BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — BeingAI Corporation, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced they will locate the company’s new U.S. headquarters at the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Innovation Campus in Bowling Green, investing nearly $3 million and creating 28 high-wage Kentucky jobs over three phases in the next three years.
Company leaders will locate the new headquarters in a leased facility at the WKU Innovation Campus, establishing BeingAI’s first location in the United States. The project will create 28 quality jobs, consisting of a world-class team of creators, scientists and developers to bring together art, technology and pro-humanity principles to create artificially intelligent characters (called “AI beings”). The new headquarters will serve as the company’s center for creative development and immersive experiences, including 3D character design and development and foster learning- and wellness-focused content, services and experiences in collaboration with content creators, service providers and AR/VR/immersive experience designers.
“The next-generation digital experience will be centered around human-AI interaction, which requires sensibility and pragmatism in user experience design enabled by the latest A.I. and extended reality innovations,” saidBeingAI CEO Jeanne Lim. “Bowling Green offers so much of what I need to bring these elements together. I look forward to forging strategic, long-term partnerships to grow our business across the U.S. and globally.”
Founded in 2020, BeingAI helps bridge disciplines in arts, psychology, artificial intelligence and interactive storytelling to bring to the world delightful AI-enabled characters that deliver real value to people. These AI beings have rich personalities, engage in conversations and deliver real-world solutions – to entertain, educate, comfort, inspire and collaborate. The company was one of five global AI startup finalists in last year’s SXSW Pitch competition, a featured showcase event highlighting some of the most innovative startup companies in the world.
The WKU Innovation Campus is an applied research and intellectual hub that spurs innovative collaboration, promotes problem-solving and nurtures talent to elevate the economy and region. Through real-world applications and entrepreneurial support, the Innovation Campus engages and connects researchers, students and start-ups with corporations, industry leaders and local businesses to tackle challenges and foster a talent-first strategy to meet the needs of the region’s growing industries.
On Thursday, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) approved a 15-year incentive agreement with the company under the Kentucky Business Investment program to encourage investment and job growth in the community. The performance-based agreement can provide up to $400,000 in tax incentives based on the company’s investment of at least $550,000 and annual targets of:
- Creation and maintenance of 28 Kentucky-resident, full-time jobs across 15 years; and
- Paying an average hourly wage of $44.89, including benefits across those jobs.
By meeting its annual targets over the agreement term, the company can be eligible to keep a portion of the new tax revenue it generates. The company may claim eligible incentives against its income tax liability and/or wage assessments.
In addition, BeingAI can receive resources from Kentucky’s workforce service providers. Those include no-cost recruitment and job placement services, reduced-cost customized training and job-training incentives.
For more information on BeingAI, visit BeingAI.com.
