LG Reexamines AI Battlegrounds, Strengthens Investment Execution

According to AI TIMES, LG moved to further refine its investment strategy and strengthen execution at a presidents' meeting on September 16, as it revisited the key battlegrounds of the AI era. More than 40 top executives from major affiliates, including Chairman Koo Kwang-mo, reviewed past investment results and future directions, focusing on the AI factory, physical AI, semiconductor materials and substrates, and AX. At the meeting, the participants shared the view that, as market and technology changes are accelerating, LG needs to make more precise judgments on the timing and targets of investments and boldly concentrate resources and capabilities in areas that need them. LG's AI direction was defined as centering on people and improving the value of life and the usefulness of industrial sites, rather than competing on technology alone. Against a backdrop in which business portfolios have been adjusted around quarterly key agendas, this time the focus was on overhauling the investment decision-making system as well. The article highlights that LG treated this as a groupwide strategic issue as AI competition expands beyond individual technologies into a broader struggle for industrial leadership.