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Melancholy Labs Is

For more than ten years, we have built, operated, and kept moving to the next service.We have built and operated products as startup CTOs and worked across real product environments including Mesh Korea, Buzzni, Chain Partners, Mediwhale, and Lessbutter.

We think of services as a form of art.We build creative work and hope it reaches someone, brings joy, and becomes useful in real life.

We are currently following the front edge of AI.Recently, we have been tracking the newest AI technologies and imagining the next services from there. Alongside our own products, we help industries and companies where AI has not yet fully arrived.

Company and Founder

Company Timeline

  • 2024.07 Launched Shoutout
  • 2024.10 Selected for the Pangyo Gyeonggi Cultural Creation Hub startup office
  • 2024.11 Established Melancholy Labs as a sole proprietorship
  • 2025.01 Launched MyLists
  • 2025.03 Launched Traveler
  • 2025.08 Incorporated Melancholy Labs
  • 2025.09 Launched Dear Minds
  • 2025.10 Completed the Orange Planet hackathon
  • 2025.12 Published Biography
  • 2026.02 Launched LifeBook
  • 2026.04 Selected for the Creator Media Complex residency

Founder Experience

  • Mesh Korea (Vroong): logistics platform development
  • Buzzni: commerce search and data services
  • Chain Partners: cryptocurrency exchange core systems
  • Mediwhale: medical AI products and four AI competition awards
  • Lessbutter: co-founder and CTO in 2022, leading an eight-person development team
  • Melancholy Labs: products and enterprise projects

Things I've Done, So Far

  • Admitted to Korea Science Academy (16:1 competition, 2005)
  • KAIST basketball team (2010, 2011)
  • Graduated KAIST Math, entered KAIST Business School (Marketing, 2012)
  • Startup Weekend KAIST Grand Prize (2014)
  • Medical AI analysis competitions: 2nd place x3, 1st place x1 (2020)
  • Leetcode coding competition: Top 5% (2021)
  • Antler 2nd batch, raised initial seed investment (2023)

What Drives Me

  • I believe it's hard to find opportunities in stagnant markets. Opportunities come from change.
  • LLMs are a technology changing the era. I'm interested in what generative AI can do.
  • Interested in issues of rural areas and local communities.
  • Love travel, exploring, and food. Wondering if foreign tourism can help revitalize rural areas.
  • Passionate about basketball, all sports, and e-sports.
  • Enjoy cultural activities like movies and books.
  • Interested in solutions for information overload and polarization.
  • Care deeply about politics, current affairs, media, and community.

Projects

Content production services we are building at Melancholy Labs.

ProjectPeriodScopeRole
C&A Essay Academy Infrastructure Migration2026.04 - 2026.07ERP and website infrastructure migrationFull delivery
Dalkom Materials Warehouse ERP2025.11 - 2026.05ERP implementation and website renewalFull delivery
Daru Dental ERP2025.11 - 2025.12ERP for dental laboratories and clinic ownersFull delivery
Hyundai Capital AI OCR Integration2025.09 - 2025.10AI OCR integration in a closed networkIntegration lead
Aaron EV Charging Station2025.04 - 2025.07EV charging station service developmentDevelopment lead
Sejong Hospital Intake Chatbot2025.01 - 2025.02LangChain-based agent design and development with CarillonAgent design and development
Docsto AI Translator2024.10 - 2025.01AI multilingual translation serviceFull delivery
Summit Global Translation Center2024.03 - 2024.08Official-document translation systemFull delivery
Criminal Justice Information System2023.07 - 2023.12Service development in a prosecution closed networkDevelopment lead