Company
Root Kernel builds technology that controls AI work and products that use it. Founded in June 2026, the company is led by a sole founder who researches and develops alongside multiple AI agents.
The meaning behind the name
The name Kernel comes from the founder’s research and development experience. During his master’s studies, he researched compiler techniques to improve loop-kernel performance. At LG Electronics, he worked on the Linux Kernel. At SAP, he joined the Kernel team, developing RDBMS core technology for managing sessions and transactions and connecting SQL engines.
Root denotes the highest level of system privilege as well as an origin or foundation. Root Kernel expresses the ambition to grow into a company that forms the foundation of the large, complex kernel systems the founder has worked on.
Products and technology named after animals
Just as life began in the sea, the technology behind our products is represented by aquatic animals, giving development tools names such as seal, ray, and coral. Land animals represent B2C products for everyday life, while animals of the sky represent B2B products that help businesses grow and collaborate. Sudal is a B2C product about relationships between people, and Doksuri is a B2B product for collaboration between people and AI.
Founder
Founder Yeonghun Jeong is an engineer with 13 years of experience developing mobile operating systems, database cores, and cloud infrastructure. At LG Electronics, he developed Linux Kernel scheduling and power management systems. At SAP Labs Korea, he worked on the SAP HANA database core and cloud infrastructure.
His work includes recovery technology that preserves sessions through database failures and technology for replaying production workloads to validate changes.
History
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 2026.01 | Started Sudal, a platform for comparing preferences on and offline, and AI-SPARK, spec-first AI control technology built on an FSM |
| 2026.02 | Selected for office space support from the Seoul 50 Plus Foundation |
| 2026.04 | Filed AI-SPARK as a Korean patent application |
| 2026.06 | Root Kernel founded |
| 2026.07 | Selected in the second round of the 2026 Game Production Environment AI Transformation (AX) support program (Ember Quest) |
Client Projects
| Period | Project |
|---|---|
| 2026.08– 2026.12 | We are developing financial applications for a 2026 corporate banking modernization project in Korea’s financial sector. |