Hyundai Motor and Kia take strategic stake in VAST Data after years running self-driving and robot AI on its platform

VAST Data said in a press release on Oct 13 that Hyundai Motor Company and Kia have made a strategic investment in it; neither side disclosed the amount or stake. 42dot, the group's autonomous mobility division and software center, already runs its driver-assistance and language-model development on VAST's AI Operating System on an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, and VAST says the setup cut real sensor and video data 2:1.

Hyundai and Kia executive vice president Hokeun Chung said the group's autonomous driving and robotics work depends on using vehicle data quickly at growing volume. MEKAWIRE's company records show the group took control of Boston Dynamics in 2021 and plans to deploy the production Atlas humanoid at its Georgia Metaplant from 2028, so the stake extends its physical-AI bets from robot hardware to the data layer underneath; VAST itself was valued at $30 billion in its April 2026 Series F, per the release.