Korea and AMD Discuss Cooperation for 'Top 3 AI Power' Leap... Strengthening Global AI Ecosystem Partnership

Lim Moon-young, Vice Chair, and Ha Jung-woo, Chief of AI and Future Planning, Meet with Lisa Su, CEO of AMD

Discussions on Strengthening Cooperation for Building a Global Open AI Ecosystem and Promoting Regional AI Transformation

The Blue House announced that Im Moonyeong, Vice Chairman of the National AI Strategy Committee, and Ha Jeongwoo, Senior Secretary for AI and Future Planning at the Blue House, met with Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, who is visiting Korea on March 19. During the meeting, they discussed ways to achieve mutually beneficial, win-win AI cooperation between Korea and AMD.

Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, is answering reporters' questions after a meeting with Seonghoon Kim, CEO of Upstage, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jongno-gu, Seoul on March 19, 2026. Photo by Jinhyung Kang

At the meeting, Vice Chairman Im and Senior Secretary Ha introduced Korea's strategy to become one of the top three global leaders in AI by building a nationwide AI highway, and listened to CEO Su's assessment and the outcomes of her visit to Korea.

CEO Su reportedly expressed her satisfaction with the strengthened collaboration between AMD and Korean AI companies as a result of this trip. Both sides agreed to expand public-private cooperation so that more Korean companies can generate synergies within AMD's open AI ecosystem, building on the current successful cooperation model.

In addition, the two sides engaged in in-depth discussions on strengthening Korea's global AI competitiveness and supporting the digital transformation of regional industries through AI. They reached a consensus on the importance of AI transformation (AX) for regional industries, such as building data centers for balanced regional development, and explored multifaceted cooperation measures, including joint training and development of AI software talent and collaborative research linked to the "K-Moonshot" initiative.

Korea and AMD have also agreed to continue expanding their mutually beneficial cooperation to build a global open AI ecosystem in the future.

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