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Nvidia's Jensen Huang meets with Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee and Hyundai’s Euisun Chung as ties deepens

Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, arrived in Seoul for his first official visit to South Korea in more than ten years, according to ￰0￱ met Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay ￰1￱ and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung on ￰2￱ meetings took place while Nvidia continues to expand its role in artificial intelligence across ￰3￱ company is also positioned in the ongoing tensions between the United States and China over high-end semiconductor ￰4￱ said he plans to meet South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on ￰5￱ said Nvidia and South Korea will have several announcements to share ￰6￱ also commented on earlier discussions in South Korea between ￰7￱ Donald Trump and China’s Xi ￰8￱ later said he did not discuss Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chip with ￰9￱ chip has been a key issue in ￰10￱ controls aimed at ￰11￱ said, “I have every confidence that the two presidents had a very good ￰12￱ doesn’t have to involve anything that I do.” He did not try to insert himself into the geopolitical ￰13￱ kept it ￰14￱ meets Jay and Euisun over fried chicken and beer Jensen met Jay and Euisun at Kkanbu Chicken in Gangnam, an area in Seoul known for crowded nightlife and corporate ￰15￱ restaurant name “kkanbu” is linked to the idea of a trusted partner, a term that spread globally after Netflix’s hit show “Squid Game.” The dinner was chimaek, a fried chicken and beer pairing that is common for after-work meetings in South ￰16￱ of people waited outside the restaurant.

media, fans, students, and onlookers pointed their phones toward the ￰17￱ is known for speaking directly with people and taking ￰18￱ came out wearing a black shirt and dark ￰19￱ handed out baskets of chicken and fried cheese to the ￰20￱ was no stage, no speeches, just movement and people surrounding him. Inside, the three discussed ￰21￱ said future deals with South Korean companies would “please ￰22￱ Donald Trump and South Korea.” Before leaving, Jensen gave AI computers to both Jay and ￰23￱ box carried a handwritten message: “To our partnership and future of the world.” The three then linked arms and raised glasses in a love shot, a type of toast in South Korea that signals trust and ￰24￱ moment was public and ￰25￱ hits $5 trillion as Jensen recalls how the company began Nvidia has now become the first $5 trillion company in the ￰26￱ stock rose by 3% and closed at $5.03 trillion in market value on ￰27￱ happened right after Jensen announced plans to build supercomputers for the ￰28￱ also forecasted $500 billion in new orders for Nvidia’s AI chips.

Nvidia’s stock has risen nearly 50% since the start of ￰29￱ growth reflects global demand for AI systems and ￰30￱ rise did not happen ￰31￱ reached $100 billion in value only in July ￰32￱ the mid-1990s, the company almost ￰33￱ was 30 years old in 1993 when he met Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem at a Denny’s diner to discuss building a new kind of chip ￰34￱ had no ￰35￱ has said, “Frankly, I had no idea how to do it, nor did ￰36￱ of us knew how to do anything,” during an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” in April ￰37￱ the same person who once drew company plans on a diner napkin is in Seoul passing out fried chicken to crowds while meeting the heads of Samsung and ￰38￱ a premium crypto trading community free for 30 days - normally $100/mo.

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