en.Wedoany.com Reported - Physical AI company CarbonSix has completed a $40 million Series A funding round. On July 1, 2026, CarbonSix, Inc., which provides physical AI solutions for manufacturing, announced that it has raised $40 million (approximately 60 billion KRW) from a consortium of U.S. and South Korean venture capital firms. The round was co-led by DSC Investment and LB Investment, with new investors including IMM Investment, Korea Development Bank (KDB), SV Investment, Cortentia (U.S.), and ASQ (U.S.). All seed round investors—Foothill Ventures, Storm Ventures, Zeitgeist Capital, Xquared, and CarbonBlack Fund—fully participated.

While most companies in the robotics AI space remain in the lab demonstration and pilot phase, CarbonSix has achieved a breakthrough by developing robotic intelligence software and hardware (grippers/manipulators) that can be directly integrated into actual manufacturing production lines. Since its inception, the company has prioritized field reliability, adaptability, and clear return on investment (ROI) for customers—a strategy that has translated into commercial contracts and revenue growth. At the core of CarbonSix's competitive advantage is its proprietary "data flywheel" business model: providing factories with practical, ready-to-use automation tools. As customers use these tools, high-quality task data is naturally captured and fed back into the system, creating a compounding cycle where tool usage drives data accumulation, which optimizes AI models, ultimately returning smarter automation tools to the factory floor.

CarbonSix's founding team possesses deep industry backgrounds. CEO Tae-yeon Terry Moon previously co-founded SuaLab (an industrial AI vision company acquired by Cognex); CTO H.J. Terry Suh holds a Ph.D. from MIT and leads the company's robotic intelligence framework; Chief Hardware Officer Je-hyeok Kim served as a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University, specializing in gripper and manipulator design.

CarbonSix CEO Tae-yeon Terry Moon stated that the company's goal has never been to build technology for technology's sake, but to create practical physical AI that delivers measurable results for manufacturers. This funding validates the deployment-first, revenue-backed approach, and the company will invest heavily in top talent and infrastructure to accelerate the physical AI transformation of factories worldwide. DSC Investment Director Seongmin Kang noted that CarbonSix bridges the gap between technology demonstrations and actual factory monetization, with its data flywheel model building a strong competitive moat. LB Investment Senior Investment Manager Matthew Sungwook Jung added that as the physical AI market enters a high-growth phase, CarbonSix stands out by proving commercial value and operational reliability in manufacturing environments.