NVIDIA says it invested in Point2, with three more Korean startup deals planned

NVIDIA said it has invested in Korean AI-interconnect startup Point2 and plans additional investments in Motif Technologies, RLWRLD and Upstage. It presented the Point2 investment as completed, while describing the other three transactions only as plans. NVIDIA disclosed no amount, ownership stake, valuation, financing-round designation, terms or closing date for any of the four.

The announcement followed an AI Startup Partnership Forum hosted by NVIDIA and South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT at COEX. NVIDIA said the two hosts met there with more than 20 Korean startups working on foundation models, physical AI, AI infrastructure and AI semiconductors.

Point2 develops radio-frequency-based interconnects, which use high-frequency signals to move data between chips and racks in AI data centers. The timing of NVIDIA’s investment remains unclear. In an earlier Point2 financing update, the startup said its Series B had reached $136 million and listed NVIDIA among its existing backers, but did not identify NVIDIA as a new participant in that extension. The disclosures do not establish whether NVIDIA’s November 9 announcement concerned a new transaction, a newly completed closing or its previously disclosed backing.

For the three prospective recipients, NVIDIA described Seoul-based Motif Technologies as an AI lab developing foundation models for AI agents, including the open-weight Motif-3 model. It described RLWRLD as a physical-AI startup building robotics foundation models for humanoid and industrial robots. Upstage develops Solar language models and document-processing tools for enterprise workflows.

NVIDIA gave no timetable for completing the three planned investments.