Turing, a developer of reasoning-based artificial intelligence agents, said on the 1st that it has raised 7 billion won ($5 million) in a Series B funding round.
Korea Development Bank, Kingo Investment Partners and Company K Partners participated as new investors. Kolon Investment, an existing backer, also joined with a follow-on investment.
The investors pointed to the growth pace and global expansion potential of GPAI, the company's AI agent. GPAI, which supports lecture study, assignments, exam preparation and team projects across campus life, surpassed 1.5 million sign-ups within a year of launch. In the United States, it is used at 415 universities including MIT, Stanford and Harvard.
GPAI combines reasoning technology for solving complex problems with visualization built on the company's own image engine and AI-native document processing. Unlike general-purpose AI, it is tailored to the academic workflow of college students, a focus that industry observers say has made it a standard study tool on campuses.
Turing plans to use the proceeds to build out GPAI's features and user base and to widen the scope of the service. The core aim is to move beyond an AI agent tailored to science and engineering students and support the academic work of college students worldwide regardless of major. To that end, Turing has made all previously paid features free to coincide with the start of the semester at major universities.
The company also plans to accelerate its push into overseas markets alongside the service expansion. It will roll out additional features for students' coursework and AI use while expanding its user base. Turing will also broaden partnerships with universities and research institutions to build references in business-to-business and business-to-government segments.
"This funding round reflects recognition of the reasoning AI technology Turing has built and GPAI's potential for global growth," a Turing official said. "We will develop GPAI into the AI service that every college student in the world turns to first, regardless of major or country."
