KT has worked across finance, resources, and biotech, advising startups and as an angel investor backing great ideas. She’s seen brilliant researchers hit dead ends, not because their tech wasn’t good, but because the system was too complex and slow. The reality? Most university patents never reach the market—they get lost, stuck, or dropped before they have a chance.

When she started searching for licensing opportunities for startups, she saw firsthand how broken the process was. Even understanding the system, patents were hard to find and harder to understand. So she started working on a solution to fix this mess and unlock IP for everyone.

Enter JK—a software and cloud engineer who knows how to build at scale. We met through Y Combinator’s co-founder matching, and knew we could work together. With JK's deep expertise in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and security, he has been key in making SimpleIP not just an idea, but a reality. Over the past year, we’ve been working hard to create a platform that doesn’t just make patent searches easier—it makes them actually useful. Together, we’re on a mission to unlock innovation, remove roadblocks, and help businesses, researchers, and investors move faster.