OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with approximately 50 Samsung presidents on Saturday, October 31, at the company's training center in Yongin. The seminar, part of Samsung's company-wide AI push, included leaders from its finance and biotech divisions alongside its electronics unit. Altman emphasized that merely adopting AI does not provide a competitive edge; true benefit comes from using it to accelerate product development and improve quality.
While no new supply agreement was announced, the meeting occurred amid a global memory shortage. Samsung and OpenAI previously signed a letter of intent in October 2025 to collaborate on AI infrastructure, with OpenAI projecting demand for up to 900,000 DRAM wafers monthly. On the same day, SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won also met Altman in Seoul, with SK hynix and SK Telecom executives in attendance.
Recent weeks have seen increased engagement between tech giants and Korean memory makers, including AMD CEO Lisa Su's visit to Samsung regarding HBM supply. Micron's CEO anticipates the memory crunch will intensify in 2027 and 2028.
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