Oswarld (Kwangseob Ahn)

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Adjunct Professor at Sejong University / Strategy Consultant at INLEVEL9

At INLEVEL9, he helps companies adopt AI, transition to it, and prepare for it while shaping market-entry, product, and GTM strategy. His path spans game projects at Nexon, finance at Hanwha Life, Notion’s Korean launch and community, AI products at Kakao Brain, and GTM strategy at Gamma. Across industries, the work has remained consistent: connecting products with markets and technology with people. His current research asks what conversational AI should remember, forget, and verify over long-running human relationships. He holds a master’s degree in Management of Technology and an MBA from Korea University and wrote Homo Brainless: The People Who Outsource Their Thinking.

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Professional Experience

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Sejong University · INLEVEL9

Adjunct Professor · Strategy Consultant

Researches and teaches AI adoption, market entry, product strategy, and GTM, then connects them to operating decisions inside real organizations.

Previous role

Gamma

Senior GTM Strategy Manager

Designing and executing GTM strategies for new feature launches and market expansion. Leading cross-functional collaboration between Product, Sales, and Marketing teams.

Sep 2021 - Feb 2024

Kakao Brain

Product Manager

Managed new projects based on AI models. Planned and operated Kakao Brain Pathfinder program.

Aug 2020 - Sep 2021

Hanwha Life

Project Manager

Built innovative teams for new business ventures in Fintech. Planned new services including subscription-based insurance.

Mar 2016 - Aug 2020

Nexon Korea

Development PM

Managed global launch projects across Korea, Indonesia, North America, etc. Handled app store operations and resource management.

Research, Book & Media

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Human–AI Interaction Research · Daily Arxiv

Studies memory, forgetting, and verification in long-running conversational AI and curates global AI research through Daily Arxiv.

2026

Homo Brainless: The People Who Outsource Their Thinking

Author of a book on how people delegate thought and judgment in the AI era; selected for the 2026 Sejong Books general-interest list.

Daily at 11:00 a.m.

INLEVEL9 Letter

Connects changes in AI, business, and society into signals readers can use to make decisions.

Education

Korea University

Master’s degree in Management of Technology and MBA.