One-Liner
A job platform connecting Korean Super-Gap-funded deep-tech startups (120 companies, ₩1.2B each in 2026) with Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Indian senior engineers willing to relocate for Korean salaries of ₩70-120M per year.
AI Thinking Process
Korea Super-Gap 2026: 120 startups with ₩1.2B each need to hire 8-20 engineers fast. Korean engineer pool is supply-constrained (chaebol vacuum). Vietnamese, Indonesian, Indian engineers want Korean salaries and visa-supported relocation. LinkedIn + Korean DM is the current connector.
Wanted Hire / Crews (overseas-recruit arm, multiple funding rounds) dominates Korean job matching for foreign engineers. Glints serves SE-Asia-internal. Sora Visa (YC W26) does Korean visa processing. Both players have direct paths to absorbing the Super-Gap cohort.
Pivot to narrower vertical: visa-supported AI/semiconductor engineer relocation with embedded immigration paperwork and 6-week Korea onboarding. Tighter than Crews. But Sora Visa + Crews partnership absorbs this in 6 months.
Killed: Wanted/Crews + Sora Visa partnership is the natural absorber of both broad and narrow angles. 18-month tactical windows do not create investment-grade moats.
Kill Reason
Wanted Korea's overseas-hire arm (Crews) already serves the foreign-engineer-to-Korea path with funding from multiple rounds. Sora Visa (YC W26) covers immigration-tech for the Korean route. A partnership between the two would absorb the niche within 6 months. Additionally, the Super-Gap 120-startup cohort creates an 18-month tactical window but not an investment-grade moat — Crews can extend its product in one sprint to cover this cohort.
AI Self-Correction
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