AeiROBOT

Korean lab spinout building the ALICE humanoid; new KRW 40B Ansan plant planned

Startup · Prototype · Humanoid startup · Seoul, Seoul, South Korea · Founded 2018 · arobot4all.com

Unverified Low-confidence record. HQ city and founding year unverified; USD conversions approximate.

Profile

AeiROBOT is a Hanyang University lab spinout developing the ALICE humanoid. It raised a KRW 10B Series A in 2025, joined Korea's defense-innovation program, and in Sep 2026 announced a KRW 40B R&D and manufacturing facility in Ansan due in Oct 2027.

Leadership

No leadership names in this dataset.

Flagship robots

• ALICE Humanoid
  Humanoid platform

Funding and valuation

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• Rainbow Robotics

  Adjacent competitor

  KRHumanoid OEM

  Both are Korean humanoid makers: Rainbow Robotics makes cobots and humanoids and is Samsung's humanoid arm, while AeiROBOT builds the ALICE humanoid in Korea.

  Sources (2)

  • AeiROBOT (company website)
  • Samsung humanoids to work at Coupang (Electronic Times)

• Holiday Robotics

  Adjacent competitor

  KRHumanoid startup

  Both are Korean humanoid makers: Holiday Robotics builds FRIDAY, a dexterous wheeled humanoid for factories, while AeiROBOT builds the ALICE humanoid in Korea.

  Sources (2)

  • AeiROBOT (company website)
  • Holiday Robotics (company website)

Recent news

• Sep 30, 2026 — KRW 40B Ansan R&D/manufacturing facility agreement Polytimes
• Jul 11, 2025 — KRW 10B Series A Chosun Biz

Sources

• AeiROBOT secures 10 billion won in Series A funding (Chosun Biz) (Jul 11, 2025)
• AeiROBOT to invest 40 billion won in Ansan (Polytimes) (Sep 30, 2026)

Confidence: low.

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