TasteQ knows me better than I know myself

TasteQ knows me better than I know myself

Our Team, Our Technology — TasteQ

Team: TasteQ 

CEO, Co-founder
Sun Yang 
University of Minnesota, MBA
Yonsei University, BA in EEE

Hyundai Motor Group, AI Biz.
Hanwha Aerospace, Robot Biz.
Samsung Techwin, MKT Strategy
Oracle Korea, Pre-sales

CTO, Co-founder
Seokhwan Kim
University of Tsukuba, Ph.D in C.S.
Sang Myung University, BA/MS in C.S

Hanwha Aerospace,  SW Team Leader
Samsung Techwin, Robot SW

Microsoft Research Asia PhD Fellowship

Biz. Unit
 ·  Business Dev
 ·  Sales & Marketing Team
 ·  Global Biz

R&D Unit
 ·  AI Dev.
 ·  SaaS Dev.
 ·  Data Team

Our Team, Our Technology — TasteQ

Team: TasteQ 

CEO, Co-founder
Sun Yang 
University of Minnesota, MBA
Yonsei University, BA in EEE

Hyundai Motor Group, AI Biz.
Hanwha Aerospace, Robot Biz.
Samsung Techwin, MKT Strategy
Oracle Korea, Pre-sales

CTO, Co-founder
Seokhwan Kim
University of Tsukuba, Ph.D in C.S.
Sang Myung University, BA/MS in C.S

Hanwha Aerospace,  SW Team Leader
Samsung Techwin, Robot SW


Microsoft Research Asia PhD Fellowship
Biz. Unit
 ·  Business Dev
 ·  Sales & Marketing Team
 ·  Global Biz
R&D Unit
 ·  AI Dev.
 ·  SaaS Dev.
 ·  Data Team

TasteQ provides

hyper-personalized solutions powered by taste analysis.

  • Participated in TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
  • Enlarged solution from FoodQ to TasteQ(Retail, Healthcare, M&E)
  • Selected among “Korea Startup Top 1,000+ AI LLM Challenge”
  • Participated in CES 2025 Eureka Park Booth
  • Registered FoodQ SaaS to Shopify App Store
  • Selected for TIPS Program
  • Seed Investment from CNT Tech
  • Pivoted from Misiq to FoodQ(B2B personalized recommendation SaaS)
  • Selected for Microsoft for Startups program
  • Pivoted from Salad service to Mobile meal-planning app service(Misiq)
  • Seed Investment from Small & Medium Business Corporation
  • Launched Customized Salad Service Store (Sejong-si, Korea)

Proprietary NLP-based 

ontology DB technology

automates the analysis of user preferences and enables more refined hyper-personalized recommendations.

배경 이미지

Intellectual Property(IP)


Patent
 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER'S FOOD TASTE INTELLIGENCE-BASED PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS USING ONTOLOGY AND MACHINE LEARNING(US 11,972,4711)
A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVELY COMBINING A PLURALITY OF FOODS ACCORDING TO ORDER DATA(KR 10-2250892) 
A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A QUESTIONNAIRE LIST FOR BUILDING A USER FOOD PROFILE(KR 10-2415373) 
A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE SIMILARITY OF FOOD FOR PERSONALIZED FOOD RECOMMENDATION USING A TREE(KR 10-2540268) 
A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER'S TASTE INTELLIGENCE BASED PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS USING ONTOLOGY AND MACHINE LEARNING(KR 10-2565403) 
A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LABEL INFORMATION ON FOOD(KR 10-2607701) 
A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A QUESTIONNAIRE LIST FOR BUILDING A USER FOOD PROFILE(KR 10-2610436) 
FOOD INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOOD PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION(KR 10-2675133)

Patent-pending
A MTEHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOOD PREFERENCE ANALYSIS AND FOOD DATABASE PROCESSING THAT REFLECT REAL-TIME USER BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS RESULTS(KR 10-2023-0101946)
A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CHATBOT SERVICE THAT RECOMMENDS FOOD USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL(KR 10-2024-0109070)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTIONS(KR 10-2025-0102590)

TasteQ collaborates with partners across diverse industries

Proprietary NLP-based ontology DB technology

automates the analysis of user preferences

and enables more refined hyper-personalized recommendations.

배경 이미지

Intellectual Property(IP)

Patent
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER'S FOOD TASTE INTELLIGENCE-BASED PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS USING ONTOLOGY AND MACHINE LEARNING(US 11,972,4711)  
A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVELY COMBINING A PLURALITY OF FOODS ACCORDING TO ORDER DATA(KR 10-2250892)
A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A QUESTIONNAIRE LIST FOR BUILDING A USER FOOD PROFILE(KR 10-2415373)
A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE SIMILARITY OF FOOD FOR PERSONALIZED FOOD RECOMMENDATION USING A TREE(KR 10-2540268)
A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER'S TASTE INTELLIGENCE BASED PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS USING ONTOLOGY AND MACHINE LEARNING(KR 10-2565403)
A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LABEL INFORMATION ON FOOD(KR 10-2607701)
A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A QUESTIONNAIRE LIST FOR BUILDING A USER FOOD PROFILE(KR 10-2610436)
FOOD INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOOD PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION(KR 10-2675133)

Patent-pending
A MTEHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOOD PREFERENCE ANALYSIS AND FOOD DATABASE PROCESSING THAT REFLECT REAL-TIME USER BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS RESULTS(KR 10-2023-0101946)
A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CHATBOT SERVICE THAT RECOMMENDS FOOD USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL(KR 10-2024-0109070)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTIONS(KR 10-2025-0102590)

TasteQ helps your customers stay 

longer and engage deeper

TasteQ goes beyond recommendations — it understands your taste

From emerging indie brands to global enterprises, TasteQ delivers truly personalized curation that resonates with every user.


Enhance your competitive edge and accelerate revenue growth

TasteQ delivers AI-driven, preference-based curation that converts insights into measurable sales — all without the need for in-house AI teams or proprietary training data. Fast to deploy, easy to scale, and built for business impact.

TasteQ helps your customers

stay longer and engage deeper

TasteQ goes beyond recommendations — it understands your taste

From emerging indie brands to global enterprises, TasteQ delivers 

truly personalized curation that resonates with every user.


Enhance your competitive edge and accelerate revenue growth

TasteQ delivers AI-driven, preference-based curation that converts insights into measurable sales — all without the need for in-house AI teams or proprietary training data. Fast to deploy, easy to scale, and built for business impact.


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