio includes Motif-3, a large language model released with open weights, which serves as a base for developing autonomous agents.
Physical AI and Enterprise Document Tools
RLWRLD, a physical AI startup with operations in San Francisco, Seoul, and Tokyo, will receive additional funding. The company develops robotics foundation models that enable humanoid and industrial robots to perform complex real-world tasks. These models allow robots to execute actions requiring five-finger dexterity, such as precisely inserting components, threading nuts onto bolts, and kitting parts from moving conveyors.
Upstage, a Korean enterprise AI company, is the fourth recipient of the planned investments. The firm develops Solar language models and document AI tools. These products help businesses extract information from complex documents, streamline workflows, and build AI applications for everyday operations.
The selected companies represent work across the full AI stack, ranging from underlying infrastructure to high-level models and robotics applications. These planned investments build on NVIDIA’s existing work with Korea’s startup and venture community. The company currently supports more than 1,000 Korea-based members of NVIDIA Inception, a program that provides startups with access to preferred pricing, technical expertise, and opportunities for investor introductions.
Source: NVIDIA
