The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) IP Young Entrepreneur Training Institute said on the 15th that it took part in the global startup festival "Comeup (COMUP) 2025" and shared youth startup achievements.
Since its launch in 2010, the IP Young Entrepreneur Training Institute has become a leading domestic youth technology startup education institution, producing more than 5,000 patent applications and numerous technology startup cases.
At this Comeup, the growth paths of Training Institute alumni were introduced through a student entrepreneur pitch competition and a booth run by corporations founded by graduates.
In the student entrepreneur pitch competition, two teams of teenagers from the Training Institute presented technology-based problem-solving ideas. Park Sun-hu and Kang Ha-min of the PADO team introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) habit-forming service that analyzes users' goals and tendencies. Using large language model (LLM) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) technologies, the concept drew attention as an AI coach that connects to long-term practice.
InnoVerse (Kim In-jun) introduced a development ecosystem platform that lowers the entry barrier to Metaverse creation and facilitates consolidation between creators and corporations. It simplifies complex 3D modeling and other tasks, and also presented a revenue structure for creators.
Student Gu Yeon-hu took the stage and unpacked the lives of entrepreneur parents from a child's perspective.
In the session held on the last day of the event, "Can high school students start a business?", Professor Baek Min-jeong led a discussion on the meaning of youth entrepreneurship. Baek said, "Teenagers grow by quickly discovering problems, experimenting, and learning from failure."
Yu Do-hee, CEO of Horang Edu, who joined as a panelist, shared an experience of starting a business in high school and creating the "Hangeul Coding" service, now used in more than 330 schools.
The Training Institute introduced patent-based projects, startup ideas, and education programs through its exhibition booth. In particular, "URROUND," an AI education corporation co-founded by graduates, ran a booth, showing a case in which educational outcomes led to a real startup. URROUND is a corporation that offers AI literacy education and AI-based startup problem-solving programs.
Professor Baek Min-jeong noted, "Teenagers' startup experience is not just a challenge but a growth process for understanding future technologies and industries," adding, "We will continue to strengthen an environment in which students can take the lead in solving problems within the ecosystem and, after completion, consolidate into actual startups."