Samsung Lee Jae-yong met with Musk in the United States, hinting at seeking cooperation with autopilot chips.

CTOnews.com May 14, according to Yonhap news agency, Samsung Electronics President Lee Jae-yong met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on May 10 to discuss future cooperation plans in cutting-edge industries. Yonhap believes that this implies that the chipmaker and Tesla may establish a business partnership.

According to the industry, Lee Jae-yong returned home on a 22-day business trip to the United States on the 12th. During that time, he also met with more than 20 chief executives of other major global companies. CTOnews.com noted that the entrepreneurs, experts and scholars he met this time were mainly related to AI, semiconductors, next-generation communications, biology and so on.

According to reports, Lee Jae-yong held talks with Musk on Wednesday at Samsung Electronics' semiconductor research center in Silicon Valley, California. This is also the first private meeting between Lee Jae-yong and Musk. Samsung and Tesla have been seeking cooperation to develop next-generation IT technology, including chips for fully self-driving cars, according to industry insiders.

Accompanied by Lee Jae-yong, Musk was accompanied by the head of Samsung Electronic equipment Solutions (DS) Department, Kyung Kyung Hyun (President), Samsung Electronics contract Manufacturing Minister Cui Shiyong (President), Samsung America General Manager (DSA) Han Zhenwan, and Samsung display Director Cui Zhuxuan. And Tesla supply chain vice president Strauss-Kahn Budiraji, Tesla chief technology officer Andrew Baglino (CTO) and others also attended the meeting.

Relevant people in the industry said: "Samsung faces the challenge of training its future potential business into a new main force when the global ICT market is in the doldrums." at the major crossroads, President Li personally went to the global network Donghai to explore new career strategies and made a breakthrough. "