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Venture Square, interview with Mentat CEO Jeon Byeong-wook (2026-10-20)

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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
Korean books licensed for AI training and citation through Mentat, a licensing platform for about 95 Korean publishers (repertoire of about 34,000 titles); cumulative value of its contracts with global AI companies	Price observation	누적 계약 150억원 (KRW 15 billion cumulative contracts), 도서 3만4000종 (34,000 titles)	20 Oct 2026
Count distinct titles and lead with specialist adult nonfiction when selling books for AI training	Negotiation lever	A US distributor buying Korean used books in bulk in 2026 (suspected of supplying AI…	20 Oct 2026

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