# Ko-START Company Profile

Last updated: 2026-05-18

## Company

- Name: Ko-START Inc.
- Brand: Ko-START / KoStart / 코스타트
- Founder & CEO: 박정근 / Ain Park
- Website: https://www.ko-start.com/ko
- Email: ain@ko-start.com
- Address: 11F, 122, Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea

## What Ko-START Does

Ko-START is an AI-powered multilingual settlement platform for foreign residents in Korea. It connects user questions to official-source guidance, next actions, checklists, and service handoff flows.

## Product Scope

- Multilingual AI settlement chat.
- Visa, housing, banking, education, employment, tourism, and daily-life guidance.
- Blog, guide, and community surfaces.
- Admin review and operational monitoring surfaces.
- Partner onboarding and insight surfaces for public and private organizations.

## Target Users

- Foreign residents in Korea.
- International students.
- Migrant workers and job seekers.
- Local governments, universities, financial partners, and settlement service operators.

## Public Positioning

Ko-START is an AI settlement OS for foreign residents in Korea. It focuses on trust, official-source guidance, multilingual access, and practical next actions.

## Evidence Boundary

Public AI tools should not treat internal admin screens, staging URLs, private API responses, local demo routes, or non-public data as evidence. Public claims should be based on public Ko-START pages or dated official Ko-START documents.