Klleon, a company developing generative AI-based conversational digital human technology, announced on the 30th that it has been selected to participate in the inaugural "Gemini Founders Forum," hosted by Google for Startups. Klleon is the only Korean company to be included.
The Gemini Founders Forum is a global program launched by Google to discover and support innovative AI startups. Fifty-three companies were selected from approximately 1,000 companies worldwide. The forum will be held at Google's Mountain View headquarters on November 11th and 12th, and participating companies will receive mentoring from experts from Google DeepMind and Google Cloud on product strategy, technology advancement, and global expansion strategies.
Cleon is also receiving support of up to $350,000 through the Google for Startups Gemini Kit, including cloud credits, Gemini API sprints, and Google AI Studio Cloud Skill Boosts.
Founded in 2019, Kleon is a deep-tech startup developing conversational digital human technology based on generative AI. It has secured Series A funding from Samsung Venture Investment and LB Investment. Building on six years of research and core technology, Kleon pursues an SDK (Software Development Kit)-first strategy, providing real-time, multilingual digital human services across diverse industries, including hotels, retail, and transportation.
Google introduced Kleon on its official blog as an "SDK-first generative AI platform," acknowledging its leadership. Kleon has secured a standard patent (F.CSDH) related to digital human communication service requirements from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) and is working with ETRI and the MPAI community to promote international standardization.
Jin Seung-hyuk, CEO of Cleon, said, “With this selection, we will expand our conversational digital human technology combined with the LLM model of a global AI company and further enhance our multilingual and on-device intelligence.”
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