MPAGE Selected as One of the "Top 50 Small and Medium Business R&D Excellence Achievements" by Ministry of SMEs and Startups

Selected in the Commercialization Category
Contributing to Strengthening the Technological Competitiveness of SMEs

Global music tech company MPAGE announced on November 28 that it has been selected as one of the "Top 50 Small and Medium Business R&D Excellence Achievements 2025," organized by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.

The Top 50 Small and Medium Business R&D Excellence Achievements is a program that verifies the technological innovation achievements of small and medium-sized enterprises across four categories: technology commercialization, strategic technology, overcoming limitations and re-challenge, and public innovation. This year, it recorded the highest-ever competition rate of 7.2 to 1. MPAGE was recognized for its outstanding commercialization results through R&D projects and its contribution to strengthening the technological competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, earning a spot in the commercialization category.

Sungheon Cho, MPAGE Leader (left), and Inseo Jung, MPAGE CEO, are taking a commemorative photo at the "2025 SME R&D Excellent Performance Sharing Meeting." MPAGE

With this selection, MPAGE will receive a commendation from the Minister of SMEs and Startups, opportunities to participate in investment support programs, support for participation in prestigious global exhibitions, and various other benefits. Based on this, the company plans to expand its overseas user base for its recently launched artificial intelligence (AI) music education app, "mymusic5," and to enhance user convenience and learning features.

MPAGE operates its own in-house research institute and has focused on developing music recognition AI technology. The company possesses core technologies such as real-time precise analysis of pitch, duration, and dynamics; technology for identifying notes through sound melody analysis; and technology for understanding the structural information of musical scores.

In addition, MPAGE is working to build a customized learning environment for performers by collaborating with the Music and Audio Computing Lab (MACLab) at KAIST to jointly research an AI score system based on performance difficulty.

Inseo Jung, CEO of MPAGE, stated, "This selection is significant because it is an official recognition of MPAGE's technological capabilities. We will continue to advance our technology and establish ourselves as a leading company in the global music tech market."

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