Nvidia Plans Investments in Upstage, Motif and RealWorld

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Nvidia announced on Nov. 9 that it plans to invest in three South Korean AI startups: Upstage, Motif Technologies and RealWorld, all of which develop proprietary AI models. Nvidia unveiled the plans at the Ministry of Science and ICT–Nvidia AI Startup Partnership Forum held at COEX in Seoul. Upstage develops the Solar series of large language models and AI tools for document processing; in April it raised 180 billion won in the first closing of its Series C round, its current valuation exceeds 1 trillion won, and it is now raising additional funding in a second closing of the same round. Motif Technologies develops the Motif series of LLMs and completed a 24 billion won Series B round in May; it is expected to receive additional investment from existing investors and Nvidia. RealWorld, a physical AI startup developing general-purpose foundation models for robots, has recently been raising 200 billion won in funding, with a pre-money valuation of approximately 1 trillion won. Nvidia VP Deepu Talla announced the collaboration with RealWorld earlier that day during the morning session of Nvidia AI Day Seoul 2026. Nvidia also invested in South Korean startup Point2 Technology in April this year; the company specializes in AI data center interconnects and developed e-Tube, a data transmission technology based on RF semiconductors and plastic waveguides. Nvidia supports more than 1,000 South Korean startups through Nvidia Inception. The investments in the three startups are plans only, and the source does not state the cause.

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Source: The Elec · 11/9/2026 · View original source