# Junyoung Kim

> Junyoung Kim is the co-founder and co-CEO of Seoul-based mobile-game developer and publisher Bagelcode. Since starting the company in 2012, he has helped turn an unsuccessful early game and a hard-won US publishing push into a data-led global operation. His current focus is an AI-agent-driven way of working in which small teams build tools, games, and experiments faster while human judgment remains responsible for what ships.

- **Role:** Co-founder and co-CEO at Bagelcode
- **Organizations:** Bagelcode
- **Education:** Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Bagelcode in 2012 and helped develop it into a profitable global mobile-game developer and publisher., Helped Bagelcode establish an international operating footprint spanning Seoul, Tel Aviv, Dnipro, and Hanoi., Led a data-driven publishing strategy linking game development, user acquisition, creative production, and live operations.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Co-founded Bagelcode with Ilhwan Yoon and colleagues.
- **2017** — Bagelcode raised a reported ₩14.3 billion funding round while pursuing direct publishing and US growth.
- **2018** — Helped lead Bagelcode's acquisition of JPJ Group's social-casino business and the expansion of its game portfolio.
- **2020** — Bagelcode completed a Series D funding round.
- **2022** — Bagelcode turned profitable and received Korea's $50 Million Export Tower and Service Tower honors.
- **2024** — Bagelcode expanded company-wide AI initiatives and reported ₩111.7 billion in revenue with ₩13.8 billion in operating profit.
- **2026** — Kim described Bagelcode's shift toward an AI-agent-driven operating model and an internal game jam that produced 124 finished games in seven days.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Bagelcode in 2012 and helped develop it into a profitable global mobile-game developer and publisher.
- Helped Bagelcode establish an international operating footprint spanning Seoul, Tel Aviv, Dnipro, and Hanoi.
- Led a data-driven publishing strategy linking game development, user acquisition, creative production, and live operations.
- Helped execute the 2018 acquisition of JPJ Group's social-casino business, expanding Bagelcode's portfolio and data assets.
- Oversaw Bagelcode during its receipt of Korea's $50 Million Export Tower and Service Tower honors in 2022.
- Advanced a company-wide AI program that included broad tool access, internal AI events, agent workflows, and the GameBakery.ai production engine.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Described Bagelcode's AI-agent-driven transition, including isolated Mac mini sandboxes, agent-generated pull requests, and new internal workflow software.
- **2026-04** — Reported that a seven-day internal game jam produced 124 finished mobile games, compared with nine at an event three years earlier.
- **2025-07** — Bagelcode said it was expanding from social casino into casual, defense, arcade, strategy, and idle-game experiments while applying AI to production and advertising tests.
- **2024-11** — Bagelcode held an internal AI conference and said it would use AI as both an efficiency tool and a creative driver.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bagelcode.com/en/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junyoung-robin-kim
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Y_0PRBCls

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Last updated: 2026-08-27