Name of the Company | Wrtn Technologies Inc. (Wrtn)
CEO | Mr. Seyoung LEE
Establishment | April 13, 2021
Location (H/Q) | 14F**,** 17, 77 Gil, Seochodae-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Wrtn Services | Your First AI Agent (Wrtn) : Wrtn is a leading B2C Gen AI startup in the nation, with its services being extended to the Japanese and non-English speaking markets.
The Most Optimized AI platform, where all AI agents work together to meet the User's needs
Fast and Accurate AI Searching Tool
Customised AI Character Chatbot, Studio (Tool) and other services
Website | https://wrtn.io
Wrtn Press Coverage | https://wrtn.io/newsroom
Wrtn Trial | https://wrtn.ai
Enquiries | Communication & PR
Mr. Ben KIM (ben@wrtn.io)
Mr. Anthony JUNG (anthony@wrtn.io)
Mr. Jude KIM (jude@wrtn.io)
● History
2024
Feb. : Appointed as a Member of Special Committees of Korea-Japan Economic Exchanges by Korea International Trade Association (KITA)
June : Series B (Pre-B) Investment
2023
Jan. : Generative AI Asia 2023 (Conference) Kick off
Feb. : Participating in the MWC 2023
Mar. : Launch of the Wrtn Document
Mar. : Launch of the Chat Wrtn
Apr. : Launch of the AI Plug In Platform, Wrtn 2.0
Apr. : Hosted the Generative AI Asia (GAI) 2023, Tokyo
May : Hosted the Generative AI Asia (GAI) 2023, Seoul
May : Launch of the Wrtn Studio / Store
June : Series A Investment
June : Selected as ‘Future ICT Unicorn of Korea’ by Government of the Republic of Korea
Sep. : Surpassed over 1 Million User
Oct. : Signed comprehensive MoU with Microsoft Korea
Nov. : Establishment of the Wrtn Japan
Dec. : Surpassed over 2 Million User
Dec. : Tech Award Honouree (Mitsubishi Research Institute ICF-BAP)
2022
Jan. : Seleced ‘NextOne Round 4’ by Korean Development Bank (KDB)
Feb. : Selected TIPS by Ministry of SMEs and Startups of the Republic of Korea
Mar. : Establishment of the R&D Centre (H/Q)
May : Selected for a Pre-Startup Package by Yonsei University
June : Selected for a 2nd Round of Unicorn Club by Kookmin Bank (KB)
June : South Summit 2022 Finalist
July : Launch of the Wrtn Training (Software)
Oct. : Launch of the Contents Generative Platform, ‘Wrtn Open Beta’ Service
Oct. : Selected for a Digital Innovaton Lab (Round 3.5) by Woori Financial Group
Nov. : Pre-A Investment
Nov. : Presented with the 'Best Innovation' award by CES 2023, recognized as the first generation AI startup in the nation.
Nov. : Awarded for the ‘Grand Prize’ of K-Global Startups Competition by Ministry of Science and ICT, Repulbic of Korea
Dec. : Awarded for the 1st Ruuner-up Prize for the K-Digital Grand Championship by Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Repulbic of Korea
2021
Apr. : Establishment of the Wrtn
Apr. : Angel Investment
June : Seed Investment
Sep. : Awarded for the ‘Grand Prize’ of EduTech Fair by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Oct. : Received the Order of Merit by Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government
Nov. : Selected for the C-Lab Outside (Round 4)
Nov. : Presented with the first runner-up prize of the K-Startups by the Korean Government (Ranked No. 2 out of 3848 Teams)
Dec. : Awarded for the “Grand Prize” of Big Data & AI Startups by Korean Gas Corporation
Dec. : Received the Order of Merit by Ministry of SMEs and Startups of the Republic of Korea
Vision (Bring AGI Close to People)
Wrtn Makes its products and services available to everyone free of charge. Our main focus is to enable people to concentrate on the most pleasurable work by utilizing Wrtn services as their personal AI agent
Wrtn Delivers the the best possible Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to everyone in the world under the vision of “Bring AGI Close to People”
Wrtn Realises the ‘Asia’s Mega-Platform' that enhances our daily lives and to connect everyone in the world with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
● Achievements
● Investment History (Total KRW 44 billion / US$ 32 million) (as of June 2024)
June, 2024 : Series B (Pre) : KRW 25 billion (US$ 18 million Equivalent)
June, 2023 : Series A : KRW 15 billion (US$ 11 million Equivalent)
Nob., 2022 : Series A (Pre) : KRW 3.8 billion (US$ 2.75 million Equivalent)
June, 2021 : Seed Investment
● Main Services
Provides various AI B2C services with numbers of Large Language Model (LLM) as a leading Gen AI Startup from Repubic of Korea
Wrtn AI Search provides most accurate and rapid up-to-date information with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Wrtn AI Character enables users to enjoy their daily lives by creating AI Character with their preferred appearence, attitude and so so
Wrtn Studio is known as Korea’s first AI Agent service that allows users to perform actions using only no-code-based natural language chat.
● Wrtn Japan
Establishment : Novermber 1, 2023 (Tokyo) / “株式会社リートンテクノロジーズジャパン”
CEO : Mr. Seyoung LEE
Head of Japan : Mr. Kihan KIM
Provides AI B2C Web & App. Services (Wrtn AI Search, Character, etc.) in Japanese
Selected “Overseas’s Investment Accelerating Program” by Tokyo Metropolitan Government & Mizuho Bank for being recognised its potential business growth
The First K-Startup of the Tech Award Honouree (Mitsubishi Research Institute ICF-BAP) in its history (9th edition as of 2023)
Wrtn Japan plays a pivotal role for its global expansion into Non-English speaking countries
● Profile of CEO
(Name) : Mr. Seyoung LEE | 李世榮 ****
(2014~2020) : Establishment of the Korean Scholars Conference for Youth (KSCY)
(2014) : Korea Talent Honouree
(2021) : Received the Order of Merit by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE)
(2021) : Received the Order of Merit by Ministry of SMEs and Startups of the Republic of Korea (MSS)
(2022) : Received the Order of Merit by Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)
(2023) : CES 2023 Innovation Award Honouree
(2023 ~) : President of Korean Generatial AI Startup Association (GAISA)
(2024 ~) : Member of Special Committees of Korea-Japan Economic Exchanges (KITA)
(2024 ~) : Member of Private and Public Partnership of AI Service Users Protection (Korea Communications Commissions)
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