Nvidia said on November 9, 2026, that it is working with Hyundai Motor Group, Aim Intelligence and LG AI Research Institute to strengthen South Korea’s AI ecosystem, with a focus on secure AI agents and models suited to local needs.

As part of the effort, Nvidia plans to provide Korean companies with open models, datasets and security technologies to support industry-specific agents and wider adoption of agent-based AI.

Hyundai Motor Group is exploring Nvidia’s NemoClaw blueprints and OpenShell runtime to bring AI agents into enterprise workflows; OpenShell uses sandboxing and access controls to limit agents’ actions and protect sensitive data.

Aim Intelligence is integrating its Starfort security platform with NVIDIA OpenShell, combining sandboxed execution and policy controls with defenses against malicious instructions and data leakage.

Aim Intelligence is also considering a proof of concept in the public energy sector, with possible applications in businesses, industrial facilities and robotics.

LG AI Research has opened API access to K-EXAONE-2.5, a Korean AI model developed using NVIDIA Nemotron datasets, including Nemotron-Personas-Korea, which contains 7 million synthetic personas based on official Korean statistics and does not use real personal information.

The work builds on Nvidia’s other South Korean partnerships, including collaborations with KAIST and Seoul National University on national AI factories and agentic AI research, as well as work with Naver and SK Telecom.