South Korea\'s National AI Strategy Committee held an industry meeting on humanoid robots on June 9 with robot and AI companies and academic experts. Participants discussed ways to secure domestic technological sovereignty and speed up deployment in manufacturing and services amid competition from global big tech and overseas firms including China’s Agibot. Private-sector members proposed six policy tasks, including testbeds, edge AI chips and expanded incentives, and the committee delivered the recommendations to relevant ministries.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attended a \"Korea AI Ecosystem Reception\" on June 8 to wrap up a five-day visit, saying South Korea is unmatched in heavy industry, manufacturing, electronics and AI software and that hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue would flow into the country over the next five years. He urged venture capitalists and the government to support AI startups and highlighted physical AI cooperation. Deputy Prime Minister Bae Kyung-hoon cited plans on next-generation accelerators, GTC Korea and GPU price talks.