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NVIDIA’s Next Big Bet: Naver’s Massive Push into Defense AI

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Translation result젠슨 Lee Hae-jin, chairman of Naver’s board, has launched an assertive push into artificial intelligence for defense. He has positioned defense AI as Naver’s next major business pillar, created a dedicated unit, and begun targeting the national-security market. Lee is scheduled to meet NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on June 5.

The two companies have expanded cooperation around sovereign AI. With NVIDIA’s GPUs and AI infrastructure likely to serve as core components for defense systems, observers will watch whether the meeting yields concrete agreements on defense AI, physical AI and AI infrastructure.

On June 1, Naver Cloud announced the launch of a dedicated Defense AX (AI Transformation) task force (TF).

This is Naver’s first AI organization devoted exclusively to defense. Naver Cloud CEO Kim Yu-won will lead the Defense AX TF.

A distinguishing feature of the Defense AX TF is the deployment of Field Deployment Engineers (FDEs) to design and implement tailored AI solutions directly in operational settings. FDEs support on-site AI system deployment and operations—a model Palantir used as it expanded work with U.S. defense and intelligence customers. The TF will operate as a cross-functional unit combining AI model development, business development and other related teams.

Naver plans to deliver defense-focused AI solutions built on its foundation models, cloud infrastructure and sovereign AI capabilities. It also intends to apply omnimodal AI—systems that fuse text, image and voice data to reason and generate outputs—to military applications.

Earlier, Sung Nak-ho, head of hyperscale AI technology at Naver Cloud, said at Naver Cloud’s Public AX Strategy Seminar in Sejong in April, “Naver Cloud is the only domestic company with omnimodal AI technology that can combine text, image and voice data to reason and generate outputs.” He added the company will concentrate its capabilities on analyzing complex battlefield situations and supporting military strategic decision-making.

Industry observers say the TF’s creation reflects Naver’s strategic effort to secure technological autonomy and data sovereignty in the defense sector. Lee has actively backed the initiative. He will meet Jensen Huang when Huang visits South Korea after attending NVIDIA’s annual AI event in Taiwan on June 5. The industry is watching whether their meeting will help crystallize Naver’s strategies for defense AI, physical AI and AI infrastructure.

Lee and Huang have met several times in recent years in Korea and Taiwan to discuss AI collaboration. In October they agreed to jointly develop a physical AI platform. Last month, Jensen Huang’s eldest daughter, Madison Huang, senior director at NVIDIA, visited Naver’s 1784 building to discuss technical and business cooperation in depth.

During Huang’s October visit—dubbed the “first Kanbu meeting”—Naver received 60,000 GPUs, 10,000 more than the 50,000 allocations to Samsung Electronics, SK and Hyundai Motor Group.

Naver owns the large language model HyperClova X, cloud infrastructure, digital-twin and robotics technologies. Analysts say combining those assets with NVIDIA’s GPUs and industrial AI platform could expand cooperation beyond sovereign AI into physical AI and defense applications.

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