Nvidia said it has invested in Korean startup Point2 and plans additional investments in Motif Technologies, RLWRLD and Upstage, the company wrote after a forum with Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT at Coex. Chosunbiz reported the same announcement on Nov. 9, transliterating the first company as Poin2 and referring to RLWRLD as Realworld.
Why it matters: Nvidia described Point2 Technology as an AI interconnect company building radio-frequency-based connections that move data between chips and racks in AI factories, as an alternative to conventional copper and optical links. It did not disclose the size of the investment. Chosunbiz said Point2 was founded by Bae Hyun-min of KAIST and KAIST graduates.
Nvidia said Motif, a Seoul-based lab, develops foundation models for agents, including the open-weights Motif-3 language model; that RLWRLD, a physical-AI startup with offices in San Francisco, Seoul and Tokyo, develops robotics foundation models for tasks requiring five-finger dexterity; and that Upstage develops Solar language models and document AI tools. Chosunbiz said Motif raised 24 billion won in a Series B round in May and is expected to bring Nvidia into a bridge round for Motif-4, which it aims to unveil in the first quarter of next year, and that Upstage is set to receive Nvidia funding in the second tranche of an ongoing Series C. Those round details come from Chosunbiz, not from Nvidia’s post.
Nvidia said representatives met with more than 20 Korean startups at the forum, and that the planned investments build on its Inception program, which it said has more than 1,000 Korea-based members.