Kakao said on Thursday it added services from seven external partners to KakaoTools, an AI agent service within ChatGPT for Kakao.

The new partners are Daisomall, Looksroo, Spacecloud, Shinsegae Duty Free, Shinhan Card, LF Mall and Cheongyeon. Including OP.GG, Zigbang and HanaTour, which were linked earlier, KakaoTools now has 10 external partners.

KakaoTools is an AI agent service that connects users to internal and external services through conversations in the chat window of ChatGPT for Kakao. Kakao began linking external partners after expanding and reorganising the service in March.

With the additions, KakaoTools now covers external services including OP.GG in gaming; Spacecloud and Zigbang in space; Cheongyeon in everyday life; Shinhan Card in finance; HanaTour in travel; and Daisomall, Looksroo, Shinsegae Duty Free and LF Mall in shopping.

A total of 28 services are linked to KakaoTools, including Kakao and its affiliates as well as external partners. Kakao plans to keep broadening the range of external services available through ChatGPT for Kakao by adding partners.

It will also add services created by general developers. Kakao plans to release finalists from the Agentic Player 10 KakaoTools development contest based on PlayMCP, which it launched in June, in the Tool Challenge menu starting on Sept. 16. It will let users directly use 20 services that passed the preliminary round.

Yu Yong-ha (유용하), performance leader for Kakao AI Connect, said, "With this second collaboration, the areas where KakaoTools can be used have expanded from game content to space, everyday life, finance, travel and shopping." He added, "We will continue to work with various partners to expand everyday AI experiences tailored to users' needs and interests."