What Wert Intelligence does

Wert Intelligence Co., Ltd. is a Seoul-based private AI company founded in 2015 that builds patent-specialized artificial intelligence products for the IP and R&D workflow. Its product portfolio centers on keywert, a global AI patent search and analysis engine covering 106 countries (full-text in 15, abstract-level in 95), and keywert Insight, an "AI Native Research" platform launched in February 2026 that automates the full IP/R&D workflow from prior-art investigation to invention-report and patent-specification drafting via conversational AI agents. Underlying these products are proprietary patent-specialized language models — PAT-BERT (released 2022, trained on 21 million patents) and PlutoLM (trained on 170 million global patents, 2,500 billion patent sentences, 1.6 billion drawings, 150 million processed records) — combined with hybrid lexical + semantic search logic and an "AI-Ready Data" pipeline that structures patent metadata, citations, and drawings for direct model consumption.

The company monetizes through a multi-stream model: SaaS subscriptions for keywert and keywert Insight (with self-serve tiers for individuals/teams and quote-based enterprise tiers with annual billing, multi-tenant isolation, and optional on-premise/private cloud deployment), bespoke IP data and consulting services (IP Data Intelligence, Decision Intelligence/Decision Bridge for technology transfer and valuation), the patspoon patent training platform, AI model licensing/export (PAT-BERT-based modules exported to Japan and Taiwan), and AI-Ready data sales (keywert DataGrid) to enterprises embedding patent data into proprietary AI systems. Target customers are vertical-segmented into Corporations (IP teams), R&D organizations, Patent Law Firms, Academia, and Business/Strategy teams; the company reports 3,000+ cumulative partners including Samsung Display, LG Display, Hyundai Motor, Kakao, NHN, Kim & Chang, ABL Bio, L&F, and LG AI Research.

Wert Intelligence was bootstrapped for nine years before securing its first institutional capital — a 3 billion KRW (~USD 2.2 million) seed round led by Albatross Investment in July 2024 — and has subsequently assembled a partnership stack spanning domestic AI infrastructure (Rebellions NPU, LG AI Research EXAONE, TrillionLabs), global translation (DeepL), academic content (NuriMedia/DBpia), media (Forbes Korea), and a Korean government AX contract with KIPO. It holds ISO 27001 and ISO 27017 dual certification (first in the Korean IP/solutions industry) and achieved Korea's TI-2 technology rating in 2026, qualifying it for KOSDAQ technology special listing.

Name

Wert Intelligence

Legal name

Wert Intelligence Co.,Ltd.

Website

https://wertcorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Wert Intelligence is a Seoul-based AI company that builds patent-specialized LLMs (PlutoLM, PAT-BERT) and SaaS platforms — keywert and keywert Insight — to automate patent search, analysis, and drafting for corporate IP teams, R&D groups, law firms, and academia across 106 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Patent Intelligence Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (51321), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

IP Search, Watch & Competitive Intelligence (BPAHAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

IP & Patent Information Publishing (Patent/Litigation Analytics, Prior Art) (MPAJACAK), IP Management, Patents & Trademark Software (BPAEAPAN), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF), AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH)

Keywords

• AI patent search
• Patent analytics software
• IP intelligence platform
• Patent translation AI
• Prior art research

Headquarters

HQ city

Seocho

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscriptions (keywert & keywert Insight): Subscription-based SaaS access to keywert (AI patent search engine) and keywert Insight (AI research platform). Platform subscription model with tiered plans enabling individual, team, and enterprise deployment. Account-based workspaces with multi-tenant isolation.
2. Enterprise IP Data & Consulting Services: IP big data analysis consulting and custom data services for enterprise clients. Includes bespoke analysis reports, technology trend reports, and customized IP strategy consulting.
3. Patent Training (patspoon): Patent specialist training platform providing educational services for IP professionals, R&D researchers, and organizations.
4. AI Model Licensing/Export: Export of proprietary AI models (e.g., Keynect/Keynect generative AI model) to international markets. First exports completed to Japan and Taiwan.
5. AI-Ready Data Sales: Sale of structured, AI-ready patent data infrastructure (keywert DataGrid) to enterprises for integration into proprietary AI systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Wert Intelligence develops and sells AI-powered patent intelligence software, principally the keywert global AI patent search and analysis engine (covering 106 countries) and the keywert Insight AI Native Research platform, which automate prior art search, patent classification, summarization, trend analysis, and invention report drafting. Offerings are delivered as subscription SaaS for individuals and teams and as enterprise tiered subscriptions with on-premise deployment options, supported by AI-ready patent data licensing and bespoke IP consulting services.

Product overview

Wert Intelligence offers a portfolio of AI-powered patent intelligence products centered on the keywert (keyword search) and keywert Insight (AI Native Research) platforms, supplemented by specialized modules for IP data analysis, patent translation, specialist training, and enterprise decision-making. keywert is the core expert-facing patent search and analysis engine covering 106 countries, while keywert Insight is the AI Native Research platform that automates the full IP/R&D workflow through conversational AI agents. Supporting products include IP Data Intelligence (consulting), patspoon (education), IP KINGKONG (translation), Decision Intelligence/Bridge (technology commercialization), and keywert DataGrid (AI-ready data infrastructure). All AI features are powered by proprietary patent-specialized models including PlutoLM and PAT-BERT, built on 170 million global patents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• keywert: Global AI Patent Search & Analysis Engine
• keywert Insight
• IP Data Intelligence
• patspoon
• IP KINGKONG
• PlutoLM
• PAT-BERT
• IP 빅데이터 분석

Products and services

• keywert (키워트) Global AI patent search and analysis engine enabling search across 106 countries (15 countries full-text, 95 countries abstract) without complex search syntax. Offers AI classification, similarity ranking, family and citation analysis, 600+ customizable graph visualizations, and DeepL-powered patent translation.
• keywert Insight (키워트 인사이트) AI Native Research platform for patent search, analysis, and report generation. Uses natural-language queries and conversational AI agents to automate the full IP/R&D workflow from invention report drafting and prior art investigation to technology trend analysis and patent specification drafting. Powered by proprietary PlutoLM model.
• IP Data Intelligence (IP 빅데이터 분석) IP big data analysis-based business consulting service that analyzes vast patent datasets to uncover business opportunities, predict new technology trends, and provide insights for strategic decision-making, new business development, competitor analysis, and technology transfer.
• patspoon (팻스푼) Patent specialist training platform offering IP practical education covering business strategy, industry trends, and intellectual property protection using patent data. Hosts webinars and video content as part of the Wert Intelligence IP education ecosystem.
• IP KINGKONG (IP 킹콩) AI patent translation platform providing fast and accurate patent-specialized AI translation. Leverages DeepL with patent-specific tuning to translate complex technical content including chemical formulas and European patents without distortion.
• PlutoLM (플루토LM) Proprietary patent-specialized large language model trained on 170 million global patents, 2,500 billion patent sentences, 1.6 billion patent drawings, and 150 million processed data records. Powers keywert Insight AI features including search, summarization, classification, and document generation.
• PAT-BERT (팻-버트) First-generation patent-specialized AI language model launched in 2022 and trained on 21 million domestic and international patents to understand patent-specific terminology and sentence structures. Forms the foundation for later AI capabilities and has been exported internationally.
• keywert DataGrid (키워트 데이터그리드) Patent data infrastructure providing 170 million global patents in AI-ready structured format for enterprise AI systems. Supplies structured, cleaned, de-duplicated, and domain-annotated patent data that AI models can immediately consume.
• Decision Intelligence (디시전 인텔리전스) AI solution connecting patent asset value to business strategy across the technology commercialization process, including asset assessment, technology transfer candidate recommendation, and technology valuation.
• Decision Bridge (디시전 브릿지) Patent big data-based platform supporting technology transfer, asset assessment, and buyer/seller matching by leveraging patent data to identify technology transfer candidates, assess asset value, and connect technology owners with potential acquirers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Patent research time reduced from 2 weeks–6 months to ~10 minutes
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability8 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TrillionLabs (트릴리온랩스)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Joint development of chemistry-specific AI announced May 2026. Combining Wert Intelligence's 170 million patent AI-Ready Data as ground truth for LLM training with TrillionLabs' AI development expertise. Targets bio/chemical R&D trust improvement and Korean domain LLM entry into chemical sector. Planned integration into keywert Insight in August 2026.
• Rebellions (리벨리온)coreTechnology or Integration · 3 February 2026Strategic collaboration announced February 3, 2026 to build an on-premise AI infrastructure for patent analytics. Combining Rebellions' ATOM-Max NPU with Wert Intelligence's proprietary LLM and patent data models. Joint platform targets enterprises requiring secure, closed-network AI systems for IP management. Enables full-stack Korean AI ecosystem with improved data security, reduced operational costs, and faster processing speeds vs public cloud. Marks Rebellions' evolution into vertical-domain platform enabler in LegalTech.
• DeepLcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2025Partnership with world's #1 translation AI DeepL for patent-specific translation engine. First and only patent field collaboration for DeepL globally. Creates 3rd-generation LLM patent translation — the first in Korea — enabling accurate chemical formula and European patent translation without distortion.
• L&F (엘앤에프)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Business agreement for IP innovation using patent vertical AI. L&F adopted Wert Intelligence's solutions for on-premise AI implementation with Korean LLM, achieving security, R&D efficiency, and cost reduction simultaneously. Represents B2B enterprise adoption case.
• NuriMedia (누리미디어)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025MOU for joint business creation through fusion of NuriMedia's DBpia academic paper database and Wert Intelligence's patent data. Joint development of technology-specialized LLM combining papers and patents for enhanced R&D innovation.
• Forbes Korea (포브스코리아)minorOthers · 1 June 2025Joint analysis project where Forbes Korea and Wert Intelligence analyzed 5 years of Korean AI patent data. Found large enterprises at 12% market share vs SMEs at 28% (ranked #1), challenging conventional assumptions about Korea's AI patent ecosystem.
• LG AI ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Co-development partnership for patent-specialized AI model leveraging LG AI Research's EXAONE foundation model capabilities and Wert Intelligence's patent data. Targets differentiated AI competitiveness in global markets. LG AI Research has been a keywert customer since its launch in 2015.
• Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) — AX ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Contracted by KIPO ( 지식재산처 ) to build AI agents for patent AI as part of the AX (AI Transformation) project. Full application of Wert Intelligence's patent-specialized AI technology and AI-Ready Data for making technology and patent information utilization mainstream in January 2026.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• PatSnap: Global AI-powered patent intelligence platform covering R&D intelligence, prior art search, and competitive analytics. Directly comparable to Wert's keywert and keywert Insight in product scope, target customers (corporate IP teams, R&D, law firms), and AI-driven patent workflow automation.

Broad incumbents

• LexisNexis PatentSight: Enterprise patent analytics suite under LexisNexis offering patent valuation, competitive benchmarking, and technology landscape analysis. Overlaps with Wert's IP Data Intelligence and Decision Intelligence offerings for enterprise strategy and M&A use cases.
• Clarivate (Derwent, MarkMonitor): Global IP and scientific intelligence incumbent with Derwent patent data and analytics products. Competes with Wert across patent search, classification, translation, and IP strategy workflows, but at significantly larger scale and with broader portfolio reach.
• Questel Orbit Intelligence: International IP service provider offering Orbit Intelligence for patent search, analysis, and competitive intelligence. Comparable to keywert on patent search and family analysis features, with deeper European market penetration.
• Anaqua: IP management and analytics platform serving enterprise IP departments and law firms globally. Adjacent competitor to Wert's IP management, patent portfolio analytics, and decision intelligence offerings, with deeper workflow/IPMS integrations.

Emerging players

• IPRally: AI-driven patent search engine using proprietary machine learning for semantic prior art search. Direct competitor to keywert's hybrid lexical + semantic search approach, focused on European patent attorneys and corporate IP teams.
• Amplified AI (Amplified): AI patent search and analysis platform targeting patent attorneys and inventors. Competes with Wert in AI-powered patent search and prior art investigation, though with narrower geographic coverage and smaller customer base.
• Rowan Patents (Toreador.ai): AI patent drafting and prosecution platform for patent attorneys. Comparable to keywert Insight's patent specification drafting and invention disclosure capabilities, though focused primarily on the US market and drafting rather than search.

Regional players

• Wisdomain: Korea-based patent analysis platform offering patent search, technology trend analysis, and IP strategy tools. Direct Korean-market competitor to keywert with overlapping enterprise and law firm customer segments.
• Wips (WIPS): Korea-headquartered global patent search and analysis service with extensive Asian patent data coverage. Competes with keywert on patent search, classification, and translation, particularly in Korean and Japanese patent workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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