About Melancholy Labs
We turn the difficulty of creation into imaginative solutions and explore how new AI technologies can reach people and society.
What We Do
Imagination Into Products
Melancholy is the gentle sadness and uncertainty creators face. We turn that feeling into imaginative products: our own services for problems we discover, and practical systems for places AI has not yet reached.
How We Build
From Start to Finish
We treat every service as a creative work. Without walls between planning, design, development, and operation, we keep making until an idea reaches someone and becomes useful or joyful. We are a small studio built on more than a decade of product experience.
Where We Are Going
Technology That Reaches People
We care less about technology itself than the moments it creates in people’s lives. Our goal is for AI to move beyond specialists, reach more people and industries naturally, and become services that help, delight, and last.
Team
The People Building With Us
Three people with different strengths shape, build, share, and follow each product all the way to real-world response.
Founder · Product & Technology
Seokmin Lee
Seokmin has built and operated digital products for more than a decade. After Mesh Korea, Buzzni, Chain Partners, and Mediwhale, he co-founded Lessbutter as CTO and led its development team. He now builds Melancholy Labs products and enterprise AI projects.
- Mesh Korea → Buzzni → Chain Partners → Mediwhale → Lessbutter CTO
- One 1st-place and three 2nd-place awards in medical AI competitions
- Created short films, podcasts, YouTube shows, and a social salon
Brand Content Creator
Chanyeong
Chanyeong sharpens each product’s user need and core experience, then turns what we make—and why we make it—into clear brand content.
- Product direction
- Brand messaging
- Content production
Developer
Eunjae
Eunjae connects the development needed across product and marketing, turning ideas into working features and faster releases.
- Product development
- Technical validation
- Release support
Interviews · Talks · Media
Where We Have Shared Our Story
From talks delivered on stage to interviews featuring our products, collected here from newest to oldest.
2026 Global AgeTech Forum in Busan · One-Minute Speech
A short forum speech on how AgeTech can become part of everyday life and the direction Melancholy Labs and OnDot are building toward.
Watch the full video on YouTube ↗CNTV · Introducing LifeBook
We introduced LifeBook, where AI calls older adults, listens to their stories, and turns a life into something families can revisit and share.
Watch the full video on YouTube ↗Gyeonggi Cultural Creation Hub · DearMinds Interview
A conversation about where DearMinds began and our vision for AI companions with distinct emotional characters.
Watch the full video on YouTube ↗Company Timeline
- Selected for the Creator Media Complex residency
- Launched LifeBook
- Published Biography
- Completed the Orange Planet hackathon
- Launched Dear Minds
- Incorporated Melancholy Labs
- Launched Traveler
- Launched MyLists
- Established Melancholy Labs as a sole proprietorship
- Selected for the Pangyo Gyeonggi Cultural Creation Hub startup office
- Launched Shoutout