Kakao unveils Kanana Space as KakaoTalk expands into AI interface

Kakao showcased Kanana Space at its annual if(Kakao)26 conference in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday, outlining plans to make KakaoTalk an interface for messages, schedules and shopping. The assistant will begin a closed beta test in December and use voice, text and conversational context to complete tasks. Kakao also introduced Kanvas for building teams of AI agents and plans to add an agent-access space to KakaoTalk in the first half of 2027.

Kanana Space can be opened anywhere in KakaoTalk by swiping the screen with two fingers and can retrieve information from conversations, organize unread messages, manage schedules and adjust app settings.

Kakao plans to extend Kanana Space across shopping, gifting, reservations and money transfers, while requiring users to review and approve consequential actions such as sending messages and making payments.

Kanvas allows users to configure AI agents for specific tasks, preserve context through local memory and run recurring or scheduled tasks on personal computers.

Kanvas uses separate browsers for each agent to isolate access information and limit actions to the scope authorized by users.

Kakao is developing a system that selects AI models of different sizes according to request complexity to balance performance, speed and computing costs.

Published Oct 13, 2026 4:12 pm KST

Kakao CEO Chung Shin-a speaks during the company's annual if(Kakao)26 conference at Kakao AI Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. Courtesy of Kakao

Kakao showcased an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Kanana Space, for KakaoTalk on Tuesday, outlining plans to turn its flagship messenger into an interface for managing messages, schedules and shopping across its service ecosystem.

“Over the past 15 years, Kakao has connected people with everyday life and bridged online and offline experiences with the goal of connecting everything in the world,” the company’s CEO Chung Shin-a said during its annual if(Kakao)26 conference at Kakao AI Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.

“We now aim to take the connections we have built to a new level.”

The service, which is slated to begin a closed beta test in December, can be accessed from anywhere in KakaoTalk by swiping the screen with two fingers. Users can interact with it through voice or text to retrieve information from conversations, organize unread messages, manage schedules and adjust app settings.

Kanana Space is designed to go beyond answering questions by using context from users’ past interactions to complete tasks. In a demonstration, the assistant identified work-related messages, summarized key items and drafted a reply.

The company plans to expand the assistant’s capabilities to handle tasks across its various services, including shopping, gifting, reservations and money transfers.

Kim Dae-nyeon, the company’s head of design, said users would retain control over consequential actions handled by the assistant.

“For important actions such as sending messages or making payments, users must check and give final approval themselves,” Kim said.

Kim Dae-nyeon, Kakao's head of design, demonstrates Kanana Space during the company's annual if(Kakao)26 conference at Kakao AI Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. Courtesy of Kakao

Kakao also introduced Kanvas, a tool designed to let users build and run their own teams of AI agents on personal computers. The tool allows users to configure agents for specific tasks, retain context through local memory and run recurring or scheduled tasks.

The company also plans to create a new space in KakaoTalk in the first half of 2027, where users can access their own teams of AI agents, including those built by Kakao, its partners and users, as well as agents developed using other frameworks.

“Kakao aims to become a common point of access for AI agents in users’ everyday lives,” Chung said. “We plan to connect agents developed by Kakao, its partners and users through a single, familiar interface.”

Chung said Kanvas uses separate browsers for each agent to keep access information isolated, so that the sandboxed environment limits agents’ actions to the scope authorized by users.

Beyond its agentic AI services, Kakao is developing an AI system that selects models of different sizes based on the complexity of each request, aiming to balance performance, speed and computing costs.

Roh Byung-seok, head of foundation models, said the approach is designed to handle a wide range of requests, from simple text edits to complex reasoning tasks without always relying on a frontier model.

“Our principle is simple: Deliver the best results for every request, but don’t use the largest model for every request,” Roh said.

周二，Kakao 在京畿道龙仁市举行的年度 if(Kakao)26 大会上展示了 Kanana Space，并概述了将 KakaoTalk 打造成集消息、日程安排和购物于一体的界面的计划。该助手将于 12 月开始封闭测试，并将利用语音、文本和对话上下文来完成任务。Kakao 还推出了用于构建 AI 代理团队的 Kanvas，并计划在 2027 年上半年为 KakaoTalk 添加代理访问空间。

在 KakaoTalk 中，只需用两根手指滑动屏幕即可在任意位置打开 Kanana Space，并且可以从对话中检索信息、整理未读消息、管理日程安排和调整应用程序设置。

Kakao计划将Kanana Space的功能扩展到购物、送礼、预订和转账等领域，同时要求用户审核并批准发送消息和付款等后续操作。

Kanvas 允许用户为特定任务配置 AI 代理，通过本地内存保留上下文，并在个人电脑上运行重复性或计划性任务。

Kanvas 为每个代理使用单独的浏览器，以隔离访问信息并将操作限制在用户授权的范围内。

Kakao 正在开发一种系统，该系统根据请求的复杂性选择不同大小的 AI 模型，以平衡性能、速度和计算成本。

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周二，Kakao首席执行官郑信娥在位于京畿道龙仁市Kakao AI园区的公司年度if(Kakao)26大会上发表讲话。图片由Kakao提供。

周二，Kakao 展示了其面向 KakaoTalk 的人工智能 (AI) 助手 Kanana Space，并概述了将其旗舰即时通讯工具转变为管理其服务生态系统中消息、日程安排和购物的界面的计划。

“在过去的15年里，Kakao致力于将人们与日常生活联系起来，弥合线上和线下体验之间的鸿沟，目标是连接世界上的一切，”该公司首席执行官郑信娥在京畿道龙仁市Kakao AI园区举行的年度if(Kakao)26大会上表示。

“我们现在的目标是将已建立的联系提升到一个新的水平。”

这项服务计划于12月开始封闭测试，用户只需在KakaoTalk界面上用两根手指滑动屏幕即可访问。用户可以通过语音或文字进行交互，从对话中检索信息、整理未读消息、管理日程安排以及调整应用设置。

Kanana Space 的设计理念不仅限于回答问题，它还能利用用户过往的交互记录来完成任务。在演示中，该助手识别出了与工作相关的消息，总结了关键信息并撰写了回复。

该公司计划扩展该助手的功能，使其能够处理其各项服务中的任务，包括购物、送礼、预订和转账。

该公司设计主管金大年表示，用户将保留对助手处理的后续操作的控制权。

金说：“对于发送消息或付款等重要操作，用户必须自行检查并最终批准。”

周二，在京畿道龙仁市Kakao AI园区举行的公司年度if(Kakao)26大会上，Kakao设计总监金大年（Kim Dae-nyeon）演示了Kanana Space。图片由Kakao提供。

Kakao 还推出了 Kanvas，这是一款旨在让用户在个人电脑上构建和运行自己的 AI 代理团队的工具。该工具允许用户为特定任务配置代理，通过本地内存保留上下文信息，并运行周期性或定时任务。

该公司还计划在 2027 年上半年在 KakaoTalk 中创建一个新空间，用户可以在其中访问自己的 AI 代理团队，包括 Kakao、其合作伙伴和用户构建的代理，以及使用其他框架开发的代理。

钟先生表示：“Kakao的目标是成为用户日常生活中人工智能代理的通用入口。我们计划通过一个统一、熟悉的界面，将Kakao、其合作伙伴和用户开发的代理连接起来。”

Chung表示，Kanvas为每个代理使用单独的浏览器，以隔离访问信息，从而使沙盒环境将代理的操作限制在用户授权的范围内。

除了其智能体 AI 服务之外，Kakao 还在开发一种 AI 系统，该系统会根据每个请求的复杂性选择不同大小的模型，旨在平衡性能、速度和计算成本。

基础模型负责人卢炳锡表示，该方法旨在处理各种请求，从简单的文本编辑到复杂的推理任务，而无需总是依赖前沿模型。

Roh表示：“我们的原则很简单：为每个请求提供最佳结果，但不要为每个请求都使用最大的模型。”