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RLWRLD

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StartupRobotics companyAI Lab
RLWRLD Inc.리얼월드Real World

Korean Physical AI startup building foundation models for robotic hand manipulation — creator of the RLDX-1 model built on the Multi-Stream Action Transformer (MSAT) architecture.

Country of originSouth Korea
HQSeoulSouth Korea
Total fundingUSD 26 million1
01 · About

RLWRLD

Seoul, South Korea

RLWRLD Inc. is a Korean Physical AI startup founded to build foundation models for robotic hand dexterity (dexterous manipulation). The company operates under the slogan "Dexterity is intelligence" and positions its technology as a universal AI brain for diverse robotic platforms, including K-robot humanoids (e.g., ALLEX). Its key product is RLDX-1 — a foundation model presented as the first "dexterity-first" solution for five-finger robot hands, built on the proprietary Multi-Stream Action Transformer (MSAT) architecture. RLWRLD also runs the open dexterous-manipulation benchmark DexBench. Its headquarters is in Seoul (Gangnam-gu), with operational offices in San Francisco and Tokyo. In April 2026 the company announced a USD 26 million funding round.

  • Joonghee Ryu

    Co-founder & CEO

    Co-founder and CEO of RLWRLD; known in Korea as 류중희 (Ryu Jung-hee).

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

4 areas · 6 technologies · 2 industries
What they do4Areas
  • Embodied AI
  • Humanoid robots
  • World models
  • Simulation & training environments
How they do it6Technologies
  • Embodied AI
  • Foundation Models
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Robotics
  • Multimodal AI
  • Simulation
Who for2Industries
  • Robotics
  • Industrial manufacturing
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Seoul · 2 offices · 3 regions
AsiaNorth AmericaGlobal
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

Funding round
USD 26 milliontotal funding
Funding roundlatest round
earlydevelopment stage
Privatenot listed
activestatus
USD 26 million
total funding
Funding roundRound announced in April 2026; also reported as around 40 billion JPY in Japanese sources.
USD 26 million
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 4 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stageearly
  • Listed onNoprivate
  • Organization typeStartup+ Robotics company, + AI Lab
08 · Related content

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