# Barost / Barostore

> Barost is the core AI software product of Barostore (바로스토어), an early-stage South Korean AI startup and sole proprietorship founded on December 15, 2024. Barost is an easy-to-use Korean-language AI assistant for everyday users and small business owners, designed to use the Anthropic Claude API. The company is currently in product development and user validation.

## Company facts
- Legal name: 바로스토어 (Barostore)
- Business type: Sole proprietorship (South Korea)
- Founder & Owner: Seokyun Jeong (정석윤)
- Founded: December 15, 2024
- Location: Seogwipo-si, Jeju, South Korea
- Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) software
- Team size: 1 (founder-operated)
- Funding: No external funding (bootstrapped)
- Stage: Product development and user validation (pre-launch)
- Website: https://barost.org
- English site: https://barost.org/en/
- About page: https://barost.org/about/
- Contact: wjdtjrdbs@barost.org
- LinkedIn (founder): https://www.linkedin.com/in/%EC%84%9D%EC%9C%A4-%EC%A0%95-396879434/

## Product
- Name: Barost
- Category: Korean-language conversational AI assistant (software)
- Users: Everyday consumers and small business owners in South Korea
- Use cases: writing, summarizing, explaining difficult text in plain language, drafting customer replies, organizing information, general work assistance
- Planned foundation model: Anthropic Claude API
- Stage: In development and validation (pre-launch)

## FAQ
- Who owns Barostore? Founder & Owner Seokyun Jeong (정석윤).
- When was it founded? December 15, 2024.
- Where is it based? Seogwipo-si, Jeju, South Korea.
- Has it raised funding? No. It is bootstrapped.
- What is Barost built on? Barost is designed to use the Anthropic Claude API.

## Notes
- Barostore is an independently developed service. It is not affiliated with, partnered with, or officially endorsed by Anthropic. Claude is a trademark or product name of Anthropic.
- The company has raised no outside funding.

## Pages
- https://barost.org/ — Korean landing page (default)
- https://barost.org/en/ — English landing page
- https://barost.org/about/ — English About page (company facts and FAQ)
- https://barost.org/sitemap.xml
- https://barost.org/robots.txt