South Korean memory giant SK Hynix announced Wednesday that it will set up a new U.S.-based company focused on artificial intelligence solutions, committing at least $10 billion as it seizes on new AI growth engines.
The new U.S. entity, tentatively named "AI Company or AI Co.," will serve as a hub for SK Group's AI strategies and work to accelerate the technology in global markets, the company said.
SK Hynix has emerged as a major AI player in recent years due to its leadership in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, a type of memory used in AI chipsets like those from Nvidia .
The company's U.S. expansion comes as other tech giants intensify investments in AI, driving intense demand for memory chips.
SK Hynix said that it will create the new "AI Company" by restructuring its California-based subsidiary Solidigm, an enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) manufacturer created in 2021.
Solidigm's operations will then be transferred to a new entity named Solidigm Inc.
The planned investments in AI Co. are expected to be deployed on a capital-call basis, with plans for further strategic investments in American AI firms to boost synergies across SK Group affiliates.