Config

Data vendor, HQ South Korea, founded 2025. Seoul/San Jose robot-data firm backed by Samsung, Hyundai, LG; data production in Hanoi, scaling toward 1M hours.

Data it collects

Workers in

South KoreaVietnam

Scale

• $27M seed led by Samsung Venture Investment at >$200M valuation; >100,000 hours of human motion data; ~300 data workforce (2026-05-11)

Events

• 2026-05-11 Config raises $27M, scaling robot motion data in Hanoi techcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet
• 2026-01-05 Config opens a human-data factory in Hanoi businesskorea.co.kr ↗ Secondary
• 2026-01-05 Config opens Hanoi human data factory businesskorea.co.kr ↗ Secondary

Sources

• The startup operates out of Seoul and Hanoi, where a workforce of nearly 300 handles data production.techcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet 2026-05-11
• it has accumulated over 100,000 hours of human motion datatechcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet 2026-05-11
• scaling its data operation in Vietnam and Seoul toward 1 million hours of collected datatechcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet 2026-05-11
• completed construction of a dedicated factory for human data acquisition in Hanoi, Vietnam, last yearbusinesskorea.co.kr ↗ Secondary 2026-01-05

Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method