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Kakao is at the forefront of technological advancements in Artificial Intelligence, securing a #25 rank on the AI innovations leaderboard among the top 100 tech companies. Kakao has released 49 AI-driven solutions in the last 6 months alone. Among those innovations, Text, Business and Miscellaneous represent 67% of their AI-related product releases. Below is a breakdown of Kakao's most recent AI Innovations by category and full list of their AI-related developments updated daily.

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Updated Sep 01, 2025
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Kakao's AI Innovations

Mar 01, 2025 - Sep 01, 2025
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Kakao's AI Innovations by Type

Mar 01, 2025 - Sep 01, 2025
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0 AI Innovations

DateInnovation NameTypeCategoryDescription
08/30/2025Kanana Language ModelProduct

Text

Kakao's self-developed Kanana language model for AI applications.

08/30/2025KakaoTalk RedesignFeature

Text

Redesign of KakaoTalk with new AI-driven features.

08/28/2025KakaoTalk AI EnhancementsFeature

Text

Significant AI-driven changes enhancing KakaoTalk's capabilities.

08/28/2025Kakao AI IntegrationFeature

Miscellaneous

AI integration into daily life for easy accessibility.

08/28/2025Video ModelProduct

Video

AI model for advanced video processing and analysis.

08/28/2025Kanana Language ModelProduct

Text

Kakao's self-developed AI language model for enhanced communication.

08/27/2025Kakao Tech AI School - Boss ClassService

Business

AI training program for small business owners by Kakao.

08/20/2025AI-Customized Education InitiativeService

Miscellaneous

AI-driven education program for digital citizenship skills development.

08/13/2025PlayMCPProduct

Automation

Open platform for AI model interaction and experimentation.

08/12/2025Kanana-Kast Audio DescriptionFeature

Audio

Audio description using Kakao's voice AI model Kanana-Kast.

08/08/2025Kanana SafeguardProduct

Security

AI model suite for assessing content safety and reliability.

07/24/2025Kanana-1.5-15.7b-a3bProduct

Text

MoE model with efficient resource utilization for specific tasks.

07/24/2025Kanana-1.5-v-3bProduct

Image

Lightweight multimodal model for text and image processing.

07/08/2025HG-DPOFeature

Image

Enhances human image generation with direct preference optimization.

07/03/2025AI Mate LocalService

Miscellaneous

AI-based location recommendation service for KakaoMap users.

07/02/2025AI SummaryFeature

Miscellaneous

Summarizes key information about locations using AI technology.

06/26/2025Vibe CodingFeature

Coding

AI-based development method using natural language commands.

06/26/2025Kanana-1.5-9.8BProduct

Text

Kakao's language model with enhanced safety and reliability features.

05/27/2025Kanana Safeguard-PromptProduct

Security

Detects misuse attempts in AI service interactions.

05/27/2025Kanana Safeguard-SirenProduct

Security

Identifies requests needing legal caution in AI interactions.

05/27/2025Kanana SafeguardProduct

Security

Detects harmful content in AI prompts and responses.

05/24/2025KananaProduct

Text

Kakao's language model with top-level Korean and English performance.

05/24/2025KananaProduct

Text

Self-developed language model released as open source.

05/23/2025Kanana Language ModelsProduct

Text

Open-source release of four Kanana language models by Kakao.

05/08/2025KanaFeature

Text

Group mate for summarizing discussions and organizing schedules.