According to Thelec.SamsungLee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Electronics,OpenAI CEO Sam Altman andSoftBankCEO Masayoshi Son held a three-way meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, aimed at exploring potential collaboration opportunities in the field of artificial intelligence.
According to sources, Altman had planned to meet with top executives of Samsung's chip division, but decided to participate in the meeting in person due to Lee Jae-yong's acquittal verdict in an appeals court on Monday. Masayoshi Son also decided to join the meeting after learning that Lee Jae-yong would be meeting directly with Altman.
Before the meeting, Sun Ju indicated to the Korean media that they planned to work with Samsung on the Stargate project. The project is an artificially intelligent infrastructure project in the United States, led by OpenAI and soft silver, worth $500 billion (note: currently about 3.64 trillion yuan), announced last month by United States President Donald Trump. Soft silver is one of the main supporters of the project and has discussed direct investment in OpenAI of between $15 billion and $20 billion。
In 2022, Masayoshi Son met with Lee Jae-yong in Seoul to discuss SoftBank's sale of British chip company Arm. In addition, on Monday, OpenAI announced a joint venture with SoftBank in Japan called Crystal Intelligence, which will provide enterprise-level artificial intelligence services. Samsung is expected to become a potential chip supplier for the joint venture.
Meanwhile, Altman also met with executives from other South Korean conglomerates, including Kakao CEO Chung Shin-a and SK Group Chairman Chey-Tae-won.