Samsung's Ultra AI Era: Z Fold7, S25, and OpenAI Alliance Forging the 'True AI Companion' Future
Samsung is aggressively positioning itself at the forefront of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution, not just in its consumer electronics but also in shaping the global AI infrastructure. The company's forthcoming flagship devices—the Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy Z Flip7, and the Galaxy S25 Series—are heralded as the "True AI Companion," promising an unprecedented "Ultra AI Experience." This ambitious vision is underpinned by a massive strategic alliance with OpenAI, announced on October 1, 2025, a partnership that extends far beyond mobile phones and into advanced semiconductor technology, data centers, and even maritime engineering.
The Next Era of Mobile: Ultra AI Experience on Galaxy Flagships
The buzz around the Galaxy Z Fold7, Z Flip7, and S25 Series centre's on how they will leverage on-device AI and cloud-based AI to create hyper-personalized, intuitive, and effortlessly productive user experiences. Samsung’s press notes emphasize that these devices will move beyond simple digital assistants to become a True AI Companion—a multimodal entity woven into the very fabric of the mobile operating system, One UI 7.
Core AI Features Redefining Mobile Interaction
These new Galaxy flagships, powered by a customized Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile Platform for Galaxy chipset, feature a suite of cutting-edge AI functionalities.
Gemini Live: A conversational AI assistant that enables real-time, natural interactions. Users can engage with it through voice, text, or even by sharing images via the camera or upload. For the Galaxy Z Flip7, Gemini Live is integrated into the external FlexWindow (Cover Screen) in Flex Mode, allowing for hands-free AI assistance, such as getting styling tips or DIY project advice while the phone acts as a tripod.
Circle to Search with AI Mode: Already a popular feature, it's enhanced with new AI capabilities. On the foldables, this includes advanced integration with multitasking and on-screen awareness. Specifically, the Galaxy Z Fold7 can utilize a long press on the side button to instantly share the main screen with Gemini for context-aware questions and information retrieval.
Now Brief and Now Bar: These features aim to create a proactive, personalized daily experience.
Now Brief provides personalized daily summaries, including weather, health stats (Energy Score), and calendar outlooks in the morning. An evening brief allows for reflection on the day’s most memorable moments.
Now Bar on the lock screen provides quick access to workout stats, music controls, and live notifications without requiring the user to unlock the phone, enhancing hands-free interaction.
Enhanced Productivity Tools: The S25 series introduces Call Transcript and summary to keep conversations organized, and Writing Assist for summarizing content and auto-formatting notes across applications. These features ensure that complex tasks are simplified, enhancing overall user efficiency.
ProVisual Engine and Generative Edit: The camera experience is dramatically improved by the next-generation ProVisual Engine. Generative Edit allows users to move, erase, or enlarge components within photos, turning the image into a creative canvas. Furthermore, Audio Eraser can effortlessly remove distracting background noise from recordings.
Drawing Assist with Multimodal Input: Building on the legacy of the Galaxy S Ultra and the S Pen, Drawing Assist now supports a multimodal experience. Users can sketch with the S Pen, then use text or voice commands to tell the AI what to draw, breathing life into their ideas—such as transforming a simple cat sketch into an image of the cat wearing a spacesuit.
This combination of features cements Samsung's goal of setting a new standard for the AI Phone, moving beyond simple task execution to offering context-aware, hyper-personalized services that truly act as a companion.
The Samsung-OpenAI Strategic Partnership: Building the Global AI Foundation
The strategic alliance between Samsung Electronics and OpenAI, announced on October 1, 2025, is a monumental commitment to expanding global AI infrastructure. This collaboration brings together the vast expertise of multiple Samsung affiliates—Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDS, Samsung C&T, and Samsung Heavy Industries—with OpenAI's ground-breaking AI models.
Powering OpenAI's Stargate Initiative
A core element of the partnership is Samsung's role in supplying the necessary hardware for OpenAI's Stargate initiative, a platform aimed at building next-generation AI infrastructure.
Strategic Memory Partner: Samsung Electronics will serve as the strategic memory partner, supplying advanced, high-performance, and energy-efficient DRAM semiconductor solutions. OpenAI's projected memory demand is colossal, potentially reaching up to 900,000 DRAM wafers per month, and Samsung is tasked with meeting this critical need. This demonstrates Samsung's leadership in advanced chip packaging and heterogeneous integration, providing unique solutions essential for demanding AI workloads.
AI Data Centre Development: Samsung SDS will leverage its expertise in advanced data centre technologies to collaborate with OpenAI on the design, development, and operation of the Stargate AI data centers. Furthermore, Samsung SDS has secured a reseller partnership for OpenAI services in Korea, offering local businesses consulting, deployment, and management services for integrating ChatGPT Enterprise and other OpenAI models into their internal systems.
Innovative Infrastructure: Floating Data Centre's
Perhaps the most novel and future-forward aspect of the alliance is the joint development of floating data centre's.
Addressing Land Scarcity and Sustainability: Samsung C&T and Samsung Heavy Industries will apply their expertise in maritime engineering to make these ocean-based facilities commercially viable. Floating data centre's are a largely experimental concept designed to address land scarcity while offering significant environmental benefits, including reduced cooling costs and a lower carbon footprint due to the natural cooling from the surrounding water.
Offshore Technology: This collaboration will also explore related opportunities, such as floating power plants and control centre's, demonstrating a comprehensive approach to next-generation offshore AI infrastructure.
A Broader AI Vision
The partnership transcends hardware supply and data centre construction. It aligns with a shared vision with Google to embed AI at the core of the Android ecosystem, making AI agents with multimodal capabilities the standard. Internally, Samsung is also exploring the broader adoption of ChatGPT across its own operations to facilitate workplace AI transformation.
Conclusion: A Collaborative Future for AI
Samsung's strategy marks a definitive pivot into an AI-first future. The launch of the Galaxy Z Fold7, Z Flip7, and S25 Series introduces the public to the Ultra AI Experience and the concept of the True AI Companion, offering a glimpse into a mobile world where personalization and intuition are paramount. Simultaneously, the massive strategic partnership with OpenAI—involving cutting-edge DRAM supply, Stargate data centre development, and the pioneering concept of floating data centre's—establishes Samsung as a foundational pillar in the entire global AI value chain. This dual focus ensures that Samsung is not only delivering the end-user experience but is also actively building the high-performance, energy-efficient infrastructure required to power the next generation of global artificial intelligence. This comprehensive approach firmly positions Samsung to lead the industry in the new era of AI technology.
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