{"slug": "science-minister-to-promote-investments-from-big-tech-firms-on-us-trip", "title": "Science minister to promote investments from big tech firms on US trip", "summary": "South Korea's Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon will travel to Silicon Valley on Thursday to promote investments from U.S. big tech firms, including Broadcom, OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia, with discussions centered on artificial intelligence cooperation, AI data centers and semiconductors, he told reporters after a meeting with CEOs of local telecom operators in Seoul.", "body_md": "Korea's science minister expressed willingness to promote investments in local companies from U.S. big tech firms, ahead of his planned trip to Silicon Valley later Thursday. The key point of the visit will be to \"strengthen cooperation so that big tech companies can invest in Korea,\" Minister Bae Kyung-hoon told reporters after a meeting with chief executive officers (CEOs) of local telecom operators held in central Seoul. Discussions will center on artificial intelligence (AI) cooperation and market expansion, AI data centers and semiconductors, he added. Bae also said he plans to use the trip to promote Korea's AI ecosystem, describing the trip as a summit aimed at showing the world what K-AI is. The science minister is set to depart for San Francisco in the evening and meet with officials from U.S. big tech companies, including Broadcom, OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/science-minister-to-promote-investments-from-big-tech-firms-on-us-trip", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/20260723/science-minister-to-promote-investments-from-big-tech-firms-on-us-trip?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-07-23 06:22:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 06:28:11.064692+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["Bae Kyung-hoon", "Broadcom", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Nvidia", "Silicon Valley", "South Korea"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/science-minister-to-promote-investments-from-big-tech-firms-on-us-trip", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/science-minister-to-promote-investments-from-big-tech-firms-on-us-trip.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/science-minister-to-promote-investments-from-big-tech-firms-on-us-trip.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/science-minister-to-promote-investments-from-big-tech-firms-on-us-trip.jsonld"}}