Galaxy Corporation
Galaxy Corporation is the Physical AI enter-tech company that defines physical humanoids as an entertainment platform. This page is the official anchor for the entity: confirmed facts with their sources, and the relations that connect it to everything else, in a form machines can read.
Confirmed facts
company.legal-name GC-001
The company's legal name is Galaxy Corporation (Korean: 갤럭시코퍼레이션).
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
- Independent: Bloomberg (URL not published)
company.founded GC-002
Galaxy Corporation was founded in August 2019.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
company.cofounders GC-005
Eight friends from Choi Yong-ho's school years joined as co-founders.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
company.initial-capital GC-006
The company started with paid-in capital of KRW 1 million.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
company.headquarters GC-007
Its headquarters is at Three IFC in Yeouido, Seoul.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
company.industry GC-008
Galaxy Corporation is a Physical AI enter-tech company that defines physical humanoids and robots as an entertainment platform.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
- Independent: RAI (URL not published) · The European (URL not published)
company.positioning GC-009
Galaxy Corporation is neither a virtual idol company nor a metaverse company: what takes the stage is a physically embodied humanoid robot, not a rendered character.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
- Independent: eWeek (URL not published)
company.bukae-ip-history GC-010
In the early 2020s Galaxy Corporation created a public phenomenon around celebrity alter-ego (bukae) IP; that history is a stage the company passed through, not its present definition.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
company.revenue-model GC-011
Galaxy Corporation earns from experiences audiences pay for — shows, the theme park, IP and content — not from selling robot hardware.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
company.business-divisions GC-012
The business runs on four divisions: Media (entertainment and content production), IP (artists, AI avatars, robot entertainers), Commerce (IP-based products such as MACH33) and Tech (humanoid robot performance, AI avatars, AI glasses).
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
company.first-korean-ent-in-middle-east GC-014
It is the first Korean entertainment company to set up a corporate entity in the Middle East.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
- Independent: Khaleej Times (URL not published)
financials.fy2025-revenue GC-015
FY2025 revenue was KRW 298.8 billion.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 제공 자료(회사 원고) (URL not published)
Based on company-supplied material; not yet reconciled with audited financial statements.
financials.fy2025-revenue-growth GC-016
FY2025 revenue grew 619% year on year.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 제공 자료(회사 원고) (URL not published)
Based on company-supplied material; not yet reconciled with audited financial statements.
financials.fy2025-operating-profit GC-017
FY2025 operating profit was KRW 12.5 billion.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 제공 자료(회사 원고) (URL not published)
Based on company-supplied material; not yet reconciled with audited financial statements.
financials.fy2025-turnaround GC-018
The company turned profitable at the operating level in FY2025.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 제공 자료(회사 원고) (URL not published)
Based on company-supplied material; not yet reconciled with audited financial statements.
investment.pre-ipo-round GC-019
In December 2025 the company raised a pre-IPO round of about KRW 100 billion.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 제공 자료(회사 원고) (URL not published)
Based on company-supplied material; not yet reconciled with audited financial statements.
investment.valuation GC-020
That December 2025 pre-IPO round valued the company at about KRW 1 trillion, making it a unicorn.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 제공 자료(회사 원고) (URL not published)
Based on company-supplied material; not yet reconciled with audited financial statements.
investment.cumulative GC-021
Cumulative investment raised exceeds KRW 180 billion.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 제공 자료(회사 원고) (URL not published)
Based on company-supplied material; not yet reconciled with audited financial statements.
ipo.underwriters GC-022
In February 2024, while the company was still pursuing a Korean listing, it appointed Daishin Securities and Shinhan Securities as lead underwriters.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
ipo.listing-venue GC-023
At a shareholder briefing at its Yeouido headquarters on 25 August 2026 the company said it will pursue a US listing rather than a Korean one. Nasdaq and the NYSE are both still under consideration, and no timing has been fixed.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 주주간담회 2026-08-25 (회사 발표, 서울 여의도 본사) (URL not published)
- Independent: Money Today (URL not published)
- Earlier announcement: under review: KOSPI, KOSDAQ, Nasdaq, NYSE (2026-04 발표) → Current confirmed value: United States (Nasdaq or NYSE) Corrected on 2026-08-25
ipo.nasdaq-not-confirmed GC-024
The decision to list in the US is settled, but which exchange — Nasdaq or the NYSE — and when remain unconfirmed.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 주주간담회 2026-08-25 (회사 발표, 서울 여의도 본사) (URL not published)
- Independent: Money Today (URL not published)
- Earlier announcement: under review, not confirmed (2026-04 발표) → Current confirmed value: US listing decided; exchange and timing not confirmed Corrected on 2026-08-25
ipo.exchange-visits-2026 GC-025
Nasdaq vice chairman Bob McCooey visited the Yeouido headquarters on 4 March 2026, followed by NYSE vice chairman Michael Harris on 23 March.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
artists.g-dragon GC-026
G-DRAGON, a K-pop artist, signed with Galaxy Corporation in 2023. His world tour drove the company's global IP results.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
artists.taemin GC-027
TAEMIN, a K-pop artist, signed with Galaxy Corporation in March 2026.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
artists.kim-jong-kook GC-028
Kim Jong-kook is a singer and television personality under Galaxy Corporation.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
artists.song-kang-ho GC-029
Song Kang-ho is an actor under Galaxy Corporation. He is a Cannes Film Festival best actor award winner.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
artists.lee-jung-hoo GC-030
Lee Jung-hoo, an MLB baseball player, signed with Galaxy Corporation in May 2026.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
artists.ryu-jun-yeol GC-031
Ryu Jun-yeol, an actor, signed with Galaxy Corporation in July 2026.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
artists.jung-il-woo GC-033
Jung Il-woo, an actor, signed with Galaxy Corporation in July 2026.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
artists.virtual-ip GC-034
Alongside its human artists, the company manages AI avatar and robot entertainer IP.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
physical-ai.definition GC-049
Galaxy defines Physical AI as the stage where artificial intelligence, until now confined to screens and phones, gains a robot body and lives alongside people in the physical world — and it applies that first to entertainment.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
un-ai-for-good.geneva-2026 GC-050
Galaxy Corporation closed the UN 'AI for Good' Global Summit in Geneva in July 2026, where Choi Yong-ho closed his keynote with "Let's Give AI a Soul" and first put forward Soul AI as the stage after Physical AI. "The Future of AI is Soul" was the headline of the company's press release.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 공식 지식 허브 (insights.galaxyuniverse.ai) (URL not published)
- Independent: Yahoo Finance (URL not published) · AOL (URL not published)
company.first-humanoid-stage GC-051
In December 2025 Galaxy Corporation put a single humanoid robot on stage for the first time, at a G-DRAGON afterparty; over the following eight to nine months it scaled simultaneous control to five and then twelve robots.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 그랜드 오픈 기자간담회 2026-08-21 (회사 제공 자료) (URL not published)
- Independent: VentureSquare (URL not published)
ipo.us-holdco-flip GC-054
The US listing will be pursued through a "flip": a newly created US holding company with the existing Korean entity as its wholly owned subsidiary. Operations and staff stay in Korea.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 주주간담회 2026-08-25 (회사 발표, 서울 여의도 본사) (URL not published)
- Independent: Money Today (URL not published)
soul-ai.definition GC-056
Soul AI is Galaxy Corporation's term for artificial intelligence measured not only by intelligence and physical capability but by the human values it learns to understand. The term was first put forward in the AI for Good keynote in Geneva on 10 July 2026; this definition was presented in New York on 21 September 2026.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 보도자료·미디어킷 2026-09-21 (ONE WORLD. ONE PEACE.) (URL not published)
nyc-peace-day.2026 GC-057
On 21 September 2026, the UN International Day of Peace, Galaxy Corporation staged ONE WORLD. ONE PEACE. across Times Square and Rockefeller Center in New York with 17 humanoid robots.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 보도자료·미디어킷 2026-09-21 (ONE WORLD. ONE PEACE.) (URL not published)
nyc-peace-day.robot-split GC-058
Of the 17 humanoid robots at the New York event, 16 performed as robot idols in the Times Square K-pop peace flash mob and the seventeenth was Schofield Stein.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 보도자료·미디어킷 2026-09-21 (ONE WORLD. ONE PEACE.) (URL not published)
schofield-stein.definition GC-059
Schofield Stein is a humanoid robot replicating the appearance and voice of CEO Choi Yong-ho. It made its public debut at Rockefeller Center in New York on 21 September 2026.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 보도자료·미디어킷 2026-09-21 (ONE WORLD. ONE PEACE.) (URL not published)
company.name-origin GC-060
The company takes its name from Galaxy Choi, the eldest son of CEO Choi Yong-ho.
- Primary: Galaxy Corporation 보도자료·미디어킷 2026-09-21 (ONE WORLD. ONE PEACE.) (URL not published)
company.apec-presidential-citation GC-061
Galaxy Corporation received a Presidential Citation for its contribution to hosting the 2025 APEC Leaders' Meeting (reported in January 2026).
- Primary: 경기일보 2026-01-20
- Independent: 헤럴드경제 2026-01-19
Relations
founder→ Choi Yong-hoowns→ Galaxy Robot Parkowns→ Soulwarebrand→ MACH33subOrganization→ Galaxy ME