Rebellions partners with SK Telecom and Arm to enhance AI data center infrastructure.

May 06, 2026

Contract Type

partnership

SeoulManufacturingSoftwareScience And EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSemiconductor Manufacturing

Description

Rebellions has collaborated with SK Telecom and Arm to create AI inference infrastructure aimed at supporting sovereign AI and telecommunications-focused AI data centers. The partnership will combine Arm’s AGI CPU with Rebellions’ AI chips and will validate the system in SKT’s data center environment.

Company Information

Company

Rebellions

Location

Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

About

At that time, Rebellions CEO and co-founder Sunghyun Park told TechCrunch that the startup wrapped up its initial Series A, which was oversubscribed, in less than three months from financial investors. The Pavilion Capital-backed AI chipmaker has raised about $72.8 million (92 billion KRW) in total Series A funding, bringing its total funding to about $102.8 million since its inception in 2020. Temasek’s Pavilion Capital backs South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions with $50M investmentRebellions spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company plans to use the extension round to mass-produce its second AI chip prototype, ATOM, that will be used for large companies in the cloud sector and data centers. “Through the partnership with KT, we hope Rebellions will become a global fabless company like NVIDIA and Qualcomm.” Rebellions is also currently in discussions with potential customers in the financial sector to get its first AI chip, ION, which was launched in November 2021.