{"slug": "shinsegae-chairman-joins-us-ai-supply-chain-push-in-washington", "title": "Shinsegae chairman joins US AI supply chain push in Washington", "summary": "Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin joined U.S. political and technology leaders in Washington on Thursday for the launch of Foundry School, a workforce initiative aimed at strengthening advanced manufacturing and technology supply chains. The program, developed with Stanford University, is part of Pax Silica, a U.S.-led economic security partnership focused on AI and strategic technologies. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg called Shinsegae's partnership with Reflection AI a milestone in Korea-U.S. cooperation.", "body_md": "Chung Yong-jin, chairman of Shinsegae Group, joined U.S. political and technology leaders Thursday in Washington for the launch of Foundry School, a workforce initiative aimed at strengthening advanced manufacturing and technology supply chains. Chung attended the event at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace at the invitation of Vice President JD Vance and the U.S. Department of State. Foundry School is a U.S.-led program developed with Stanford University to train entrepreneurs, engineers and advanced manufacturing leaders for strategic industries. The initiative is part of Pax Silica, a U.S.-led economic security partnership focused on strengthening supply chains supporting artificial intelligence (AI) and other strategic technologies. Jacob Helberg, U.S. under secretary of state for economic affairs, said Shinsegae’s partnership with Reflection AI represented an important milestone in Korea-U.S. cooperation in advanced industries. Helberg said Chung was a strong partner in efforts to build trusted AI supply chains among allies. Chung’s participation came as Shinsegae Group works", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shinsegae-chairman-joins-us-ai-supply-chain-push-in-washington", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260904/shinsegae-chairman-joins-us-ai-supply-chain-push-in-washington?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-09-04 04:17:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-04 04:22:57.381900+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Shinsegae Group", "Chung Yong-jin", "Foundry School", "Stanford University", "Pax Silica", "Jacob Helberg", "Reflection AI", "JD Vance"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shinsegae-chairman-joins-us-ai-supply-chain-push-in-washington", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shinsegae-chairman-joins-us-ai-supply-chain-push-in-washington.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shinsegae-chairman-joins-us-ai-supply-chain-push-in-washington.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shinsegae-chairman-joins-us-ai-supply-chain-push-in-washington.jsonld"}}