Korea and AMD to deepen AI partnership during Lisa Su's Seoul visit

Korean officials overseeing the country’s AI strategy met with AMD CEO Lisa Su during her visit to Seoul on the morning of [date]. Im Moon-yeong, vice chair of the National AI Strategy Committee, and Ha Jeong-woo, senior secretary for AI and future planning at the Blue House, held the talks with Su to discuss how Korea and AMD can deepen collaboration.

The discussions centered on creating a mutually beneficial AI partnership, leveraging AMD’s open AI ecosystem to accelerate Korea’s national AI drive. The leaders outlined an “AI Three-Strength” leap strategy, including the rapid construction of a nationwide AI infrastructure, as a framework for closer cooperation.

Su expressed satisfaction with the progress of their collaboration and indicated that AMD’s engagement with Korean AI companies could become even stronger. Both sides agreed to expand public-private cooperation so more Korean firms can generate synergies through AMD’s open AI ecosystem.

The talks also focused on strengthening Korea’s global AI competitiveness and supporting the AI-enabled transformation of regional industries. They stressed the importance of data-center development and other regional growth measures as part of balanced development across the country, and discussed linking these efforts to broader AI software talent initiatives.

A key point was exploring joint efforts around Korea’s K-Moonshot initiative, including AI software talent development and collaborative research and development. The goal is to cultivate skilled AI professionals in Korea while advancing joint technological projects with AMD.

Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to building a globally open AI ecosystem through mutually beneficial cooperation. They said ongoing dialogue would sustain progress toward more extensive partnership opportunities between Korean institutions and AMD.

Context for non-Korean readers: the National AI Strategy Committee coordinates Korea’s national AI policy and strategy, while the National Science and Technology Advisory Council provides guidance to the government on science and technology matters. The Blue House is the executive office of the South Korean president. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a major U.S. semiconductor company led by CEO Lisa Su. The discussions reflect broader U.S.-Korea collaboration in AI, advanced computing, and regional tech supply chains, with potential implications for AI hardware and software development, cross-border research, and investment.