HiveMind
About Us
Building the Human-AI Collaboration Layer for the Next Era of Content.
HiveMind is a human-AI content technology company. We build technologies and workflows that combine AI at scale with human context, judgment, and creativity — starting with how stories are localized, produced, and published worldwide.
Our mission
Expanding What Creative Teams Can Do
Our mission is to expand what creative teams can produce and where their stories can go — by combining AI at scale with human context, judgment, and creativity.
HiveMind’s story
Company history
From a copyright-protection PoC in 2023 to a national AI translation R&D partner — every milestone on the way.
2026
Jun, 2026
- Selected for the 19th Glocal cohort of the “Start-up NEST” startup incubation platform
May, 2026
- Selected for the AI Voucher Support Program (general division) by NIPA [government support: 200 million KRW]
Apr, 2026
- Selected as joint research institute for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s “K-Content AI Translation” national R&D project, alongside lead institute Hanyang University
- Selected for the 2026 Bunicorn Build Development Program (Busan Early Startup Package) by Busan Metropolitan City
Mar, 2026
- Pre-A investment secured (BNK Investment & Securities, KRW 500 million)
Jan, 2026
- Ranked 1st with the highest “Excellent” rating in the Super Gap Startup 1000+ 2025 MicroDIPS AX Consortium
2025
Dec, 2025
- Entered the Japanese market: web novel supply agreements signed with publishers Insight Breeze and StorinLab, powered by Aurorah
Sep, 2025
- Selected as a participating company in KOCCA’s Content IP Market 2025
- Selected as a supported company by JETRO SEOUL (providing a gateway for entry into Japan and offering networks and local base information)
Aug, 2025
- Selected for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups’ Super-Gap Startup 1000+ AX Consortium [government support: 100 million KRW]
- Selected for regional infrastructure-based computing resource support project by the AI Convergence Business Group [GPU unit leased]
- Operated 2025 Content Professional Retraining Program (AI-Based Content Innovation: Practical Master Course) hosted by KOCCA
May, 2025
- Selected for AI high-performance computing infrastructure support program by Seoul AI Hub [government support: 10 million KRW]
- Selected for high-performance computing support program (NPU – domestic AI semiconductor utilization project) by NIPA [NPU unit leased]
Apr, 2025
- Selected for the AI Voucher Support Program (SME division) by NIPA [government support: 200 million KRW]
- Patent application No. 10-2025-0056920 (AI-based real-time multimedia content captioning and translation automation system)
- Patent application No. 10-2025-0056921 (Method for providing AI-based real-time multimedia content captioning and translation automation software program)
Mar, 2025
- Completed development of Whisper-H, a speech recognition and auto-captioning model based on OpenAI Whisper (Korean recognition WER 2%–5.2%, based on 0% error rate compared to human ground truth in the dataset)
Feb, 2025
- Business partnership with Seoul National University Press to develop an AI-powered Korean language diagnostic system for efficient Korean speaking education for foreigners
Jan, 2025
- Business partnership with GlobePoint using Beedio.ai (AI auto-captioning and translation service) for content creation and services
2024
Dec, 2024
- Selected as Top 100 in COMEUP STARS 2024 Rookie League
- Seed investment secured (Company Builder: ZerotoOne Partners)
- MOU with GlobePoint to provide AI auto-captioning solutions for the globalization of educational content
Nov, 2024
- Demo launch of Beedio AI subtitle/translation solution
- Published short-form animation of the web novel 'The Sky Falls' on YouTube
- Patent application No. 10-2024-0161657 (Method and device for dynamically managing APUs in an AI service cloud system)
Oct, 2024
- Business partnerships with Huapi.Studio for AI auto-captioning and video editing services (languages include English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, etc.)
- Demo launch of HoneyDeeper short-form production tool and Poji production tool
- Signed contract with StorinLab for web novel cover design services
- Patent application No. 10-2024-0140925 (System for co-producing and co-selling goods using cloud merchandising)
Sep, 2024
- MOU with StorinLab to provide high-quality translation services for web novel content and support overseas distribution
- Demo launch of translation function in AI content solution HoneyDeeper
Jul, 2024
- MOU with Studio Supreme to provide training data and produce video content for the development of a custom generative AI solution for short-form content
Jun, 2024
- Patent registration No. 10-2675168 (System and method for detecting copyright infringement)
May, 2024
- Registered Hive AI Lab as an affiliated corporate research institute
Apr, 2024
- MOU with Storin Lab to provide training data and copyright protection for the development of a custom generative AI solution for web novels
2023
Dec, 2023
- Signed copyright monitoring contracts with Big Tree Entertainment and Face Communication
Oct, 2023
- Demo launch of copyright and portrait rights infringement detection and monitoring solution
Sep, 2023
- Certified as a venture business
Aug, 2023
- Pre-seed investment secured (One Billion Partners)
Jul, 2023
- Awarded Excellence Prize at the K-Digital Challenge AI Startup Competition and incorporated as a company
Meet our team
HiveMind leadership
Warren Kim
CEO
Steve Jeoung
CTO
Eldar Gezalov
CDO
Our Network
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Institutional & Support Partners
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