NC and Google Cloud Join Hands for AI Business Collaboration

CEO Kim Taek-jin Visits Google Headquarters in the US to Discuss Business Collaboration
Enhancing NC's 'VARCO' with Google Vertex AI

Kim Taek-jin, CEO of NCSoft, personally met with Google Cloud executives to enhance the company's artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and productivity capabilities. The two companies agreed to pursue global collaboration in these areas.

On the 26th (local time), Kim met with Mark Lohmeyer, Vice President of Google Cloud AI and Machine Learning Infrastructure, at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, USA, to establish a mid- to long-term collaboration model between the two companies.

The companies plan to collaborate on ▲applying AI technology throughout the game development process to provide new gaming experiences ▲introducing Google Cloud services for data analysis and live service operation optimization in game development and operations ▲developing platforms to build a gaming ecosystem ▲implementing 'Gemini for Google Workspace' to enhance overall productivity. They also intend to continuously expand their global collaboration areas.

NCSoft plans to leverage Google Cloud's 'Vertex AI,' which includes Gemini and Gemma, to advance its self-developed generative AI language model 'VARCO.'

CEO Kim said, "Starting with this discussion, we will expand global collaboration between the two companies and strengthen cooperation in areas that can create synergy. We will work together with Google Cloud to build an ecosystem for new gaming experiences for global users."