Metilience Sets $40m ARR Target as It Links Growth Model to Public-Interest Research

With just over a month to go before its first anniversary, Metilience Global has established a B2B intelligence platform that brings together responsible AI technology and a non-profit policy research infrastructure.

Founded last year, Metilience has continued to strengthen its AI governance framework, most recently by signing the UK’s Better Business Act pledge, which calls on companies to place legal and social responsibility at the heart of corporate decision-making.

In parallel, the company has established the Geneva Research Centre, a non-profit research hub in Switzerland. Drawing on open-source intelligence, or OSINT, the centre conducts research into international security and AI policy, including Korea–NATO technology cooperation, AI governance and cognitive security, with its findings intended to be shared with relevant international organisations.

Metilience Global is now integrating this non-profit security and policy research capability into MetiAudit, its enterprise AI compliance solution, as part of its expansion into the global B2B market.

A central element of this strategy is Centennial, an initiative developed in association with The Century Magazine. Centennial will operate through a strictly limited quota of 1,000 allocations, with proceeds supporting public-interest research and international cultural and artistic patronage.

Should all 1,000 Centennial infrastructure allocations be taken up, the initiative is projected to generate approximately KRW 57.6 billion, or US$40 million, in target annual recurring revenue from this single business line, based on an exchange rate of KRW 1,440 to the dollar.

The model is intended to move beyond a conventional commercial subscription structure by combining public-interest research partnerships with an international leadership network.

The project has been developed through the policy and academic network of Gwangseok Kim, founder and chief executive of Metilience Global, publisher of The Century Magazine and chairman of the Geneva Research Centre.

Mr Kim has also elected to forgo his entire executive remuneration for 2026, valued at approximately KRW 360 million, with the equivalent sum being redirected towards public-interest research in Europe and support for cultural and artistic initiatives.

A member of the Royal-Chartered Institute of Directors in the United Kingdom, the Military Operations Research Society in the United States and the Air & Space Forces Association, Mr Kim also supports the Royal British Legion.

Through his engagement with international policy, business and security research organisations, he has led efforts to develop a research infrastructure focused on defence technology cooperation between South Korea and NATO, as well as the governance of artificial intelligence.

A spokesperson for Metilience Global said:

“As we approach our first anniversary, our support for the Better Business Act and the establishment of a non-profit research centre represent an important step in demonstrating how a technology company can grow internationally while remaining grounded in trust, accountability and ethical governance.

“By combining our capabilities in AI governance with an international policy research infrastructure, we aim to encourage the wider adoption of responsible AI across the B2B intelligence market.”