Mentat Signs AI Licensing Deal With Jpub, Supplies Over 100 IT Specialized Books
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Mentat said on the 16th that it signed an AI licensing agreement with Jpub and will supply specialized book content as AI training and citation data.
The books covered by the deal include programming, developer workflows, AI, data science, computer use, and some practical and general-interest titles, and the intended uses are AI training and answer generation.
The supply format consists of training datasets and a reference and citation API, and Mentat supports the licensing process end to end, from copyright verification to settlement.
Mentat said on the 16th that it signed an AI licensing agreement with Jpub and will supply professional book content as AI training and citation data. Mentat said it will provide more than 100 IT specialized books and computer how-to books to AI companies.
The books covered by the deal include programming, developer workflows, AI, data science, and computer use, along with some practical and general-interest titles. Mentat will supply Jpub's IT- and computer-use-focused books so AI companies can use them.
Jpub will select the books to be provided and set the content scope and usage period. Under the agreement, the books may be used for AI training and answer generation.
The supply format consists of training datasets and reference and citation API. The training dataset is intended to provide data for AI training, while the reference and citation API is meant to help AI reference and cite book content. Mentat handles copyright verification, content processing, quality evaluation, usage measurement, and settlement, supporting the licensing process end to end.
Mentat, founded in 2025, is a platform connecting publishers and AI companies that supports AI training and citation of book content. Mentat said it has secured licensing agreements with more than 80 domestic publishers, covering about 34,000 books. Within this structure, Jpub receives revenue settlements linked to the scale of AI use.
Publishers can check usage and settlement details. Copyright holders of content that generates revenue are paid according to a pre-agreed share.
Since 2009, Jpub has published specialized books on computers and IT, including programming, development, and data. More recently, it has also expanded into computer use, design, and hobby titles.
Jeon Byoung-wook, CEO of Mentat, said high-quality data with clear sources and rights is important to improve AI trustworthiness. He also said Mentat's role is to build a compensation structure for AI training and citation for publishers and authors of specialized content. He added that the company plans to expand collaboration with a range of specialized publishers such as Jpub.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407013
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