OpenAI founder Altman to visit Korea for AI event, collaboration with Kakao

Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of U.S. artificial intelligence company OpenAI, will visit South Korea this week to attend an event with local developers.

The "Builder Lab" event brings local companies and startups together amid the intensifying global AI race.

Altman is expected to announce a collaboration with South Korea's dominant mobile platform Kakao and to expand joint business ventures, especially in the Asian market.

Kakao introduced its conversational AI service, Kanana last year.

Watchers predict the company could integrate OpenAI's model into its AI platform.