[Korea] 42maru - Deep Semantic QA (Question Answering) platform that understand a question and deliver a single specific answer.

 

1. What

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At 42Maru we study QA(Quenstion Answering) and are developing advanced search paradigms that help users spend less time searching by understanding natural language and intention thanks to AI and Deep Learning

 

42Maru Inc.: Overview | LinkedIn

42Maru | LinkedIn

<​Company Introduction> We are building the next generation of search. Our QA (Question Answering) system uses deep learning to understand a question and deliver a single correct answer in less than a second. Our technology finds the relevant answers in real time using MRC (Machine Reading Comprehension). We are ranked #1 in Stanford’s SQuAD MRC competition. Our patented QA system is the first and only commercial version in Korea. It’s already in use in over 50% of the smart speakers in our home market and is also working on B2C and B2B applications with KT, LG, Daewoo, Hyundai, Softbank, and many others. We’re in London to open our first international office and to launch our SaaS platform that will allow organizations to use our system to make their businesses more efficient.

 

<​TARGET MARKET> KMS(Knowledge Management System), Chatbot Industry, Knowledge QA

 

<​CORE TECNOLOGY> Information Retrieval, Machine Reading Comprehension, Natural Language Understanding, Paraphrasing, Semantic Triple, etc

 

 

2. Why 

• An average employee spends 1.8 hours / day searching and gathering information (Source: McKinsey)
• A knowledge worker spends about 30% of their workday searching for information (Source: IDC)
• Unstructured data volumes are increasing exponentially (source: IDC)

 

 

3. News

24.01.08

한글과컴퓨터, 인공지능(AI) 스타트업 포티투마루(42Maru)에 40억원 투자 < IT/4차산업 < 산업 < 기사본문 - 뉴스로드 (newsroad.co.kr)

한글과컴퓨터, 인공지능(AI) 스타트업 포티투마루(42Maru)에 40억원 투자 - 뉴스로드

8일  한글과컴퓨터가 생성형 인공지능(AI) 스타트업 포티투마루(42Maru)에 40억원을 투자한다고 밝혔다.

 

24.01.07

LG U+, AI 스타트업 ‘42Maru’에 100억원 투자 < IT < 산업 < 기사본문 - 한국금융경제신문 (kfenews.co.kr)

LG U+, AI 스타트업 ‘42Maru’에 100억원 투자 - 한국금융경제신문

 

23.12.12.

42Maru Signs Agreement on Generative AI Services and Hyper-scale AI at UK State Visit - Businesskorea

42Maru Signs Agreement on Generative AI Services and Hyper-scale AI at UK State Visit

Answering AI startup 42Maru (CEO D.K Donghwan KIM) announced that it has signed agreements in the areas of Generative AI services and Hyper-scale AI during a state visit economic delegation to the United Kingdom.

23.09.22

포티투마루, 검색 증강 생성 기술 적용 'RAG42' 공식 출시 (venturesquare.net)

포티투마루, 검색 증강 생성 기술 적용 'RAG42' 공식 출시