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올거나이즈

Pleasanton, US · Founded 2017 · Delaware corporation · 58 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors

Allganize builds AI Coworkers and an enterprise AI platform called Alli, offering vertically integrated tools spanning LLM selection, RAG 2.0 document handling, agent execution, deployment, and security compliance. It serves enterprises—including finance and public-sector organizations—with no-code AI apps for Slack, Teams, and desktop, deployable in cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and hybrid environments.

Also known as Allganize · Allganize Holdings 주식회사 · Allganize Inc. · 올거나이즈

Founders & leadership

올거나이즈 was founded in 2017 by Changsu Lee.

CLChangsu Lee
Changsu LeeinFounder and CEO
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Kibin Shin
YS
Yasuo Sato

Board

YK
Yoon KangBoard director
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Yasuhiko YurimotoBoard director

Investors · 7

Also in the syndicate · 3

Atinum InvestmentMurex PartnersSK Telecom

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$15M disclosed across 2 of 5 rounds · 2019–2023

$10MraisedFeb 2021 · 11 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Yasuo SatoDirector
  • Changsu LeeExecutive Officer, Director
  • Yoon KangDirector
  • Yasuhiko YurimotoDirector
  • Cheuk KimDirector
  • Kibin ShinDirector
Offering amount
$10M
Amount sold
$10M
First sale
Dec 2020
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2017
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$5MraisedApr 2019 · 15 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Yoon KangDirector
  • Changsu LeeExecutive Officer, Director
  • Yasuhiko YurimotoDirector
Offering amount
$5M
Amount sold
$5M
First sale
Apr 2019
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2017
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Allganize develops Alli, an enterprise AI platform centered on document understanding and work automation. Its two main product lines are Alli Coworker, a natural-language builder that lets non-developers create and run AI apps and agents on the web or connected to Slack and Teams, and Alli Works, a pre-configured work agent that performs document tasks such as contract review and summarization, RFP analysis, guideline checks and knowledge search with citations. Supporting modules include Alli Documents 2.0 for automatic classification and natural-language search over unstructured documents, Deep Research for multi-source sourced analysis reports, Answer for policy and manual Q&A inside Slack and Teams, an AX Report giving monthly analytics on AI usage and ROI, an app market with more than 100 ready-to-install apps, and a Local Agent desktop client that runs on internal PCs without uploading files [0][1].

The platform is presented as a single stack spanning model selection (cloud, on-premises and fine-tuned LLMs), a RAG 2.0 retrieval engine, governance controls (role-based access control, audit trails, content guardrails, compliance frameworks) and an agent runtime with planner, RAG engine and tool router, exposed through REST API, an MCP bridge and webhooks. Allganize markets an agentic RAG loop in which answers are evaluated and re-retrieved to resolve version conflicts and contradictions, MapReduce-based no-code processing for large files (stated support for 1M-row Excel and 500MB Word files), and citation highlighting on the original document layout. A plugin architecture is used to run SaaS and on-premises deployments from one codebase, with customer SSO (SAML with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace), OCR, encryption and mail as plugins [0][1][3].

Earlier generations of the product were positioned as AI cognitive search and chatbot solutions — including the Alli Answer cognitive search product and an AI task bot deployed for online customer support — before the company expanded into an LLM all-in-one platform with an app builder, industry-specific lightweight sLLMs and an LLM app market [4][7].

Founding story

Allganize Inc. was established in California in July 2017. Founder and CEO Changsu Lee holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from KAIST and previously worked at SKT and Gameon before founding mobile game data analytics startup 5Rocks, which was sold to Tapjoy. Co-founder and Japan Country Manager Yasuo Sato previously led 5Rocks' Japan business, and co-founder Kibin Shin previously worked at Neowiz, Naver and LINE on server frameworks, backend development and machine translation and speech recognition performance [2][5][7].

Business model

Allganize sells its Alli platform to enterprises and public-sector organizations, with deployment options spanning SaaS (usage-based, lower initial cost, setup within about a week) and on-premises or hybrid installations that involve server, license and implementation costs and multi-week to multi-month deployment timelines. In on-premises engagements the customer operates the infrastructure, data and security policy while Allganize supplies specification guidance, installation support, model deployment and patches; pricing and configuration are handled through its sales team [0][3].

Software platform sold to enterprises through SaaS subscriptions with usage-based initial cost and on-premises/hybrid licensing that includes server, license and implementation fees [3].

Traction

The company reports 300+ enterprises with production deployments cumulatively since 2017 across Korea, the US and Japan, 120 million documents handled, and a claimed 11 hours saved per user per week. In November 2023 it reported more than 200 enterprise and public-sector customers, working with global financial institutions, telecom operators, retail groups, securities firms and insurers. It cites on-premises production references at seven financial institutions and four public-sector organizations, and a customer testimonial from Geospace Technologies' SVP of IT and CISO [0][1][6][7].

Latest developments

Current site materials highlight Alli Coworker and Alli Works as new offerings, an updated Alli Documents v2 with a knowledge refinery, Deep Research, an app market, and an Alli Local Agent desktop client that accesses local files without cloud upload and supports scheduled execution. The AX Report monthly analytics product is described as undergoing a full redesign based on Japan team feedback, with US and Japan renewals complete, Korea in preparation, and general availability planned after integration with the Alli Dashboard [0][1].

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Allganize positions itself as an enterprise-grade provider bridging AI pilots to production, emphasizing on-premises and closed-network references in finance and the public sector, and cites 300+ enterprise deployments across Korea, the US and Japan since 2017. In 2023 press coverage it was described as an LLM all-in-one solution company serving more than 200 enterprises and public institutions and operating what it called Korea's only LLM app market [0][1][6][7].

Stated points of differentiation include a single codebase serving both SaaS and on-premises/air-gapped deployments with plugin-based customer customization, agentic RAG with self-verification for messy production data, MapReduce-driven no-code handling of very large files, citation highlighting placed on the original document layout rather than a file link, governed deployment with versioning and rollback, Korean-language optimization, and on-premises references in regulated finance and public-sector environments [0][1][3].

Technology

A four-layer stack: multi-LLM support (cloud, on-premises and fine-tuned models, including a Korean-language-trained in-house model referenced as Allganize Alpha), a RAG 2.0 engine indexing internal documents, internal databases and web sources with source verification, a control layer with role-based access control, audit logging, content guardrails and compliance frameworks, and an agent layer running Alli Coworker and Alli Works. Additional stated technical features include an agentic answer–verify–re-retrieve self-correction loop, MapReduce-based distributed processing for 1M-row spreadsheets and 500MB documents with a 100% data-integrity claim, layout-preserving citation highlighting, machine reading comprehension for chatbot use cases, version control, staging and one-click rollback for deployed apps, and a plugin architecture serving SaaS and on-premises from one codebase. The company cites SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 among its security certification requirements [0][1][3][4].

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise sales supported by demo requests, published case studies and industry-specific solution pages, technical review and implementation checklists for on-premises buyers, and a template/app market that lets internal teams self-serve pre-built apps. The company has also used AI industry events for product announcements, such as the THE AI SHOW exhibition at Seoul's DDP in November 2023 [0][3][4][7].

Large enterprises and public-sector organizations, with stated references in finance, public sector, healthcare, defense, manufacturing, IT, telecommunications, retail groups, securities firms and insurers, and stated buyer teams including legal, finance, engineering, sales, HR, customer support, R&D and operations [0][1][3][4][7].

Geography

Operations in Korea, the United States and Japan. Allganize Inc. was established in California in July 2017, Allganize Korea Inc. in Seoul in May 2018, and Allganize Japan K.K. in Tokyo in January 2019; headquarters functions were moved to Japan in November 2021 with Allganize Holdings K.K. based in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. AX Report renewals were completed for the US and Japan with Korea in preparation [0][1][5][6][7].

History

Founded in California in July 2017, Allganize began offering AI solutions across Korea, the US and Japan in March 2018, established Allganize Korea Inc. in Seoul in May 2018, launched the AI task bot Alli in August 2018, and established Allganize Japan K.K. in Tokyo in January 2019. It raised a Series A1 round in May 2019 and a Series A2 round in March 2021. In November 2021 it moved headquarters functions to Japan and established Allganize Holdings K.K. in Tokyo, whose stated business lines are natural-language cognitive search AI (classification, extraction, search), the Alli AI task bot, and AI adoption consulting. In November 2023 it announced a KRW 27 billion (about $20 million) Series B, bringing cumulative funding to KRW 46.8 billion (about $35 million), and stated it was preparing for a Japanese stock market listing in 2025. The product line subsequently expanded from cognitive search and chatbots into an LLM all-in-one platform and, most recently, the Alli Coworker and Alli Works agent products [0][1][5][6][7].

Risks & controversies

The company stated in November 2023 that it was preparing for a 2025 listing on the Japanese stock market; the sources do not record the outcome. Several performance claims on its own site — including the 100% data-integrity guarantee, zero-hallucination positioning, 11 hours saved per user weekly and market-share figures shown in product screenshots labeled as illustrative rather than real data — are company statements rather than independently verified results. Security certification scope is described as confirmable only during sales consultation [0][1][3][6][7].

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Cumulative funding raisedNov 2023$35M
Documents handledJan 2025120,000,000 documents
Enterprise and public-sector customersNov 2023more than 200
Enterprises with deployments in production (cumulative since 2017)Jan 2025300 enterprises
Pre-built AI work-automation apps availableJan 2025100 apps
Time saved per user, weekly (company claim)Jan 202511 hours

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 7

launches, deals, and filings
Nov 2023
Allganize closes KRW 27bn (about $20M) Series B

Allganize announced completion of a Series B round of KRW 27 billion (approximately $20 million), bringing cumulative funding to KRW 46.8 billion (about $35 million). New investors included Intervest, Murex Partners, SK Telecom, KB Investment and LG Technology Ventures; existing investors Atinum Investment, Stonebridge Ventures and FuturePlay followed on. Proceeds were earmarked for expanding its enterprise LLM app market and work-automation AI across Korea, the US and Japan.

$20M source ↗

Nov 2021
Headquarters functions moved to Japan; Allganize Holdings K.K. established

Allganize relocated its headquarters functions to Japan and established Allganize Holdings K.K., based in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, in November 2021.

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Jan 2019
Allganize Japan K.K. established in Tokyo

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Aug 2018
Launch of AI task bot Alli

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May 2018
Allganize Korea Inc. established in Seoul

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Mar 2018
Begins providing AI solutions in Korea, the US and Japan

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Jul 2017
Allganize Inc. established in California

Allganize Inc. was founded in California in July 2017.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
올거나이즈Delaware

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does 올거나이즈 do?
Allganize builds Alli, an enterprise AI platform of no-code AI apps and document agents deployable in SaaS, on-premises and air-gapped environments.
Who founded 올거나이즈?
올거나이즈 was founded by Changsu Lee in 2017.
Who are 올거나이즈's investors?
올거나이즈's investors include Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Laguna Investment, LG Technology Ventures.
How much funding has 올거나이즈 raised?
올거나이즈 has disclosed $15M raised across 2 of its 5 known rounds.
Where is 올거나이즈 headquartered?
올거나이즈 is headquartered in Pleasanton, US.