LiST

Knowledge Graph & Semantic AI Softwareli-st.com

LiST is a Seoul-based Korean data technology company (founded 2013) that builds Linked Data, knowledge graph, and generative AI solutions (MESwiser, OntoSuite, KDATA) primarily for Korean government agencies, public research institutes, and select private enterprises.

Company typePrivate
Founded2013
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What LiST does

LiST Co., Ltd. (주식회사 리스트) is a privately held Korean data technology company founded in January 2013 and headquartered in Seoul. The company specializes in Linked Data (W3C Semantic Web standards), knowledge graph construction, ontology engineering, and applied generative AI for enterprise and government customers. LiST's core technology combines a proprietary triple store (OntoBase2.0) with ontology conversion tooling, a proprietary foundation model (MESsie), and a GraphRAG retrieval engine that combines graph traversal with vector search to deliver hallucination-minimized question answering over structured knowledge bases.

LiST's product portfolio is organized into two main lines. The MESwiser platform is a generative AI total solution providing chatbot, assistant, and searcher services on top of GPT/LLaMa foundation models plus the proprietary MESsie LLM, with both cloud and on-premise deployment options. The OntoSuite product family comprises OntoBase2.0 (triple store handling billions of RDF triples), OntoTrans2.0 (RDBMS-to-RDF converter), OntoConvo (authority control), OntoSpec (ontology documentation), OntoSquere (SPARQL authoring), and OntoBase Manager (LOD lifecycle GUI). Supporting data services include KDATA (Korean public Linked Open Data platform) and an Address Data service containing 325M+ triples with OpenAPI access. The company's GTM is sales-led and heavily concentrated in Korean national and metropolitan government agencies, public research institutes, and a small set of private-sector customers in travel, hospitality, and media.

LiST generates revenue across four streams: MESwiser SaaS and on-premise subscriptions, OntoSuite software licensing (trial and commercial editions), project-based professional services for Linked Data infrastructure and big data platform implementation, and subscription data services (KDATA and Address Data). The company has documented 56+ reference projects since 2013 across government, cultural, academic, and private sectors, won a strategic 2017 partnership with SK Telecom for the GiGA Genie voice assistant, and received GS (Good Software) Certification Grade 1 for MESwiser in February 2025. LiST has no disclosed institutional funding rounds and remains founder-led with CEO Oh Won-seok (오원석), having grown to 11-50 employees as of the most recent reporting period.

LiST firmographics

Firmographics

Name: LiST
Legal name: 주식회사 리스트 (LiST Co., Ltd.)
Website: https://li-st.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2013
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Short description: LiST is a Seoul-based Korean data technology company (founded 2013) that builds Linked Data, knowledge graph, and generative AI solutions (MESwiser, OntoSuite, KDATA) primarily for Korean government agencies, public research institutes, and select private enterprises.
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LiST industry classification

Industry

Product category: Knowledge Graph & Semantic AI Software
NAICS: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)
SIC: Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)
akta.pro primary industry: LLMOps & Generative AI Platforms (Prompt/Agent Orchestration, RAG) (HDAEANAD)
akta.pro secondary industries: Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH), OCR, ICR & Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (BPAAAKAB)

Keywords

Linked open data
Knowledge graph software
Generative AI platform
Enterprise chatbot solutions
Semantic web tools

Where LiST is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Seoul
HQ country: South Korea
HQ region: Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

LiST business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

AI Platform Software (MESwiser): SaaS and on-premise AI chatbot, assistant, and search platform. Delivered as cloud-hosted platform services and on-premise deployments for enterprises requiring data security.
OntoSuite Software (OntoBase2.0, OntoTrans2.0, OntoConvo, OntoSquere): Licensing of proprietary triple store and Linked Data tooling software. Both trial and commercial (Windows/Linux) editions available.
Data Platform & LOD Implementation Projects: Government and enterprise project engagements for Linked Data infrastructure, ontology design, knowledge graph construction, and big data platform development.
Data Services (KDATA, Address Data): Linked Open Data publishing services, including KDATA (Korean public data LOD platform) and road name address data (325 million+ triples).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

LiST product offering

Product offering

Core offering

LiST develops and sells proprietary Linked Open Data (LOD) infrastructure and generative AI software. Its flagship MESwiser platform delivers AI chatbot, assistant, and on-premise solutions for enterprise knowledge work, while the OntoSuite family provides triple store (OntoBase2.0), RDF converter (OntoTrans2.0), authority control (OntoConvo), and SPARQL tooling for semantic web and knowledge graph implementations. Supporting services include KDATA (public LOD publishing) and Address Data (325M+ RDF triples of Korean road name addresses) with OpenAPI access.

Product overview

LiST is a data technology company offering a comprehensive Linked Open Data and AI product portfolio. The core MESwiser platform provides generative AI solutions (chatbot, assistant, searcher) using GPT/LLaMa foundation models with RAG technology. The OntoSuite product family enables LOD implementation through OntoBase2.0 (triple store), OntoTrans2.0 (RDF converter), OntoConvo (authority control), OntoBase Manager (LOD management), OntoSpec (ontology documentation), and OntoSquere (SPARQL query tool). Supporting platforms include KDATA for public LOD data publishing and Address Data for road name address services. Products are available as cloud-based SaaS and on-premise deployments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

MESwiser: Generative AI-based chatbot, assistant, and total solution platform. Includes MESwiser Chatbot (RAG-based AI chatbot), MESwiser Assistant (AI assistant for document-based work), and MESwiser On-premise (secure on-premise AI solution). Products have received GS Certification 1st Grade.
OntoSuite
OntoBase2.0
OntoTrans2.0
OntoConvo
OntoSpec
OntoSquere
OntoBase Manager
KDATA
주소데이터 (Address Data)

Products and services

MESwiser Generative AI total solution platform offering chatbot, assistant, and searcher services built on GPT/LLaMa foundation models with RAG-based knowledge retrieval for hallucination-minimized responses; for Korean enterprises and government agencies.
MESwiser On-premise On-premise AI deployment providing an independent, secure AI environment with domain-specialized LLM models, multi-bot management, long-document translation, and report drafting; for security-sensitive enterprises and public institutions.
OntoSuite Integrated LOD implementation product suite bundling OntoConvo, OntoTrans2.0, OntoBase2.0, OntoBase Manager, OntoSpec, and OntoSquere for semantic web and Linked Data deployments; for organizations building knowledge graphs and ontologies.
OntoBase2.0 World-class performance triple store (ontology repository) for storing and managing ontologies composed of billions of RDF triples; supports rdfs/OWL reasoning tiers and SPARQL queries; for semantic web and knowledge graph platforms.
OntoTrans2.0 RDF triple converter that ingests RDBMS data and structured/unstructured sources (Excel, XML, CSV, TXT, SpreadSheet, MARC) to generate W3C-compliant RDF triples via mapping and collection rules; for semantic web implementations.
MESwiser Chatbot RAG-based generative AI chatbot providing fast, accurate responses to customer inquiries with hallucination minimization; for enterprises and public institutions running high-volume customer support.
MESwiser Assistant Intelligent AI assistant for document-based work that lets non-LLM-experts learn organizational knowledge and quickly retrieve needed information through a conversational interface.
KDATA Public data LOD service implementing W3C Semantic Web standards, connecting Korean cultural heritage, schools, facilities, and sports data with international DBPedia and offering free Linked Data publishing services.
Address Data (주소데이터) Road name address system LOD service covering new addresses, land lot numbers, building names, WGS84 coordinates, and postal codes, delivering 325,041,968 RDF triples with OpenAPI access; for developers and organizations needing standardized Korean address data.

Quantifiable outcome

OntoBase2.0 achieved 2,851 sec load time vs competitor B's 46,981 sec for 44M+ triples (LUBM 200,0 benchmark)
+1 more outcomes

Companies that use LiST

Customer profile

Named customers21 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

LiST technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: Yes
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature10 records

LiST partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

SK Telecom (GiGA Genie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Business and operations cooperation established in 2017, including joint development on the GiGA Genie (SK Telecom AI voice assistant) project with LiST contributing domain knowledge base services and NLP knowledge construction tools.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

LiST competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

MarkLogic (Progress Software): Multi-model NoSQL database with semantic/RDF capabilities, widely used in government and regulated industries. Overlaps with LiST's government LOD deployments and OntoBase2.0 positioning.
TigerGraph: Enterprise-native graph database platform with AI/ML features. Competes in adjacent layers of the graph infrastructure market where LiST's OntoBase2.0 also plays, especially for large-scale enterprise deployments.
Neo4j: Largest graph database vendor (property graph, not RDF). Competes indirectly with LiST in the broader knowledge-graph infrastructure market and increasingly in GraphRAG solutions; broader platform with much larger commercial footprint.

Direct peers

Franz Inc. Developer of AllegroGraph, a high-performance RDF triple store and knowledge graph platform used in enterprise and government contexts. Comparable to OntoBase2.0 as a competing triple-store technology with reasoning support.
Cambridge Semantics: Enterprise knowledge graph and semantic data integration platform (AnzoGraph). Competes with LiST in the enterprise knowledge graph + AI integration space, particularly for financial and government-adjacent customers.
Stardog: Enterprise knowledge graph platform offering a RDF/triple-store-backed data fabric with GraphRAG-style AI features. Directly comparable to LiST's OntoBase2.0 + GraphRAG stack, although Stardog targets larger global enterprises rather than Korean public sector.
Ontotext: Provider of GraphDB, an RDF triple store with reasoning and SPARQL support, plus knowledge graph and text analytics services. Closest direct competitor to LiST's OntoBase2.0/OntoSuite in the Semantic Web triple-store market.

Regional players

LGCNS: LG Group's IT services arm offering AI, data, and digital transformation services to Korean government and large enterprises. A larger regional peer competing for the same Korean public-sector AI/data contracts.
Saltlux: Korean AI/NLP and knowledge management company offering enterprise AI platforms and chatbots. Comparable regional competitor in the Korean enterprise/public-sector conversational AI and knowledge management market.
Douzone: Major Korean enterprise software and cloud services provider with growing AI/data platform offerings. Competes with LiST for Korean public-sector and enterprise digital transformation contracts at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

LiST compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance2 records

LiST financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

LiST leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

LiST funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

LiST M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about LiST

What does LiST do?

Is LiST a public or private company?

LiST is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was LiST founded?

LiST was founded in 2013. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is LiST based?

LiST is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, in the Asia region.

How does LiST make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. AI Platform Software (MESwiser) is the primary driver. The others are ontoSuite Software (OntoBase2.0, OntoTrans2.0, OntoConvo, OntoSquere), data Platform & LOD Implementation Projects and data Services (KDATA, Address Data).

Who are LiST's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are MarkLogic (Progress Software), TigerGraph and Neo4j. Direct peers are Franz Inc., Cambridge Semantics, Stardog and Ontotext. Regional players are LGCNS, Saltlux and Douzone.

Does LiST have an API?

Yes. Address data service provides OpenAPI for accessing road name addresses, postal codes, land lot numbers, and coordinate information. The KDATA platform offers Linked Data publishing with SPARQL Endpoint access. OntoBase2.0 provides Client API supporting SELECT, ASK, DESCRIBE, CONSTRUCT queries in Java. Cloud-based and on-premise deployment options available. Developer documentation is at li-st.com/addressData.

What industry is LiST in?

LiST's product category is Knowledge Graph & Semantic AI Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAEANAD, LLMOps & Generative AI Platforms (Prompt/Agent Orchestration, RAG), with a secondary code of HDAEANAH, Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs). Its NAICS code is 51821 and its SIC code is 7370.