KakaoTalk

Mm-hmm.

So there's, like, a Nigerian s- ... um, students commu- community here on, like, KakaoTalk

Mm.

Mm-hmm

You never met her yet

... picture of her from KakaoTalk from the-

So she's actually the Buddha?

Oh, so that's the answer? [laughs]

Of the 6 trillion won target, approximately 1 trillion won is expected to come directly from AI services.

And this is all centered around KakaoTalk, correct? What's the technical approach here? KakaoAI will be built around KakaoTalk as the core platform.

The company plans to showcase multiple KakaoTalk AI agents at its October Developer Conference.

These agents will interpret user intent and execute services like search, recommendations, purchases, and payments directly inside the messenger.

Kakao is targeting 20 million daily active users for AI services and a 50% increase in time spent on KakaoTalk.

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Kakao Bank is exploring stablecoin issuance and custody, and has participated in Bank of Korea CBDC experiments.

What are some key differentiations you're seeing and how these different regions are using business messaging that is specific to these regions that you see these regions are doing differently than others?

So that's an interesting one, right? Like if you see like markets like Brazil, Indonesia, India, and then I think if you go to Korea, which is not one of the dominating apps is definitely not RCS or WhatsApp, but KakaoTalk and all this stuff.

I think one thing I've seen is people are on these apps.

They're making calls, they're making conversations and stuff.

Fan calls always happen on different platforms.

So it could be KakaoTalk, could be Line, even Discord these days.

The one I've been using is Link.

And it all depends on where you're signing up, and that's usually how they do that.

아.

카카오톡으로.

네네.

보내는 거.

And of course, refer back to it throughout the day or the week.

Maybe your team runs on Slack, WhatsApp, KakaoTalk or WeChat, for instance.

And that's the best way to get your boss's attention.

Or maybe you have a boss who always fails to notice your updates no matter how you send them over.

SK Telecom is focusing on an action-oriented AI that integrates across various platforms, including healthcare and finance.

Kakao is centering its service in KakaoTalk with plans for a phone-based AI and an AI agent marketplace.

Meanwhile, KT is tying AI into down portals and other services.

It's a comprehensive approach to embedding AI into consumer touchpoints.