Global enter-tech company Galaxy Corporation is pushing to expand into global markets with a new entertainment model that combines K-pop and physical AI.

According to Galaxy Corporation on the 29th, major media outlets in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, including Reuters, AP, UPI, CNN, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), China’s People.cn, Russia’s TASS, Japan’s TV Tokyo, and Middle East-based Al Jazeera, are showing interest in Galaxy Corporation and the physical AI use cases of Galaxy Robot Park.

Galaxy Robot Park is the world’s first robot complex cultural space, officially opened by Galaxy Corporation on the 21st in Godeok-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul. It has been developed on an area of about 5,000 pyeong (16,500㎡) and aims to be a physical AI-based theme park where people and robots perform together, participate in experiences, and interact, rather than a science museum where robots are simply displayed.

Global financial media outlet Bloomberg recently highlighted the trend of changes in existing training and content production methods in the K-pop industry as it converges with AI through a special report. In this context, it introduced Galaxy Corporation’s physical AI strategy as a key case.

Galaxy Corporation’s physical AI strategy seeks to expand the temporal and spatial limits of the traditional entertainment industry through initiatives such as “Robot Arena,” where robots reproduce K-pop artists’ choreography and performances, and the development of its proprietary operating system “Soulware OS” to implement robot movement, persona, and emotional interaction.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Choi Yong-ho, CEO of Galaxy Corporation, said, “Human artists cannot be on stage 365 days a year due to physical limitations, but avatar and physical AI robots can continue to perform globally without constraints of time and space,” adding, “The goal is to provide a new entertainment experience to global fans who cannot visit concert venues in person.”

This is also connected to CEO Choi’s continuously articulated vision of “From Code to Soul.” The concept is to extend AI, which has remained as code and data on digital screens, into physical AI that adds a tangible body and emotional elements so that real people can experience it. Galaxy Robot Park is the first offline proof-of-concept venue that realizes this vision in a physical space.

Starting with Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul, Galaxy Corporation plans to expand its Robot Arena and physical AI entertainment business to major global markets including Dubai, Japan, and the United States. CEO Choi said, “If K-pop has expanded Korea’s content to the world, going forward, the convergence of content and physical AI can create a new global entertainment industry,” adding, “We will expand Robot Parks and Robot Arenas, which started in Korea, to major cities around the world.”

Meanwhile, Galaxy Corporation, founded in 2019, has been continuously pursuing an initial public offering (IPO) over the past four to five years.

In particular, in 2024 it selected Shinhan Investment Corp. as lead underwriter and Korea Investment & Securities as co-underwriter, and filed for a preliminary listing review in October last year with the plan of listing on the KOSPI in the first half of this year. In December last year, it was valued at KRW 1 trillion through a pre-IPO and raised KRW 100 billion in capital by issuing common shares.

However, as the preliminary review filing, originally made in October last year, was delayed to early this year and then postponed once more in April, the company is currently re-coordinating with the underwriting syndicate regarding the listing market and timing.

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