WIRobotics

Humanoid Robots · Exoskeletons & Wearable Robotics
30open roles
$72Mlatest round · Series B · May 2026 · 5 mo ago
1backers · InterVest
200+team · employees, estimated range

Overview

WIRobotics is a South Korean robotics company that commercialized a lightweight wearable walking assistance robot and develops the ALLEX humanoid robot and a physical AI platform. It was founded by engineers from Samsung Electronics, and it hires electronics, mechanism, AI, mobile app and software QA engineers in Yongin and Seoul. The company is headquartered in Yongin, South Korea.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 30 open roles at WIRobotics. WIRobotics is headquartered in Yongin, South Korea. It was founded in 2021. The latest round is Series B of $72M, announced in 2026.

Open roles
30Its careers board, read on Nov 13, 2026
Headquarters
Yongin, South KoreaAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Founded
2021Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Employees
200+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Total raised
$72MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
Latest round
Series B · $72M · May 15, 2026Press report · manilatimes.net
Technologies in its job postings
68Named in its job postings

Funding and backers

Total raised
$72M
1 round on record
Latest round
$72M
Series B · May 2026 · 5 mo ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
30
+5 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
InterVest
The money's age
Fresh money
5 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
27/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 15 Raised a round Series B $72M · The Manila Times 2021 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Hacker News stories
1
best: 11 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series B May 2026 $72M — The Manila Times
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Jobs

In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Yongin
Physical AI
DevOps
AWS
Management
Notion
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In office · Full-Time · Yongin
Physical AI
SpaceTech
GD&T
Apply
In office · Full-Time · Seoul
Physical AI
Analytics
Microsoft Excel
Apply
≈ $115k – $258k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Yongin
Runway
Physical AI
DevOps
AWS
Apply
≈ $72k – $165k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Yongin
C++
Physical AI
DevOps
RTOS
Apply
≈ $60k – $132k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Yongin
Physical AI
Design
SolidWorks
SpaceTech
ANSYS
Apply
≈ $82k – $187k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Yongin
Python
Fine-tuning
TensorFlow
PyTorch
LLM
Physical AI
DevOps
Git
Robotics
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Isaac Lab
Sim-to-Real
Imitation Learning
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≈ $90k – $217k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Yongin
Java
Kotlin
Dart
Swift
Physical AI
Mobile
Flutter
Firebase
DevOps
Git
AWS
Design
Figma
Apply
≈ $99k – $237k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Yongin
Physical AI
Design
SolidWorks
Apply
≈ $63k – $176k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Yongin
Physical AI
Apply
≈ $90k – $217k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Yongin
Python
C++
Physical AI
DevOps
GitHub Actions
RTOS
CI/CD
Git
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
KiCad
OrCAD
IoT
FreeRTOS
Management
Jira
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≈ $78k – $178k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Seoul
Physical AI
Robotics
EtherCAT
Chips/EDA
KiCad
OrCAD
Mentor PADS
Apply
All 30 jobs at WIRobotics salaries, cities, levels and how long each has been open

Growth

Hiring Momentum
23/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
30
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
66 days
faster than 18% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Robotics
45% ▼
Hardware
10% ▼
HR
10% ▲
Operations
10% ▲
Industrial Engineering
10% ▲
QA
5% ▼

Financials

Total raised
$72M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series B 2026 $72M Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at WIRobotics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
68
Postings analysed
33
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
C++27%
Python24%
C6%
Dart3%
Frameworks & libraries
ROS218%
CUDA6%
MuJoCo6%
PyTorch6%
Cloud & platforms
RTOS18%
AWS12%
Linux9%
Figma3%
AI & ML
Gaussian Splatting3%
LLM3%
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Full WIRobotics tech stack 68 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Connections

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Shared investors1
InterVestVia a fund
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News

Press release morningstar.com 5 months ago
WIRobotics Begins Building a Physical AI Development Ecosystem: The First Technology Release Features the ALLEX Simulation Model Read more
Report
News pulse2.com 6 months ago
WIRobotics: About $68 Million Series B Raised To Advance Humanoid Robotics And Physical AI Read more
Report
Press release The Manila Times 6 months ago
WIRobotics Secures Approximately KRW 100 Billion (USD 68 Million) Series B Funding
Accelerates Humanoid Commercialization and Expands from Wearables to Integrated Robotics Platforms
Read more
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News YahooFinance 8 months ago
WIRobotics Selected for the Physical AI Fellowship Powered by AWS, NVIDIA, and MassRobotics
WIRobotics today announced it has been selected for the second cohort of the Physical AI Fellowship, a virtual program powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) Startups and NVIDIA Inception that helps high-potential robotics startups build, refine, and scale
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Press release PRNewswire 8 months ago
WIRobotics Selected for the Physical AI Fellowship Powered by AWS, NVIDIA, and MassRobotics
/PRNewswire/ -- WIRobotics today announced it has been selected for the second cohort of the Physical AI Fellowship, a virtual program powered by Amazon Web...
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Report
Press release PRNewswire 10 months ago
WIRobotics Draws Global Attention at CES 2026, Showcasing Robotics from Everyday Wearable Technology to Advanced Humanoid Systems
/PRNewswire/ -- WIRobotics, a global robotics company co-led by Co-CEOs Younbaek Lee and Yongjae Kim, announced that it is drawing strong attention from global...
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News YahooFinance 10 months ago
WIRobotics Draws Strong Interest at CES 2026 Unveiled, Showcasing Robotics from Everyday Mobility to Advanced Humanoid Technology
WIRobotics, a global robotics company co-led by Co-CEOs Yeonbaek Lee and Yongjae Kim, announced the successful conclusion of its participation in CES 2026 Unveiled, held in Las Vegas.
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News TWICE 11 months ago
WIRobotics To Demo Its Walking-Assist Robot At CES Unveiled
CES 2026 Unveiled will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on January 4 at Mandalay Bay Level 2, Shoreline Exhibit Hall.
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Report
Press release Utusan Malaysia 11 months ago
WIRobotics to Showcase Wearable Walking-Assist Robot "WIM S" at CES 2026 Unveiled
WIRobotics to Showcase Wearable Walking-Assist Robot "WIM S" at CES 2026 Unveiled
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Award taiwannews.com.tw 1 year ago
WIRobotics' Walking-Assist Wearable Robot "WIM KIDS" Wins CES 2026 Innovation Award in Digital Health Read more
Report

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Yongin
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Yongin South Korea
HQ
15 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Robotics, Operations, Industrial Engineering
경기도 용인시 수지구 광교중앙로 338 광교 사무소 (기업부설연구소)
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Seoul South Korea
Engineering / R&D
15 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 73% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Robotics, Industrial Engineering, Backend
서울특별시 송파구 송파대로 167 서울 사무소 (Robot Innovation Hub)
seen since Aug 2026 job postings

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Alion, "WIRobotics: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/wirobotics

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