XyG Co., Ltd. (CEO Seongjae Hwang) announced that it has completed a Series B funding round totaling 13 billion won, with participation from Kolon Investment, Yuanta Investment, and Crit Ventures. This round involved both financial (FI) and strategic (SI) investors, reflecting market interest in the company's technological competitiveness and growth potential.
XYZ achieved business success last year, recording annual sales of over 6 billion won thanks to the increased sales of its barista robot, "BarisBrew." The company expanded its service base by operating its in-house robot cafe solution, which has been supplied to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul City Hall, Lotte GRS, and Samsung Welstory. Furthermore, "LoungeX," a cafe featuring the BarisBrew robot, is gradually expanding its number of stores.
The company is also continuing to develop new robotics products. A robotic building solution, integrated with autonomous robots, is currently undergoing a demonstration at the Seongsu-dong CF Tower, and the dual-arm robot-based humanoid robot "DEUX" is currently being prepared for pilot application in an actual retail environment. The company's acquisition of robotic intelligence technology while simultaneously securing a revenue base through commercial services is considered a key factor in securing this investment.
XYG is notable for its in-house infrastructure, which encompasses the entire Physical AI process, from data collection and training to model development and actual store operations. While securing customer interaction data from directly operated stores, XYG also collects hand gesture data through its proprietary data collection device, "GloveX."
The data acquired in this way is trained through reinforcement learning in the digital twin environment 'TwinX' and utilized to improve the performance of the robot intelligence engine 'BrainX'. Afterwards, it is applied to various types of service robots, and the technology is further advanced by reflecting data obtained during actual operation processes back into model training. The company's core technology structure is described as a vertically integrated pipeline that encompasses a real-world store (LoungeX), a data collection device (GloveX), and a simulation system (TwinX).
The funds secured through this investment will be used for the development and verification of the new humanoid robot 'DEUX', advancement of the robot intelligence platform 'BrainX', and expansion of data collection infrastructure.
Hwang Seong-jae, CEO of XYG, explained that this investment is a recognition of not only the company's technological prowess but also its business potential, and that the company will develop intelligent technologies applicable to various types of robots based on Physical AI data accumulated in everyday environments and expand its service area beyond retail to office and home environments.
In the robotics industry, Physical AI technology, which enhances robot intelligence based on data collected from actual service environments, is attracting attention as a key element of next-generation robot competitiveness.
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