Nvidia invests in Korean AI startups, with Point2Tech and three others included

Nvidia invested in South Korean AI startup Point2Tech and plans follow-on investments in Motif Technologies, Realworld and Upstage, announced at an AI startup forum in Seoul co-hosted with South Korea's science ministry. Point2Tech develops RF scalable interconnect technology for AI factories, positioning it as an alternative to copper and optical links between chips and racks. Upstage, maker of the Solar LLM and document AI tools, will bring Nvidia into the second tranche of its ongoing Series C; it closed a 180 billion won first tranche in April at a valuation above 1 trillion won, becoming Korea's first generative AI unicorn, with backing already including Amazon and AMD. Motif completed a bridge round alongside Nvidia's investment and plans to release open-weight model Motif 4 in Q1; its Motif 3 scored 47 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, ranking 10th globally and 4th among open-weight models. Realworld builds foundation models for humanoid and industrial robots handling fine five-finger tasks such as precision part insertion and bolt tightening. The deals deepen Nvidia's ties to Korea's AI hardware and model ecosystem; watch for the Upstage tranche close, Motif 4's release and uptake of Nvidia's Inception program, which serves over 1,000 Korean members.