Kakao and OpenAI Partner to Strengthen Tech Cooperation for AI Popularization

The meeting between Kakao and OpenAI goes beyond a mere technical partnership. Kakao, the first Korean company to partner with AI giant OpenAI, embarks on an innovative journey aiming for the popularization of AI services. This strategic alliance, announced by Kakao CEO Shina Chung and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at The Plaza Hotel in Seoul, holds the potential to fundamentally transform how we experience AI in our daily lives. CEO Shina Chung emphasized that it is Kakao's role in this era to introduce "personalized AI that best understands users." The combination of Kakao's strengths, having been a part of the daily lives of countless citizens, and OpenAI's overwhelming technological prowess, creates the expectation that the day when the AI assistants we've imagined become a reality is not far off. The core of this collaboration is the application of OpenAI's latest AI API to Kakao's key services, including KakaoTalk and Kanana. Kakao plans to deliver the best user experience through an 'AI model orchestration' strategy, utilizing an optimal combination of its own AI models and excellent external APIs. In particular, the AI agent service 'Kanana,' currently under development, is expected to propose a more evolved communication method, such as understanding the context of group conversations to help build relationships. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, also expressed his pleasure in cooperating with Kakao to provide cutting-edge AI to its numerous users and innovate communication methods, highly valuing Kakao's deep understanding of how technology enriches daily life. This alliance is a powerful signal that AI will permeate our lives more deeply and in a more personalized form. It will be an important milestone marking the beginning of the 'user-centric AI era' envisioned by Kakao.