Jensen Huang Hosts Special Live with Naver to Deepen AI and Robot Collaboration

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, visited Naver’s 1784 building on the 8th and conducted a special live broadcast alongside Naver Chairman Lee Hae-jin through the streaming platform Chijijik. This meeting followed up on their gathering at Hongdae for a meal of samgyeopsal and soju on the 5th, marking their reunion three days later and demonstrating how Naver and NVIDIA are strengthening their technical partnership in the AI era.

Around 3:43 p.m., CEO Huang and Chairman Lee arrived at the building and held an event on the first-floor stage where they filled in the final speech bubble in a webtoon prepared by Naver Webtoon. CEO Huang wrote, “Don’t Worry, I have GPUS!” while Chairman Lee left a message saying, “Happiness is samgyeopsal, work is perilla leaves—wrap them up and eat them all at once.” After that, the two executives conducted a live broadcast for about 15 minutes in a virtual studio space called “Vision Stage” located underground in the building. During this time, they introduced their long-standing partnership and discussed future business collaborations. The live broadcast attracted over 57,000 concurrent viewers.

Naver 1784 is a space that brings together Naver’s cutting-edge technologies such as robotics, cloud computing, AI, and digital twins. CEO Huang’s visit and the live broadcast are interpreted as going beyond a simple promotional event to symbolize the advanced level of collaboration between the two companies in AI. On the 1st, during NVIDIA’s keynote speech at “GTC Taipei 2026” held in Taiwan, CEO Huang introduced Naver Cloud as a key partner in the global AI ecosystem. On the presentation screen at that time, a heart symbol and the NVIDIA logo were displayed next to Naver Cloud’s name, highlighting the close relationship between the two firms.

The two companies have been working on joint projects in the field of physical AI since October last year. In particular, Naver Cloud plans to enhance its own LLM, “HyperCLOVA X,” by utilizing NVIDIA’s open large language model, “Nemotron 3 Ultra.” They have announced their intention to build an AI factory that covers all areas—from AI infrastructure to models and physical AI—so as to jointly strengthen their full-stack AI capabilities.

Naver’s technological strengths were also highlighted during the meeting on the 5th. Chairman Lee paid for the meal directly using Naver Pay, a facial recognition-based payment service, instead of a credit card. This payment was made through Naver Pay’s payment terminal, “Connect,” which is part of the “Facesign” service officially launched in November last year. By covering the meal costs for other customers present as well—what could be described as a “golden bell” gesture—Naver’s offline payment technology also received attention.

This live broadcast is expected to help establish Naver’s streaming platform, Chijijik, on the global stage. The fact that CEO Huang, who leads the global AI semiconductor market, appeared directly in a Chijijik live stream itself had the effect of highlighting Naver’s technological capabilities and platform competitiveness. While advancing its own large AI models as well as its search, content, commerce, and cloud businesses, Naver is also focusing on expanding new content platforms such as Chijijik and Clip.