KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News

Thu, June 04, 2026

Sign in

Virtual Demo Day
Menu
  • Home
  • Startup News
    • AI & Big Data
    • AR & VR
    • Blockchain
    • Clean Technology
    • Content & Games
    • Cybersecurity
    • Enterprise & SaaS
    • FinTech
    • Gadgets & Electronics
    • Health & Bio
    • Manufacturing
    • Press Release
    • IoT
    • Marketplaces & E-commerce
    • Robotics
    • Transportation
    • Investments
    • Ecosystem & Lists
  • Governments
    • Artificial Intelligence Industry Cluster Agency
    • Daegu Technopark
    • GANGNAM-GU
    • Gyeonggido Business & Science Accelerator
    • Hwaseong Industry Promotion Agency
    • Invest Seoul
    • Korea Creative Content Agency
    • Korea Internet & Security Agency
    • Korea Information Security Industry Association
    • Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development
    • Korea Tourism Organization
    • Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency
    • Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
    • Ministry of SMEs & Startups
    • National IT Industry Promotion Agency
    • Pangyo Techno Valley
    • Seoul Business Agency
    • Seoul FinTech Lab
    • South Gyeongsang Province
    • Seoul Metropolitan Government
  • Events
    • COMEUP
    • Korea Fintech Week
    • K-Content Expo
    • NextRise
    • Try Everything
  • Interviews
    • Investors’ interviews
    • Founders’ interviews
  • Programs
    • Asan Voyager
    • CAPA Global Program
    • Campus Town Program
    • SGSC Global Bootcamp
    • Gangnam-gu Global Roadshow
    • Global SaaS Marketplace Support Project
    • LAUNCHPAD
    • COMEUP STARS 120
    • K-Startup Grand Challenge
    • TIPS X beSUCCESS Global Project
    • SFL Global Program
    • KTO Global Showcase
    • Yonsei Univ Global Class
    • KOSME Global Program
  • Partner With Us
    • Press Release
    • Startup Scouting
    • Business Agencies
    • Global Mentorship Program
    • Investment Opportunities
    • K-Scouter Program
  • Lists
  • Home
  • Startup News
    • AI & Big Data
    • AR & VR
    • Blockchain
    • Clean Technology
    • Content & Games
    • Cybersecurity
    • Enterprise & SaaS
    • FinTech
    • Gadgets & Electronics
    • Health & Bio
    • Manufacturing
    • Press Release
    • IoT
    • Marketplaces & E-commerce
    • Robotics
    • Transportation
    • Investments
    • Ecosystem & Lists
  • Governments
    • Artificial Intelligence Industry Cluster Agency
    • Daegu Technopark
    • GANGNAM-GU
    • Gyeonggido Business & Science Accelerator
    • Hwaseong Industry Promotion Agency
    • Invest Seoul
    • Korea Creative Content Agency
    • Korea Internet & Security Agency
    • Korea Information Security Industry Association
    • Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development
    • Korea Tourism Organization
    • Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency
    • Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
    • Ministry of SMEs & Startups
    • National IT Industry Promotion Agency
    • Pangyo Techno Valley
    • Seoul Business Agency
    • Seoul FinTech Lab
    • South Gyeongsang Province
    • Seoul Metropolitan Government
  • Events
    • COMEUP
    • Korea Fintech Week
    • K-Content Expo
    • NextRise
    • Try Everything
  • Interviews
    • Investors’ interviews
    • Founders’ interviews
  • Programs
    • Asan Voyager
    • CAPA Global Program
    • Campus Town Program
    • SGSC Global Bootcamp
    • Gangnam-gu Global Roadshow
    • Global SaaS Marketplace Support Project
    • LAUNCHPAD
    • COMEUP STARS 120
    • K-Startup Grand Challenge
    • TIPS X beSUCCESS Global Project
    • SFL Global Program
    • KTO Global Showcase
    • Yonsei Univ Global Class
    • KOSME Global Program
  • Partner With Us
    • Press Release
    • Startup Scouting
    • Business Agencies
    • Global Mentorship Program
    • Investment Opportunities
    • K-Scouter Program
  • Lists
2026-02-25_AIS 2026_Conference Banners_1920x480
Home Startup AI & Big Data

SmartMind selected as the ‘Star of Stars’ at COMEUP 2022 for its AI transformation solution

by Jinju Jeon
November 21, 2022
in AI & Big Data
0
SmartMind is co-founded by Sangsoo ‘Brandon’ Lee

SmartMind co-founder by Sangsoo ‘Brandon’ Lee at COMEUP 2022.

Korean startup SmartMind, which has developed an AI transformation solution, gets the ‘Star of Stars’ at COMEUP 2022. COMEUP 2022 is Korea’s flagship startup conference, held successfully from Nov 9 to 11 in Seoul. SmartMind’s technology got a lot of positive attention from the audiences and investors at the conference. 

SmartMind team showcased ThanoSQL at COMEUP 2022, which allows “to build Jarvis with just four lines of codes.” In more technical terms, the relational database (“RDB”) ThanoSQL is a unified data-type agnostic big data governance and enablement platform, which lets the users with the minimum SQL literacy can both store and query on any type of data – be it structured or unstructured, and even train and deploy AI models with such data directly off the RDB.

SmartMind is co-founded by Sangsoo ‘Brandon’ Lee and Jungtek ‘Jake’ Lim. They bring nearly four decades of hands-on experience in AI, data science, distributed computing and embedded system design.

“ThanoSQL is the unprecedented data governance and enablement platform that delivers end-to-end results right out of the box. We have built ThanoSQL because we don’t want our customers to struggle to understand all the technical details of AI and how to implement it in their operations. With ThanoSQL, our customers can leave everything about AI to us and 100% focus on their core to build stronger businesses. That’s what ThanoSQL is all about,” said Brandon Lee – the co-founding CEO of SmartMind.

SmartMind has signed with APR, a consumer brand unicorn out of Korea, as its first customer in just two months since the launch. SmartMind is also in talks with two more clients and poised to start global disruption in enterprises’ AI transformation.

Also Read,

  • COMEUP 2022 had a successful run with over 57,000 on-site & online global visitors 
  • DeepBrain AI recognized as CES 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree for AI-powered memorial service ‘Re;memory’
  • Autonomous robot startup Neubility enters the Spain market in collaboration with Goggo Network
  • Imagoworks launches AI-based web dental CAD 3Dme Crown
Tags: AI StartupAI TransformationCOMEUP 2022SmartMindStar of Stars
Previous Post

Korean electric vehicle charging solutions startup EVAR awarded ‘Triple-Crown’ in CES 2023

Next Post

Sejong Telecom to build platform for Blockchain-based cloud medical data management & NFT issuance for medical image data

Next Post
sejongtelecom

Sejong Telecom to build platform for Blockchain-based cloud medical data management & NFT issuance for medical image data

Please login to join discussion

MOST READ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

1.
Buzzni and Hunet Show How Korean Commerce AI Is Expanding Into Learning
28 May 2026
2.
Beyond Localization: Why Korean Startups Cannot Enter Brazil Alone
29 May 2026
3.
Why Global Marketplaces Lose Korea at the Trust Checkpoint
29 May 2026
4.
Why M&A Value Is Lost After the Deal Closes
30 May 2026
5.
Korean Brands Are Overlooking a Global Test Market Inside Korea
30 May 2026
Register for Event

AIS-2026 Conference

AIS 2026 Conference

List Article

1.
The Hardest Part of Korea Market Entry: Staying in The Game
3 Jun 2026
2.
Why M&A Value Is Lost After the Deal Closes
30 May 2026
3.
Foreign Companies Budget for Korea Entry, but the Real Costs Start After Hiring
23 May 2026
4.
Why Fast Korea Entry Structures Can Become Expansion Traps
16 May 2026
5.
The Real Crisis in Startup Scaling: When the Founder Becomes the System
15 May 2026

Similar Articles

AI & Big Data

Buzzni and Hunet Show How Korean Commerce AI Is Expanding Into Learning

More
AI & Big Data

Startups Building Consumer AI Are Now Facing a Trust Fatigue Problem

More
AI & Big Data

Korean AI Meeting Tool Knoi Targets Workflow Lock-In as It Aims for the US Market

More

Topics

Menu
  • AI & Big Data
  • AR & VR
  • Blockchain
  • Clean Technology
  • Content & Games
  • Cybersecurity
  • Enterprise & SaaS
  • FinTech
  • Gadgets & Electronics
  • Health & Bio
  • IoT

Program

Menu
  • Asan Voyager
  • CAPA Global Program
  • SGSC Global Bootcamp
  • LAUNCHPAD
  • COMEUP STARS 120
  • K-Startup Grand Challenge
  • TIPS X beSUCCESS Global Project
  • SFL Global Program
  • KTO Global Showcase
  • Yonsei Univ Global Class
  • KOSME Global Program

About

Menu
  • About Us
  • all articles
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Cookie-policy
  • twitter

Subscribe and be informed first hand about actual Korean startup news.

All the day’s headlines and highlights, direct to you every morning.

[mc4wp_form id="3766"]

Contact us : [email protected]

Topics

Menu
  • AI & Big Data
  • AR & VR
  • Blockchain
  • Clean Technology
  • Content & Games
  • Cybersecurity
  • Enterprise & SaaS
  • FinTech
  • Gadgets & Electronics
  • Health & Bio
  • IoT

Program

Menu
  • Asan Voyager
  • CAPA Global Program
  • SGSC Global Bootcamp
  • LAUNCHPAD
  • COMEUP STARS 120
  • K-Startup Grand Challenge
  • TIPS X beSUCCESS Global Project
  • SFL Global Program
  • KTO Global Showcase
  • Yonsei Univ Global Class
  • KOSME Global Program

About

Menu
  • About Us
  • all articles
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Cookie-policy
  • twitter

Subscribe and be informed first hand about actual Korean startup news.

All the day’s headlines and highlights, direct to you every morning.

[mc4wp_form id="3766"]

© 2023 Koreantech News & Media Korea Zrt. All rights reserved.

Our Spring Sale Has Started

You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/

Our Spring Sale Has Started

You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/

We hope you enjoy our content, May you please give us Feedback regarding our website!

[gravityform id=”17″]

dgdfgfdgdf

What you think about Koreatechdesk, Share your idea with us!

[gravityform id=”16″]

Invitation submission has been closed