42Maru’s CEO D.K. Donghwan Kim’s quest to find all ‘Answers’ led to the establishment of a successful venture

South Korean startup 42Maru Inc.’s Founder and CEO, D.K. Donghwan KIM, wanted to find ‘Answers’ to all the questions in the world. So, he took inspiration from his favorite science fiction book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy’ and in 2015 founded the deep-semantic QA (Question-Answering) platform, which understands a user’s real intention in a question and derives a single answer from an extensive unstructured data.

Kim wants 42Maru to become a leading solution provider for cognitive searches to help businesses. 42Maru provides technological solutions for smart devices and businesses using Artificial Intelligence Search, deep learning, and machine reading comprehension. The company has won many global accolades, including the prestigious Techstars, London. Kim believes 42Maru can become a global unicorn from South Korea. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, D.K. Donghwan KIM shares insights about the company, the market, challenges and future plans.