# Jangwoo Kim

> Jangwoo Kim is the co-founder and CEO of MangoBoost and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Seoul National University. A former CPU/system architect at Sun Microsystems and Oracle, he works on the hardware and software that improve data-center efficiency. He co-founded MangoBoost in 2022 with students and colleagues, taking systems research into commercial DPUs and broader AI infrastructure.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at MangoBoost
- **Organizations:** MangoBoost, Seoul National University, POSTECH, Sun Microsystems, Oracle
- **Education:** B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, M.Eng. in Computer Science, Cornell University, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Co-founded MangoBoost to commercialize university systems research., Listed in the MICRO (2019), ISCA (2020), and ASPLOS (2026) Halls of Fame on his academic page., Selected for the inaugural National Academy of Engineering of Korea New Frontier Award in 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2009** — CPU/System Architect at Sun Microsystems.
- **2009-2010** — CPU/System Architect at Oracle.
- **2010-2016** — Assistant/Associate Professor at POSTECH, according to his personal academic page.
- **2017** — Joined Seoul National University as an associate professor.
- **2019** — Became full professor at Seoul National University.
- **2022** — Co-founded MangoBoost with students and colleagues.
- **2023** — MangoBoost raised a $55 million Series A.
- **2024** — MangoBoost announced CMU investment and James Hoe joining as full-time fellow.
- **2025** — MangoBoost submitted multi-node AMD Instinct GPU training results to MLPerf Training v5.0.
- **2026** — Introduced Mango Inference at an October 12 launch event.

## Achievements

- Co-founded MangoBoost to commercialize university systems research.
- Listed in the MICRO (2019), ISCA (2020), and ASPLOS (2026) Halls of Fame on his academic page.
- Selected for the inaugural National Academy of Engineering of Korea New Frontier Award in 2026.
- MangoBoost announced his receipt of the Innovation Medal, Order of Science and Technology Merit, at the 59th Science Day in April 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Introduced serverless AI inference platform Mango Inference on October 12. Said the company was shifting from R&D toward business execution; Series B fundraising was targeted for completion by year-end, not announced as closed.
- **2026-09** — Discussed MangoBoost’s data solutions and fundraising plans in a Bloomberg interview at the KBFG Korea Conference.
- **2026-08** — Discussed expansion into network switches and AI data-center fabric, alongside DPU, software, and server products.
- **2026-04** — Company announced his Innovation Medal at the 59th Science Day.
- **2026-03** — Selected for NAEK’s inaugural New Frontier Award.

## Links

- Website: https://hpcs.snu.ac.kr/~jangwoo/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jangwookim/

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