Lee Jae-yong and Altman Meet at OpenAI Headquarters to Discuss AI Infrastructure Collaboration

Discussion Expected on HBM, Infrastructure, and Work Applications

Jay Y. Lee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, met at OpenAI's headquarters in San Francisco, USA, to discuss potential collaborations in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors.

OpenAI announced on the 26th that Chairman Lee and CEO Altman held a meeting at its San Francisco headquarters in the morning of the 25th (local time).

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (right), Jay Y. Lee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, Jaejin Lee, Chairman of the Board at Naver, and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, are entering the San Francisco AI Summit held on the 24th (local time) at The Midway in San Francisco, USA. Photo by Yonhap News

OpenAI did not disclose the specific agenda or details of the discussion. However, it is believed that the two sides discussed cooperation on AI infrastructure, including high-bandwidth memory (HBM), DRAM, and advanced foundry technologies.

It is also possible that applying generative AI across Samsung Electronics' overall operations was among the topics discussed. Samsung Electronics is among the largest global corporate clients of OpenAI, and the company has decided to introduce ChatGPT and the AI coding tool Codex to all of its employees.

Since October last year, Samsung Electronics and OpenAI have been pursuing a strategic partnership to expand the production of advanced memory semiconductors and build next-generation AI infrastructure. OpenAI views its collaboration framework with the Korean government, Samsung Electronics, and SK hynix as the first country-level strategic partnership it has announced in the Asia-Pacific region.

Before meeting with Chairman Lee, CEO Altman also held talks with President Jaemyoung Lee and attended the San Francisco AI Summit.

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