the first rough form of the organization began on the beginning of 2013 with founder yu jin-woo and two others. at least one advertisement appeared on november 22, 2013. on january 2013,'openowledge' was first created as a high school club. the founders only consisted of second-year high school students in cheongshim international academy. the current site began operating on may 2013 as a beta version for about a month. openowledge started operating as an actual service on july 16, 2013.