Koreas biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data | TechCrunch
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- Config is a Seoul- and San Jose-based startup building the data layer for robotics foundation models (RFMs) Samsung Venture Investment led its oversubscribed $27 million seed round at a valuation of more than $200 million.
- Hyundai Motor’s venture arm ZER01NE Ventures; LG Technology Ventures; and SKT America also joined as strategic investors.Config records humans performing physical tasks in controlled studio environments and in the field.
- To date, it has accumulated over 100,000 hours of human motion data, more than 30x the size of AgiBot World.
Asias push into physical AI is being fueled by the same manufacturing prowess that made the region a global industrial powerhouse. Across South Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan, manufacturing remains [+4477 chars]
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