Mook Kim focuses on how AI can safely run real industrial systems like factories, refineries, and power plants, arguing that the best approach is having experienced engineers train AI agents the way they'd mentor a new hire, with a strong emphasis on explainable and well-supervised systems. His path to GS Futures is unusual too, moving from investor to CFO at Explorer and founding an education startup before joining the firm, where he's also helped represent its ties to Korea's AI industry.
About their Fund
GS Futures is a venture fund tied to GS Group's energy, construction, and retail businesses, giving it hands-on access to industries where new technology can actually be tested and used; it runs two funds—a general fund and a separate one focused only on construction technology—and looks for companies that build full workflow and supply-chain systems rather than single tools, aiming to fill the "outsourced R&D" gap for an industry that rarely experiments on its own. The fund also backs physical AI, robotics, industrial transition, and blockchain infrastructure companies, reflecting a broad view of what counts as important infrastructure, and its team, led by construction industry veteran Aaron Toppston, pays close attention to how well new technology earns trust on real job sites rather than just how good the product looks on paper.
















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