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Digital Human Corporation, Ltd. is an AI startup founded in April 2025 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Its flagship product, KAi, is a wellbeing companion powered by persistent memory. Unlike conventional chatbots that reset with every session, KAi retains meaningful context across conversations, building a growing understanding of each user over time.
KAi is designed to support users through self-reflection, emotional wellbeing, and personal growth. It operates as a Progressive Web App, requiring no download and no app store. The underlying technology is cloud-native from inception: built entirely on Cloudflare's global serverless platform, it scales from 1 user to 1 billion with zero infrastructure investment. The LLM layer is provider-agnostic: currently Google Vertex AI (Gemini), giving DHC the flexibility to adopt better models as the market evolves.
Digital Human Corporation has received formal government recognition as a TOP 20 finalist in the Korea Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC), a NIPA-backed program that received applications from 30,000+ startups across 140+ countries. Founder Carlos KiK is the first-ever recipient of the Korea Startup Special Visa (D-8-4S), a government initiative designed to attract exceptional foreign tech talent.
The company operates without outside investors, ensuring product decisions remain aligned with user wellbeing rather than investor metrics. KAi is currently in closed beta.
Key Facts at a Glance
Founder Bio
Carlos KiK
Founder & CEO
Digital Human Corporation
Carlos KiK is the founder and CEO of Digital Human Corporation. A self-taught engineer and polymath with 30+ years of experience across software, mobile, and AI, he is best known as the creator of ShinTo Kernel: an Android performance project that attracted 80,000+ beta testers per release and generated years of organic community engagement on XDA and HTC Mania.
Originally from Barcelona, Spain, and now based in Seoul, Carlos has launched six startups across multiple verticals. He speaks six languages. In 2025, he became the first-ever recipient of the Korea Startup Special Visa (D-8-4S), a government recognition of his vision for using AI to address the global loneliness crisis.
Carlos uses KAi every day. He believes the only ethical AI companion is one its own creator trusts enough to use themselves.
Approved Quotes
The following quotes are pre-approved for editorial use. Attribution: Carlos KiK, Founder & CEO, Digital Human Corporation.
“Every conversation with KAi starts where we left off. Not from zero. That changes everything.”
Carlos KiK, Founder & CEO
“We built KAi because we needed her too.”
Carlos KiK, Founder & CEO
“The loneliness crisis does not need a better chatbot. It needs something that remembers.”
Carlos KiK, Founder & CEO
“Privacy is not a feature at DHC. It is the foundation.”
Carlos KiK, Founder & CEO
“We have no outside investors and no pressure to exploit our users. That is not a policy. That is the business model.”
Carlos KiK, Founder & CEO
Recent Coverage
Giving AI a Memory in Korea's Age of Loneliness
KoreaTechDesk·January 2, 2026
Feature Interview: Carlos KiK and KAi
Platum·January 2026
What KSGC 2025 Startups Reveal About Korea's Inbound Strategy
KoreaTechDesk·December 20, 2025
COMEUP 2025: KSGC Demo Day Showcases 40 Global Innovators
KoreaTechDesk·December 10, 2025
Catalunya Looks to South Korea for Innovation Lessons
El Periodico de Catalunya·November 16, 2025
Digital Human Corporation: KSGC TOP 20 Official Selection
Korea Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC)·July to October 2025
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