Genesislab CEO Interview — Korea's AI Basic Law and 2025 IPO Plans

Source: Newsworks (뉴스웍스) — “Trust First — Then the AI Industry Takes Off”: Genesislab CEO Calls Korea’s AI Basic Law Urgent Original in Korean

Newsworks’ ‘People Newsworks Met’ series ran a solo interview with Genesislab CEO Lee Young-bok. The conversation spans the AI Basic Law, ViewinterHR’s current footprint, new-business strategy, and KOSDAQ listing plans — all in one piece.

Lee was direct about regulation. “Fields like healthcare, mobility, and hiring have outsized impact on people’s lives. They need regulation.” His position: “Markets work better when there’s regulation.” He also proposed an incentive structure: rewards for private companies that follow AI ethics guidelines.

On ViewinterHR: 140 customer organizations, and the ROK Army now looking at extending AI into a third interview stage. In Lee’s reading, “AI interviews are being assessed as delivering quality that exceeds human interviewers.”

Two new-business pillars come through. Dr. Listen, the AI mental-health counselor, is supplied to foundations and universities with overseas support in progress. Zuicy, the AI fandom platform, has reached around 500,000 registered users and is generating tens of millions of won in monthly revenue.

The IPO timeline is concrete. The company is targeting a KOSDAQ listing early next year, with Hana Securities as lead underwriter.

The full interview — and the detailed reasoning behind Lee’s policy proposals — is available in the original article.