What is Kakao's latest AI model?

Kakao's most recent release in the Startrise tracker is Kanana-2-v-decide, released Nov 6, 2026.

How many AI models has Kakao released?

Startrise tracks 1 notable Kakao release since January 2025, from Kanana-2-v-decide (Nov 6, 2026) to Kanana-2-v-decide.

Does Kakao release open-weight models?

Yes. 1 of 1 tracked Kakao releases (100%) ship with downloadable weights; the most recent is Kanana-2-v-decide.

Where is Kakao based?

Kakao is based in Jeju City, South Korea.

AI Model Release Tracker Asia-Pacific · updated Nov 12, 2026

1Releases tracked
Nov 6Latest · Kanana-2-v-decide
100%Open-weight
KRJeju City, South Korea

Kakao is a Jeju City, South Korea-based internet conglomerate that builds the Kanana family of AI models alongside KakaoTalk and other consumer services. Formed in 2010 through the merger of Daum Communications and Kakao Inc., it develops in-house language, vision and decision models under the Kanana brand. Tracked releases include Kanana-2-v-decide (November 2026), an open-weight 3.67B multimodal decision model that returns probabilities, choices or scores rather than text, published on Hugging Face under the Kanana Open License for agent routing and classification.

Kakao

South Korea Asia-Pacific kakaocorp.com

1 release latest Nov 6, 2026

Nov 6, 2026

Kanana-2-v-decide

Open-weight 3.67B multimodal decision model (choice/noul/score, no text generation); Kanana Open License. Press release Nov 6.
- Other
- Open weights
- 20K ctx
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Kakao FAQ

What is Kakao's latest AI model?: Kakao's most recent release in the Startrise tracker is Kanana-2-v-decide, released Nov 6, 2026.
How many AI models has Kakao released?: Startrise tracks 1 notable Kakao release since January 2025, from Kanana-2-v-decide (Nov 6, 2026) to Kanana-2-v-decide.
Does Kakao release open-weight models?: Yes. 1 of 1 tracked Kakao releases (100%) ship with downloadable weights; the most recent is Kanana-2-v-decide.
Where is Kakao based?: Kakao is based in Jeju City, South Korea.