Webtoon’s elevator pitch and scale

Webtoon pioneered the vertical scrolling format nearly 20 years ago, and has been expanding the genres of its content since. CFO David Lee joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Woo Jin Ho on this Tech Disruptors episode to explain how the company is building out its global-content platform using AI-driven creator tools, advanced data infrastructure and high-throughput content workflows. He discusses the economics of paid content, margin impacts from infrastructure modernization and how partnerships with Disney and Warner Bros. expand Webtoon’s IP engine. He offers a sharp look at where AI, platform scale, and digital media monetization converge.