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Hyundai Motor and Kia Make Strategic Investment in VAST Data

AI NewsWave | Oct 13, 2026, 15:55 KST | Based on 6 Korean news reports

Key points

Hyundai Motor and Kia made a strategic investment in AI data infrastructure company VAST Data, VAST Data announced on the 13th. According to VentureSquare, the size of the investment was not disclosed.

Robot Newspaper and Digital Daily reported that the investment followed 42dot, the global software center of Hyundai Motor and Kia, running VAST Data's AI operating system in real research and development environments for several years and validating the technology.

Techworld News and Datanet explained that the investment aims to strengthen the data infrastructure needed to develop physical AI such as autonomous driving and robotics.

Sources (in Korean)

Compiled by AI NewsWave from facts confirmed across the Korean reports above. Translated from the Korean version.