LG strengthens alliance with NVIDIA for AI
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea’s LG AI Research said that it has agreed to strengthen cooperation with NVIDIA to develop next-generation AI technologies and expand the ecosystem of its flagship AI model, EXAONE.
Toward that goal, LG AI Research’s chief Lim Woo-hyung met with NVIDIA Vice President Bryan Catanzaro, who visited Korea to attend the NVIDIA Nemotron Developer Days Seoul 2026.
The two companies have collaborated before. LG AI Research said that it has leveraged datasets of NVIDIA’s Nemotron open ecosystems to develop and upgrade its EXAONE models.
“Purpose-built, domain-specific models unlock the full value of AI by using culture- and language-specific data aligned with what makes nations and industries unique,” Catanzaro said in a statement.
“By integrating the LG AI Research EXAONE platform with NVIDIA Nemotron, organizations can create high-quality local models that advance sovereign AI initiatives - opening the door to new business opportunities and enhanced social services.”
Lim stressed that NVIDIA has been a key partner throughout the development of EXAONE.
“We will expand our collaboration with NVIDIA beyond research into a broader innovation ecosystem to deliver tangible sovereign AI outcomes that can be realized across industries,” he said.
As one of the leaders in South Korea’s sovereign AI project, LG Group has recently sought to accelerate the conglomerate’s AI transformation.
Earlier this month, for example, Chairman Koo Kwang-mo flew to Silicon Valley to meet with the chiefs of global tech companies Palantir Technologies and Skild AI.
The share price of LG Corp., the holding company of LG Group, gained 0.95% on the Seoul bourse on Wednesday.
Amazon to invest additional $5 billion in Anthropic
Amazon.com Inc. is investing an additional $5 billion in Anthropic PBC, and may inject $20 billion more over time, a deal that deepens the companies’ ties in an increasingly competitive artificial intelligence industry.
Anthropic, which makes the Claude chatbot and coding tool, plans to spend more than $100 billion over the next 10 years on Amazon’s cloud technologies and chips, the companies said in a statement on Monday. Amazon shares gained more than 3% on the news in after-hours trading.
Amazon was already one of Anthropic’s biggest backers, with prior investments totaling $8 billion. For Amazon, the partnership has given its cloud business a leading artificial intelligence model and a major customer for its home-built Trainium line of AI chips. Anthropic, meanwhile, has had access to Amazon’s massive roster of corporate clients. More than 100,000 customers run Claude models on Amazon Web Services, the companies said.
Anthropic PBC, founded in 2021 by several former employees of OpenAI, is widely expected to list shares in an initial public offering as soon as this year. Anthropic has been racing to persuade more businesses to pay for its software to help offset the immense cost of developing AI. The company clinched a $30 billion funding round in February that valued the San Francisco startup at $380 billion, and has since drawn investor offers at a valuation of over $800 billion.
Though the company has been on a winning streak this year with popular products including its Claude Code AI tool, it’s also locked in a dispute with the U.S. government over AI safeguards — a fight that has led to legal action from Anthropic and that the company has said threatens its business.
Amazon says it remains a minority investor and is not represented on the company’s board or trust. The size of Amazon’s investments is tied to “certain commercial milestones,” Amazon said.
Bloomberg News contributed to this report.
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This story was originally published April 22, 2026 at 8:06 AM.