Upstage, FuriosaAI team up to launch Korea-developed NPU-powered generative AI

Two local artificial intelligence (AI) startups, Upstage and FuriosaAI, announced Wednesday that they are partnering to collaborate on a neural processing unit (NPU)-based generative AI business, signing a memorandum of understanding. Upstage will optimize and deploy its generative large language model (LLM) Solar on RNGD, the next-generation NPU developed by AI semiconductor company FuriosaAI. Under the agreement, the two companies will also join forces to promote NPU-powered on-premises AI infrastructure projects that run AI services and applications within a physical environment rather than on the cloud, targeting not only the local market but also expanding globally. “This collaboration is made possible entirely with domestic AI software and hardware technologies. And it is a meaningful step toward the self-reliance of Korea’s AI industry,” Upstage CEO Kim Sung-hoon said in the release. “Going forward, Upstage will continue to work in close cooperation with FuriosaAI and prove Korean AI’s technological competitiveness in the global market.” This collaboration is significanWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times