Nums AI
Category: Foundation Models / LLMs
Korean startup building a tabular foundation model (TFM) for structured data that predicts across industries in a single inference pass Nums AI was founded in 2025. The company is led by Jaemin Yoo (유재민). Based in Seoul, South Korea. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: $2.69M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Stonebridge Ventures (lead), SBVA, KT Investment, Bass Ventures.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Seoul, South Korea
- Team size
- 1-10
- Total funding
- $2.69M
Value proposition
A single foundation model pre-trained on structured/tabular data that can perform demand forecasting, anomaly detection, credit scoring, and other predictive tasks in one inference pass — eliminating the need for months of task-specific model development
Products and solutions
Tabular Foundation Model (TFM) — a single model handling multiple predictive tasks, API service for cloud-based inference, On-premise solution for enterprises unable to export data externally
Unique value
One foundation model that reads any table and fills in missing values with a single inference pass — no task-specific training, no pipeline maintenance, reducing months of ML work to seconds
Target customer
Enterprises in manufacturing, finance, commerce, and healthcare that rely on structured data for decision-making; companies needing on-premise solutions for data-sensitive environments
Industries served
Manufacturing, Finance, Commerce/Retail, Healthcare
Technology advantage
Deep research expertise in structured data AI (graph neural networks, time series, anomaly detection) with 10+ years of academic research by the founding team; co-founders with top-tier AI publication records (ICML, KDD); architecture designed for numerical reasoning that LLMs cannot handle
How they differentiate
Academic-rooted research-first approach with deep expertise in structured data AI; Korean market focus with on-premise capabilities for data-sensitive enterprises; early-stage agility vs. Big Tech and well-funded US/European competitors
Main competitors
Fundamental (NEXUS, US, unicorn at $1.4B valuation), Prior Labs (TabPFN, Germany, acquired by SAP), Kumo AI (acquired by NVIDIA for ~$400M)
Major milestones
July 2026: First institutional funding of $2.69M (Seed round led by Stonebridge Ventures), Company founded by SNU professor Jaemin Yoo and co-founders
Market positioning
Early-stage Korean entrant in the rapidly heating global tabular foundation model market, competing against well-funded US unicorns (Fundamental), SAP-acquired European players (Prior Labs), and NVIDIA-acquired firms (Kumo AI), as well as Google Research's TabFM
Geographic focus
South Korea (primary), with plans to expand globally
About Jaemin Yoo (유재민)
Assistant Professor, Seoul National University CSE (2026–Present); Assistant Professor, KAIST EE & AI (2023–2026); Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University (2022–2023); Ph.D. & B.S. in Computer Science, Seoul National University; Google PhD Fellowship recipient; Appointed KAIST assistant professor at age 29
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Official website: https://nums.world/