# Joowon Kim

> Joowon Kim is co-founder and CEO. Melius on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CEO.

Joowon Kim is co-founder and CEO of Melius, a New York company building AI agents that turn an idea into images, video and audio. In October 2026 Melius announced $25 million in total funding from General Catalyst, CRV and others. Joowon Kim previously worked at Ramp with co-founder Young Kim.

## What Joowon builds

- [Melius](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/melius.md), graded C, 54.2/100, in Design workspaces & canvases. Melius is a hosted node-based canvas for generating images, video, audio and text with many third-party models. Outside agents read and write projects, canvases, nodes, edges, runs and comments through a REST API, an MCP server and the mel CLI. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Arnav Ramu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arnav-ramu/), Co-founder
- [Young Kim](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/young-kim/), Co-founder

## Backed by

- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)
- [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/)
- [Genius Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/genius-ventures/)
- [Vine Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vine-ventures/)
- [Anti Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anti-fund/)
- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch/)
- [Kahlil Lalji](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kahlil-lalji/)

## Questions

### Who is Joowon Kim?

Joowon Kim is co-founder and CEO of Melius, a New York company building AI agents that turn an idea into images, video and audio. In October 2026 Melius announced $25 million in total funding from General Catalyst, CRV and others. Joowon Kim previously worked at Ramp with co-founder Young Kim.

### What does Melius AI, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Melius from Melius AI, Inc.. Melius is a hosted node-based canvas for generating images, video, audio and text with many third-party models. Outside agents read and write projects, canvases, nodes, edges, runs and comments through a REST API, an MCP server and the mel CLI.

### Who has invested in Melius AI, Inc.?

The sources our research read name General Catalyst, CRV, Genius Ventures, Vine Ventures, Anti Fund, Guillermo Rauch and Kahlil Lalji.

### How are Joowon's tools graded?

Melius is graded C, 54.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.melius.com/
- https://www.melius.com/contact

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