Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
AI startup Hyprnote seeks to redefine enterprise note-taking
Hyprnote CEO Cheong Jee-heon, left, and Chief Technology Officer Lee Yu-jong / Courtesy of Hyprnote
By Lee Gyu-lee
While artificial intelligence (AI) tools are quickly reshaping how people take notes and manage information, many organizations still remain hesitant to adopt them because most services require constant online access. This has left hospitals, tech firms and law offices searching for safer alternatives such as on-premise AI.
Hyprnote, a Seoul-based startup founded by CEO Cheong Jee-heon and Chief Technology Officer Lee Yu-jong, is seeking to offer an option for such firms through its namesake product Hyprnote.
Described as an AI notepad for private meetings, Hyprnote is powered by the company’s offline-capable AI model, HyprLLM. The platform enables enterprises to capture and process workplace data on local devices or within a closed cloud, keeping sensitive information within an on-premise environment.
Hyprnote features fully autonomous AI note templates tailored to each work-related meeting, automated analysis and annotation of meeting minutes with referenced sources and customizable AI autonomy levels.
It also has advanced support features for scheduling, drafting emails and suggesting collaborations, as well as multimodal intelligence capable of processing text, images, voice and video simultaneously.
HyprLLM supports up to 99 languages, allowing users to select the automatic speech recognition engine best suited to their linguistic needs or environment.
The company has achieved certifications in security and compliance, including System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2) and FedRAMP, which is the U.S. government cloud security certification.
Hyprnote has achieved steady growth in its users, increasing by 150 percent per month on average, even without a significant advertising campaign for the company.
The top executives from tech companies such as Cloudflare and Meta have joined as angel investors for the company, bringing its annual recurring revenue to $6.5 million.
The company has also drawn attention from the global venture capital community after securing an investment from Y Combinator, one of the world's most successful startup accelerators known for backing Reddit and DoorDash.
Hyprnote joined Y Combinator’s batch program earlier this year after breaking through a 0.6 percent acceptance rate and attracted investment interest from over 40 firms and individual investors.
Not only big name investors but also Netflix paid attention to Hyprnote, with its documentary series "Made in K-AI" portraying the founding duo's journey from their late-night coding sessions in Seoul to international recognition.
“It’s overwhelming to see an AI company built by young Koreans with their bare hands gaining traction even in Silicon Valley,” Cheong said. “We’ll keep refining Hyprnote to make AI not just a tool, but a true teammate — available anytime, anywhere.”