NVIDIA Announces Investment in Korean AI Startup Point2 and Plans for Motif, RLWRLD, and Upstage
NVIDIA announced an investment in Point2 and planned investments in three other Korean AI startups at a forum co-hosted with South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT.
On November 9, 2026, NVIDIA and South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) co-hosted the "MSIT-NVIDIA AI Startup Partnership Forum" at COEX in Seoul. During the event, NVIDIA announced an investment in Korean AI interconnect company Point2 Technology and stated plans to invest in three other Korean startups: Motif Technologies, RLWRLD, and Upstage.
These four companies represent different layers of the full AI stack. Point2 Technology focuses on radio frequency (RF) interconnects, offering an alternative to conventional copper and optical solutions to support the scale-up of next-generation AI infrastructure. Motif Technologies is a Seoul-based AI lab developing foundation models for AI agents, notably releasing the open-weight large language model Motif-3. RLWRLD specializes in physical AI, developing robotics foundation models that enable humanoid and industrial robots to perform complex real-world tasks requiring five-finger dexterity. Upstage is an enterprise AI company developing Solar language models and document AI tools to help businesses extract information from complex documents and streamline workflows.
This investment plan builds on NVIDIA's ongoing collaboration with the Korean startup community. Previously, more than 1,000 Korea-based startups have participated in NVIDIA Inception, a program providing preferred pricing, technical expertise, and investor introductions. By directly investing in these representative companies across infrastructure, models, and applications, NVIDIA further solidifies its strategic position within the Korean AI ecosystem.