Physical AI company RLWRLD said it raised Seed 2 funding to respond to growing demand for cooperation with domestic and overseas strategic partners. The company stressed that the round was not simply additional fundraising but was pursued to expand its alliance with strategic investors that have industrial sites.

RLWRLD previously raised about $15 million through Seed 1. It said it secured an additional $26 million in this Seed 2 round, bringing total seed funding to about $41 million.

The Seed 2 round included financial investors such as global venture capital firm Headline Asia and Z Ventures (Z Venture Capital Corporation), the corporate venture capital arm of Z Holdings, the integrated company of Yahoo Japan and Line. Strategic investors including CJ Logistics, Kakao Investment, Lotte Ventures, Hanwha Asset Management, and Mirae Asset - Emart Investment Fund I also participated.

Akio Tanaka (아키오 다나카), founding partner at Headline Asia, said the next stage of robotics begins with robots learning directly at real production sites such as factories and turning that accumulated experience into scalable intelligence that can be applied across more sites. He said RLWRLD's ability to work closely with major industry partners and build on-site data in East Asia, where labor shortages are growing, is an important foundation for creating long-term competitiveness.

Ryu Joong-hee (류중희), chief executive of RLWRLD, said Seed 2 was not a round aimed simply at securing more funding but a choice to broaden alliances to drive industrial transformation together. He said physical AI is meaningless unless it is validated in the field, and that the company will accelerate global RX with strategic partners starting with the release of its model this year.