Liner
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$56.6M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$36.1M
Series C · Aug 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
4
Atinum Investment, InterVest
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 25
Raised a round Series C $36.1M · led by LB Investment · TNW Contributed
2024
Raised a round Series B $17.3M
2020
Raised a round Series A $3.2M
Jan 21, 2015
Released an app Liner: AI Search & Investing · App Store
2015
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.13%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
4.4 ★
1.4k ratings
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | Aug 2026 | $36.1M | LB Investment lead | TNW Contributed |
| Series B | 2024 | $17.3M | — | kedglobal.com |
| Series A | 2020 | $3.2M | — | globenewswire.com |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Luke Jinu KimCo-founder & CEO
Brian Chanmin WooCo-founder
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Atinum Investment 
InterVest 
LB Investment 
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Overview
Liner builds an AI search engine and research agents that answer questions with citations to academic papers and vetted websites, aimed at students, researchers and professionals. Its products include Liner Scholar for academic research, Liner Write, Liner Finance for investment research, research agents for literature reviews and hypothesis generation, and an API and Model API for developers. Founded in Seoul in 2015 by Luke Jinu Kim and Brian Chanmin Woo, it reports more than 14 million registered users in 220 countries and raised a $36.1 million Series C led by LB Investment in 2026.
News
Liner raises $36.1M to take its evidence-first AI search to enterprise customers
South Korean AI search startup Liner closes a $36.1M Series C led by LB Investment. With 14 million users in 220 countries and a HUMAIN ONE enterprise deployment, it is betting that citation-backed search can win corporate and government customers.
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China growth straining global auto shipping capacity: Liner CEO
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Zero Lines Maze: What the 8-Bit Guy's One-Liner Can Still Teach Us
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Cleaning up merged git branches: a one-liner from the CIA
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Building a reliable job queue in your database without double-processing or deadlocks? PostgreSQL's FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED makes it surprisingly simple.
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Every big ship is not the same, with crucial differences necessitating different sizes and builds. Here
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Stop throwing out moldy shower curtain liners - here's how to clean them
Prevent mold and mildew from spreading in your bathroom with these tips from cleaning experts on how to clean your shower curtain liner.
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These Liner Jackets Are Cool (and Warm) Enough to Wear on Their Own
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Products
Liner API and Model API
Developer access to Liner's search and in-house models. The Model API was launched in September 2026.
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Liner Scholar and research agents
Tools for literature review, surveys and hypothesis generation over scholarly sources. Liner Write and Liner Finance extend the same search to business writing and investment research.
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Liner AI Search
An answer engine that selects credible sources such as academic papers and cites them in each response. It scored 95.3 on OpenAI's SimpleQA benchmark according to the company.
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People
Luke Jinu Kim
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founded Liner and leads it as chief executive; he has said the company targets a KOSDAQ listing in late 2027.
Brian Chanmin Woo
Co-founder
Co-founded Liner with Luke Jinu Kim.
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Where the company hires and what each office is for
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Hiring now
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Countries
1
Seoul
South Korea
HQ
50-200 est. staff