Z Venture Capital Invests in Config Intelligence to Drive Robot Foundation Models

Z Venture Capital (ZVC) has invested in Config, a startup specializing in the development of Robot Foundation Models.

### Investment Background: The 'GPT-2.5 Moment' for Robotics The field of robotics is currently facing a transformation similar to the period just before ChatGPT appeared for LLMs. While hardware and architectures are maturing, the critical missing piece is 'data.' Unlike text or images that can be scraped from the web, high-quality robotic motion data is scarce, hindering the application of scaling laws to physical AI.

### Config's Breakthrough Solution Config is an end-to-end platform company that handles everything from data collection to model building. Its proprietary 'Action Estimator' technology converts low-cost human activity videos into high-precision robotic motion data with sub-millimeter accuracy (approx. 500 micrometers). This effectively solves the industry's largest bottleneck: data availability.

### Key Achievements and Strengths - **Proprietary Model 'CFG-1'**: Trained on over 100,000 hours of unique data, this model is hardware-agnostic and already generating revenue. - **Strategic Partnerships with Korean Giants**: Collaborating with Samsung, LG, and Hyundai, Config leverages South Korea's world-leading robot density and manufacturing base to gather unique data that competitors cannot easily replicate. - **Elite Founding Team**: Led by CEO Minjoon Seo (ex-Meta FAIR) and CTO Hyungmok Son (ex-Waymo), the team combines expertise from top global AI and autonomous driving institutions.

### Future Outlook The market for robot foundation models and physical AI data platforms is projected to grow at over 50% annually, exceeding $18 billion (approx. 2.7 trillion JPY) by 2030. Config is positioned to secure a dominant first-mover advantage by building an insurmountable moat of proprietary data.