South Korea Unveils Plan to Sustain Lead in AI
THE SO WHAT
South Korea tying state backing to Samsung and SK Hynix investments across memory, data centers, and robotics is a coordinated bid to own AI hardware and infra, not just apps. If you’re sourcing compute or memory, expect more competitive offers out of Korea and more pressure to align with one of a few national-industrial stacks.
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