Nvidia plans to deploy $18 billion in equity investments over the remainder of its fiscal year, stepping up commitments focused on AI model developers, infrastructure financing firms and other private companies. It disclosed the commitments in its earnings report. As of late July, its holdings tied to private companies rose to $47.9 billion from $22.3 billion at the prior fiscal year-end. The company has also invested in power and land for data centers and joined efforts to raise more than $500 billion for AI infrastructure.

KT, which failed to make the elite team in the government\'s domestic AI foundation model project, is seeking a turnaround through the government-led \'AI for Everyone\' initiative. The project focuses on delivering AI chatbot and public AI agent services for nationwide use, requiring stable operations and the ability to connect multiple domestic models. KT has formed a consortium that includes AI model, infrastructure and platform firms and consumer-facing service operators such as Daum, Musinsa and Zigbang.