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Kakao

Kakao

1 model across 1 family · Latest: KoGPT (2022-04)

Korean language models from South Korea's tech giant.

Business

Kakao's portfolio covers 1 active model across 1 current family, spanning general LLM work. Open a model detail page to compare provider routes and sourced benchmarks.

Covers 0 workload areas across 1 active tracked model; last verified 2026-06-29.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating general LLM work across this lab's releases
  • Comparing model families before committing to a flagship
  • Migration and pricing follow-ups across 1 tracked models

Do not use it for

  • Choosing a hosting provider without opening a model page for price ladders

Active models

1

Current models from this lab, excluding deprecated ones

Active families

1

Current model families from this lab

Open catalog

1 open

0 open source / 1 open weights

Lowest output price

Not tracked

No provider output pricing linked yet

Latest dated release

2022-04-01

KoGPT

Freshness

2026-06-29

Researched 74d ago

stale

Information

Founded2017
Seongnam, South Korea

Release cadence

Dated releases
1
Latest model
KoGPT
Latest date
2022-04-01

Where this lab wins

Not enough capability or benchmark coverage yet to call strengths for this lab.

Flagship quality / price signal

Flagship
KoGPT
Selection source
Best sourced coding Q/$
Coding grade
unknown
Benchmark / output price
Not enough sourced benchmark and price coverage

About

Kakao Brain is the AI research subsidiary of Kakao Corporation, established in 2017 to develop advanced AI for Korean language applications. Their flagship KoGPT is a 6.2 billion parameter Korean Generative Pre-trained Transformer using Rotary Position Embedding (RoPE), capable of text generation, classification, and summarization. Kakao Brain also developed Karlo for text-to-image generation and was merged into Kakao's core operations in 2024 to strengthen the company's AI focus.

Featured models

ModelReleasedContextInput price ($/1M)Output price ($/1M)LicenseOpenness
KoGPT2022-04-01---CC-BY-NC-4.0Open weights

Model families

Recent releases

  1. KoGPT- 2022-04-01

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public lab announcements and provider documentation.