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Hanwha Aerospace and Krafton Announce Physical AI Pact With Joint Venture Plan and $1 Billion Fund Link

Leaders frame the move as a path to commercialize robotics-driven physical AI for defense by pairing software know-how with industrial scale.

Overview

  • The companies signed an MOU to co-develop core physical AI, validate deployment scenarios, and establish technical and operational systems.
  • They plan to commercialize co-developed technologies through a new joint venture once it is formally established.
  • Krafton will invest in Hanwha Asset Management’s US$1 billion fund targeting AI, robotics, and defense companies.
  • The collaboration combines Hanwha’s defense manufacturing and unmanned systems capabilities with Krafton’s AI research and software development expertise.
  • Executives outlined long-term ambitions that include expansion into space and aviation and an aspiration to build a defense-tech player comparable to Anduril.