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BookAI: Shaping the Future of Reading

  • Writer: BookAI
    BookAI
  • May 14
  • 4 min read

Updated: May 20


Image Credit: Meet Startup, photographed by 蔡仁譯
Image Credit: Meet Startup, photographed by 蔡仁譯

Overload Info, Thirsty for Insight

In today's digital landscape, we're drowning in information while starving for knowledge. 

The paradox of our time lies in the fact that despite having multiple access to content, the precise information we REALLY need is becoming increasingly difficult. 


For book lovers and knowledge seekers, this challenge is particularly acute: with millions of titles at our fingertips, how do we pinpoint the one that perfectly answers our questions or deeply resonates with us?


This is where BookAI steps in, not to supplant the reading experience itself, but to significantly enhance it. In this fast-paced world, mastering reading is mastering the power of knowledge.


Bridging Readers and Knowledge

Founded by Hsieh Kun-lin, Yuan Yu-lun, and Huang Wei-chia,BookAI takes a fundamentally different approach, refreshingly integrating AI with reading. While most AI companies focus on content "generation," BookAI's mission is to help people "discover" and extract the most valuable insights from the books for readers.


"AI's ability to generate text is becoming increasingly powerful," explained CEO Hsieh Kun-lin. "However, BookAI aims to effectively explore books for readers, not replace them. We are building a bridge between readers and the knowledge they seek."


This philosophy deeply resonates within Taiwan's publishing ecosystem. In BookAI's vision, traditional publishing and digital innovation continue to coexist and evolve together.




Find the “Soul-books”

BookAI's core technology lies in its Sovereign Knowledge Map – a revolutionary method for "understanding and organizing" book content in a way that respects the original structure and writing context. 


Unlike traditional AI systems that split the texts into random phrases, BookAI sees each book as an "organic whole," preserving the logic, narrative, and the author's insights.


"'Paragraphs and chapters are structured, not just chopped blocks,' emphasizes Hsieh Kun Lin. 'So we've built a system that 'mimics how humans digest books.'"


This approach yields two key benefits:

  1. Contextual Understanding: By respecting the "original structure," BookAI accurately comprehends the content, significantly reducing errors and misunderstandings, and enhancing usability.

  2. Full Traceability: Every piece of information provided by BookAI clearly reveals its source, allowing readers to verify the information's accuracy within the book and explore the content further.


Our Commitment to Copyright

With the industry's heightened focus on copyright and intellectual property, BookAI clearly states its ethical approach: training AI models through innovative technology and modules, rather than READING lyrics.


"We pledge that copyrighted text will not be internalized and used for model training by our AI," stated Hsieh Kun-lin. "If publishers delist books, those books will be removed from the platform immediately, ceasing to be recommended. This guarantee is to safeguard the rights of publishers and authors."

This impactful commitment has earned publishers' trust, positioning BookAI as an ally in digital publishing, not a threat.


Toolkit Ecosystem for Modern Reading

BookAI provides a toolkit ecosystem that comprehensively enriches diverse reading experiences.


Miva: Your Reading Ally

Miva, as a reading ally, responds to your questions, recommends books based on your unique reading situation, tracks your progress, and can even understand your mood or particular requirements.

Must noted that Miva answers accurate responses with minimal input.

Just a simple phrase like "I'm sad" enables Miva to provide the "emotional concept of books” for you, even the name of the title has no any “sad” or “emotional” key words.




Osmi: The E-Reader Companion

For digital reading enthusiasts, Osmi serves as the perfect companion, providing assistance with definitions, annotations, and syncing across devices. It's designed for readers who want support during their reading journey without disrupting their flow.




Heka: Smart Search Across Your Library

Heka transcends traditional search functionality by connecting ideas across different titles and helping users build a comprehensive understanding of subjects they're exploring. It's not just a search bar; it's a map of interconnected ideas.




Coeus: Enterprise Knowledge Management

For organizations and institutions, Coeus offers a powerful solution for building private knowledge libraries, organizing internal content, and supporting research through a controlled AI-enhanced system.


Where AI meets Law


BookAI’s three founders—Hsieh Kun-lin, Yuan Yu-lun, and Huang Wei-chia—unites creativity, law, and technology. This powerful combination directly molded BookAI's identity: innovative, clear, transparent, logical, and protective. The central question of how to integrate cutting-edge AI within the existing global copyright legal framework sparked BookAI's core business model and crucial technologies, bringing these three influential minds together.


"In the eyes of experts and professionals, legal documents generated by general AI are simply unusable." Chief Legal Officer Yuan Yu-lun profoundly understands AI’s limitations in law. When processing litigation, court documents, and judgments, AI loses its functionality and is incapable of handling the content which is complexly structured and nuanced within this field.


CTO Huang Wei-chia, with a background at ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), excels in developing foundational algorithms. He created the unique algorithm "Knowledge Map" to solve the randomness and uncontrollability of AI reading. This innovation enables BookAI tools to adhere to the inherent structure of books, delivering insights to readers.


"Words are the bridge along with cognition and ideology." Hsieh Kun-lin reflected when AI meets law. This very insight propelled the establishment, development, mission, and vision of BookAI: to be a reader's trusted companion, the narrator for publishers and authors, and a meaningful bridge connecting people with books.


Image : Chief Technology Officer Huang Weijia


BookAI Brings the Future: Human-AI Collaboration

The BookAI team is in the process of securing seed funding, aiming to raise US$800,000 by June 2025. The team's central priority is to fully develop and enhance services for publishers and readers within Taiwan, Japan, and the United States. Expansion into the Asia-Pacific and European-American markets will follow.


Hsieh Kun-lin stressed, "BookAI's aim in AI reading is NOT to supersede books or reading. Rather, it's to locate the books readers expect and need, establish knowledge frameworks, and delve deeply into the insights. This interaction with AI represents a future where humanity and AI collaborate."


Respecting the completeness of books and the author's insights, BookAI stands at the forefront of a reading revival—creating a future where people experience books deeply and more efficiently, enjoy knowledge services, and connect with the books they've long desired.


 
 

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