Hyundai NVIDIA AI Collaboration Expands

Hyundai Motor Group has announced an expansion of its collaboration with NVIDIA, a leading technology company, to accelerate development in autonomous driving, robotics, and smart factories. This partnership also involves cooperation with the Korean government to build national AI infrastructure and nurture talent in the field. The move underscores a growing trend among automotive OEMs to invest in high-performance compute clusters to advance AV, robotics, and digital manufacturing systems, which are closely linked to semiconductor, system design, and embedded compute markets.

AI Infrastructure and Industry Collaboration

As part of this new initiative, Hyundai and NVIDIA are set to support Korea’s national physical AI cluster with an estimated $3 billion investment. The two companies will establish key facilities such as an NVIDIA AI Technology Center, a Hyundai Physical AI Application Center, and new regional data centers. The collaboration aims to facilitate unified training, validation, and deployment of AI models utilizing up to 50,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. Hyundai is also in the process of constructing an NVIDIA-based AI supercomputer to bolster efforts in autonomous driving, in-vehicle intelligence, robotics, and smart factory automation. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, emphasized the significance of AI in revolutionizing various industries, stating, “Together with Hyundai Motor Group — Korea’s industrial powerhouse and one of the world’s top mobility solutions providers — we’re building intelligent cars and factories that will shape the future of the multitrillion-dollar mobility industry.”

Smart Factories, ADAS, and Digital Twins

Hyundai is planning to leverage NVIDIA Omniverse and Cosmos platforms on RTX PRO Servers to develop detailed digital twins of manufacturing plants and driving environments, enabling large-scale testing and simulation. Additionally, the company intends to utilize NVIDIA Nemotron open models and the NeMo software framework to create proprietary large language models for in-vehicle assistants and personalized features.

Within future Hyundai vehicles, NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor hardware will provide the necessary compute power for advanced driver-assistance systems, safety features, and in-cabin AI experiences. Euisun Chung, executive chair of Hyundai, highlighted the collaborative efforts by stating, “Together, we are not only building advanced technologies but also laying the foundation for a robust AI ecosystem in Korea.”