r/hardware • u/self-fix • 2d ago

News Amazon Joins AMD to Back South Korean AI Startup Upstage

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/amazon-joins-amd-to-back-south-korean-ai-startup-upstage
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u/self-fix 2d ago

FYI:

Upstage was chosen by the Korean government's top 5 list of AI LLM startups that will receive astronomical financial backing to produce frontier AI models.

That list will be reduced to top 2 and Upstage and their Solar model is a strong contender alongside LG AI (Exaone)

Samsung wasn't even shortlisted in the top 15 btw.

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u/mach8mc 2d ago

amd provides the gpus, what does amazon contribute?

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u/ML7777777 2d ago

Money.

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u/Kryohi 2d ago

Packages

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u/Rye42 1d ago

Instance!

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u/LongLongMan_TM 1d ago

Prime delivery.