Kakao Adds 7 Partners to Kakao Tools, Expands External Service Integration
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Kakao said on the 11th that it added seven partner services across shopping, finance, and lifestyle to Kakao Tools.
The newly added services are Daiso Mall, LOOKSROO, SpaceCloud, Shinsegae Duty Free, Shinhan Card, LF Mall, and Cheongyeon, while existing external partners were OP.GG, Zigbang, and Hanatour.
As a result, the number of external partner services rose to 10 in total, and the expanded categories are gaming, spaces, lifestyle, finance, travel, and shopping.
Kakao said on the 11th that it added seven partner services across shopping, finance, and lifestyle to "Kakao Tools." The company expanded the range of external services available in "ChatGPT for Kakao." The purpose of this expansion is to broaden the use cases for AI agents. Kakao added seven partner services to "Kakao Tools."
The seven newly added services are Daiso Mall, LOOKSROO, SpaceCloud, Shinsegae Duty Free, Shinhan Card, LF Mall, and Cheongyeon. Existing integrated external partners were OP.GG, Zigbang, and Hanatour.
As a result, the number of external partner services increased to 10, including the existing ones. The expanded categories are gaming, spaces, lifestyle, finance, travel, and shopping.
Kakao Tools is an AI agent service that supports the use of integrated Kakao internal and external services within the ChatGPT for Kakao chat window. It is the service that enables such integrations in ChatGPT for Kakao.
The current integration scale totals 28 services, including Kakao, affiliates, and external partners.
Kakao launched "ChatGPT for Kakao" in October 2025 and linked Kakao Map, KakaoTalk Reservations, Gift, and Melon to Kakao Tools at launch. Then in March this year, it added external partner services and also introduced the "Home" and "MY" menus, which allow users to add and remove tools themselves.
With this latest integration, Kakao expanded the categories of services provided by external businesses. The expanded categories are shopping, finance, and lifestyle. Kakao plans to expand integration targets through a Kakao Tools connection method for services built by companies and individual developers, and to add tools made by individual developers to Kakao Tools as well.
Kakao is also running "AGENTIC PLAYER 10," a development contest based on "PlayMCP," which began in June. PlayMCP is a platform based on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that supports developers in registering and using tools for AI agents. Twenty services that advanced to the contest finals will be unveiled through the "Tool Challenge" menu starting on the 16th.
Yoo Yong-ha, Kakao's AI Connect performance leader, noted that this collaboration is the second of its kind and said Kakao Tools' areas of use have expanded to gaming content, spaces, lifestyle, finance, travel, and shopping. He added that the company will continue to maintain close cooperation with a range of partners and plans to expand everyday AI experiences tailored to users' needs and interests.
Source: IT DAILY · Kim Byung-ju
Original: https://www.itdaily.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=241543
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