Rootlab
Rootlab is a Daegu-based South Korean AI, blockchain, and digital-healthcare software company that provides AI monitoring and digital-twin solutions, including participation in a national digital-twin 3D printing medical-device manufacturing demonstration project.
- CEO / Founder
- Kim Jong-hyun (김종현)
- Team Size
- 51-200
- Stage
- Growth Stage
- Total Funding
- $0.22M
- Latest Round
- Seed
- Key Investors
- Korea Technology Finance Corporation (기술보증기금 / KIBO)
Technology & Products
Key Products
Trust MLOps (AI service operations and performance management); AI solutions (data analysis and decision support); digital operations innovation solutions; blockchain solutions (certification, proof, history management); digital healthcare solutions (ICT-based senior sports platform using multi-motion recognition sensors); digital-badge SaaS platform.
Technological Advantage
Proprietary blockchain mainnet operation, DID (Decentralized Identifier) and digital-badge platforms based on OpenBadge 3.0 and W3C Verifiable Credentials, Trust MLOps for AI service operations, and AI-based data analysis; backed by multiple national R&D grants and a venture-enterprise certification.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Rootlab delivers trustworthy AI, blockchain, and digital-transformation solutions for public and industrial sectors, using tamper-proof blockchain mainnet technology and AI-based monitoring to enable reliable digital operations, including 24-hour AI process monitoring for regulated medical-device 3D printing manufacturing.
How They Differentiate
Rootlab differentiates through its in-house blockchain mainnet operation technology (one of the first local governments' mainnet builds in Korea), DID-based identity solutions, and expansion into AI-driven digital-twin manufacturing monitoring for regulated medical-device production, converting AI monitoring from a software demo into a quality and capacity tool within a shared-production service model.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Public-sector institutions (B2G) and enterprises (B2B) in Korea, including government agencies, local governments, education, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
Industry Verticals
Public administration, education, healthcare/medical devices, manufacturing, and event operations.
Competitors
Other Korean AI/blockchain software firms such as Melaka (멜라카) and Tomasstone (토마스톤); broader competition from Korean AI/MLOps and digital-twin software providers.
Growth & Milestones
Major Milestones
Founded September 2022 as a spin-off from the Ministry of SMEs' corporate venture program; completed Korea's first local-government blockchain mainnet build (2023); venture-enterprise certification (2023); received KRW 300M SAFE investment from KIBO (Oct 2024); selected for the national digital-twin 3D printing medical-device manufacturing demonstration project (2026).
Notable Customers
Daegu City (blockchain-based 'DaDaegu' citizen services), Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS 'Matcheum Baemgil'), Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), National Fire Agency, Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government, Korea Intelligent Information Society Promotion Agency (NIA).