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Kakao is at the forefront of technological advancements in Artificial Intelligence, securing a #22 rank on the AI innovations leaderboard among the top 100 tech companies. Kakao has released 78 AI-driven solutions in the last 6 months alone. Among those innovations, Text, Miscellaneous and Business 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 Jan 07, 2026
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AI Innovations by Type

Jul 01, 2025 - Jan 07, 2026
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Trailing 6 Months

78 AI Innovations

DateInnovation NameTypeCategoryDescription
01/05/2026Kanana-V-4B-HybridProduct

Text

Hybrid multimodal model for conversation and reasoning tasks.

01/02/2026Human-Centric AIProduct

Miscellaneous

AI understanding user intent and context for enhanced interactions.

12/31/2025Guidelines For Safe Use Of AI Development ToolsFeature

Security

Policies for internal use of generative AI development tools.

12/31/2025Core Checklist For Safe AIFeature

Security

Risk assessment tool for AI service safety across Kakao Group.

12/29/2025Kakao AI Platform KubeflowService

Data Science

Cloud-native platform supporting entire machine learning workflow.

12/20/2025KananaProduct

Miscellaneous

Agentic AI designed for meaningful daily life integration.

12/19/2025Kanana-2 Thinking ModelFeature

Text

Specialized for inference with enhanced reasoning abilities.

12/19/2025Kanana-2 Instruct ModelFeature

Text

Enhances instruction-following capabilities through post-training.

12/17/2025Kakana In KakaoTalkFeature

Text

On-device AI integrated into KakaoTalk for user assistance.

12/15/2025AI System For Analyzing Indoor AccessibilityProduct

Miscellaneous

AI system analyzing indoor accessibility for mobility-impaired individuals.

12/15/2025On SoundProduct

Audio

AI tool for rehabilitation training of cochlear implants.

12/12/2025Kanana-v-embeddingProduct

Image

Model for image-based searches using text and images.

12/11/2025Customer Behavior Analysis FeatureFeature

Business

Analyzes user journey and identifies drop-off points.

12/11/2025Optimization Score FeatureFeature

Business

Provides optimization score and actionable suggestions for advertisers.

12/11/2025Kakao Moment AIService

Business

AI-based service for optimizing advertising execution efficiency.

12/01/2025AI Rookie CampService

Miscellaneous

AI camp for middle school students in non-metropolitan areas.

11/27/2025Query101Service

Data Science

AI repurposes internal SQL queries for data democracy.

11/27/2025MCP-DatalabService

Data Science

Standardized interface for AI to access data safely.

11/26/2025AssurAIProduct

Data Science

Generative AI safety evaluation dataset with 11,480 cases.

11/26/2025Kanana Language ModelProduct

Text

Answers complex questions, excels in coding and math.

11/24/2025Toolbox FeatureFeature

Automation

Allows managing MCP tools for seamless AI integration.

11/20/2025AI Utilization Training For Small Business OwnersService

Business

AI training program for small business owners across industries.

11/18/2025Kanana Open-Source ModelsService

Text

Open-source AI models for language and multimodal processing.

11/18/2025Kanana-2Product

Text

Enhanced AI model with high-efficiency inference structure.

11/17/2025Kakao ToolsFeature

Text

AI agent integrated with Kakao Map, Gifts, Melon.