BookAI Wins Potential Star Award at Taiwan Creative Content Agency Cultural Entrepreneurship Accelerator 2026
On November 7, 2026, the Demo Day for Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA)'s 7th Cultural Entrepreneurship Accelerator took place at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) held in the Nankang Exhibition Center. On this day, BookAI took the stage to receive the "Rising Star Award" in the Business Growth Track. Out of 12 teams competing in the Business Growth Track, 3 received awards.
The evaluation criteria for this award were business model feasibility, market growth strategy, competitive advantage, and pitch performance. The entire team is thrilled that BookAI's business model and market strategy received recognition from both industry mentors and TAICCA.
A Landmark Stage for Taiwan's Cultural Content Startups
The TAICCA Cultural Entrepreneurship Accelerator has reached its seventh batch, with over a hundred alumni spanning film and television, performing arts, gaming, publishing, and cultural technology. These include names well-known in the cultural scene such as Godot Theatre Company, Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Group, If Kids Theatre, SAT.KNOWLEDGE, InBlooom, Walk in Taiwan, and GliaCloud.
Nearly Four Months of Exchange and Validation
The 7th batch of the accelerator brought together 20 teams, over 55 hours of courses, and more than 20 mentors. BookAI joined with launched products and market experience from both domestic and international fronts. Starting with the consensus camp in July, we engaged in deep exchanges with mentors regarding business models, market strategies, and financial planning. Following the mid-term review on August 26, BookAI entered the Business Growth Track, focusing on expanding partnership opportunities and market growth strategies. On October 1, we presented BookAI's business model and growth strategy to mentors and TAICCA representatives during the practical simulation of business cooperation pitches, leading to our receipt of the Rising Star Award at the Demo Day on November 7.
Two Things BookAI Is Doing
Starting from publishing, BookAI has also brought the same set of capabilities to more industries this year. Winning this award gives us even more confidence to continue moving forward on these two paths.
The first thing is rights for cultural content. Small and medium-sized publishers as well as rights agencies hold many great works—many of which possess potential for film and TV adaptation—yet they sit quietly in folders, making it difficult for the right buyers to see them. Receiving this award at TCCF, a venue where stories meet the film and television industry, makes us feel particularly strong about this mission.
"Your rights catalog shouldn't be silent. It should speak every language."
The second thing is enterprise knowledge across various industries. Small and medium-sized enterprises also have a vast number of documents that require precise reading: SOPs, training materials, product catalogs, and internal regulations. BookAI transforms these static documents into AI assistants that are searchable, answer questions, and trace sources, allowing employees and clients to find answers in their own language. In Belgium this June, an international intellectual property consultancy told us that every prior art search requires reading 300 to 500 documents, and what they need is an assistant that can finish reading them all without making things up. Such demand can be found in every industry.
Thanking Everyone Along the Journey
Standing on the award podium, BookAI Founder and CEO Kun-Lin Hsieh said:
"I am truly grateful to our advisors and the mentors who have helped us grow all along the way. My background is in architecture, I've done interior design, and now I'm working in AI, gradually hoping to bring Taiwan's content to the international stage—we are a cross-disciplinary team like this. I'm really glad to participate in this accelerator and meet so many wonderful partners and various resources. My processor can only process up to here. Anyway, I am still deeply grateful to the advisors and officials at TAICCA for giving us such an opportunity to genuinely contribute to Taiwan's content industry."
We would also like to thank TAICCA and the program team for organizing such a solid journey. Thank you to every mentor and judge for bringing invaluable industry perspectives and advice. Thanks also to the other teams in our cohort—the exchanges and mutual inspiration over these four months were the most precious part of this journey.
This award belongs to every teammate at BookAI, as well as the clients and partners along the way who were willing to try our product and give us feedback.
Next Steps
This award is a validation of BookAI's business model and market strategy. Moving forward, we will continue to accompany the content industry toward the global stage and assist more enterprises in making true use of their documents.
If you have works you want the world to see, or a wealth of documents in your company waiting to be put to good use, feel free to get in touch with us.
