Settlement data infrastructure for foreigners

Helping foreigners in Korea settle without a language barrier

Ko-START is an AI settlement platform that guides visa, banking, housing, healthcare and employment in 8 languages. Free for the people who use it; revenue comes from partnerships with universities, financial institutions and local governments.

8
languages
2025
incorporated in Seoul
0.9456
stay-churn model AUC
8
selections & validations

Company

Entity
Ko-START Inc.
Founded
August 25, 2025
HQ
11F, 122 Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Domain
Foreigner settlement data + proven AI solutions
Service
ko-start.com · 8 languages

Development history

Evolving since June 2025 — from a multilingual community to an AI settlement copilot.

  1. Stage 12025.06–08Foundation

    Accounts, community, admin and multilingual infrastructure

  2. Stage 22025.09–10Stabilization

    Supabase migration, analytics, SEO and auth hardening

  3. Stage 32025.11–12Content automation

    Automated pipelines for blog, university and job data

  4. Stage 42026.04Settlement platform

    ARC, telecom/bank, tuition, housing, jobs, KYC, partner links

  5. Stage 52026.05–Operational quality

    Security hardening, logging, analytics, admin and chat UX

Selections · partnerships · validation

Selected for multiple government and private programs around incorporation.

2025.05Pre-startup Package (Ministry of SMEs and Startups)
2025.08Ko-START Inc. incorporated
2025.10Gwangjin Economic Hub Center — resident company
2026.04Modu Startup — selected AI solution supplier
2026.04Seoul XR pilot · Incheon TRYOUT designation
2026.05Fintech Cube (FSC · Korea Fintech Center)
2026.05Toss (Viva Republica) Open Innovation program
AUC 0.9456KCIS consortium D-Testbed — stay-churn prediction model validated

Leadership

Leading Korea’s foreigner-settlement data and AI business firsthand.

Jeonggeun Park

CEO & Founder

Founded Ko-START and led 8 government and private selections — including the Pre-Startup Package, FinTech Cube, and Toss OI — plus the Korea Credit Information Services D-Testbed validation (AUC 0.9456).

Technology

We build the service, data and partner integrations in-house.

8-language AI chat

Official-source RAG (pgvector) with trust and source signals

Full-stack, in-house

Next.js · Express/TypeScript · React Native · Supabase

Settlement data pipeline

Settlement cases, jobs, universities and tourism — collected and standardized

Partner integrations

KYC, tuition and remittance modules for financial and institutional partners

Vision

We standardize the foreigner settlement journey into data and, with consent, connect universities, financial institutions and governments to better decisions — becoming Korea’s settlement data infrastructure for foreigners.

Work with us

We welcome partnership inquiries from universities, financial institutions and governments.

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About — Ko-START