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title: "Kakao: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Kakao Corporation (Korean: 카카오) is a South Korean internet conglomerate headquartered in Jeju City. It was formed through the merger of Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-kakao
type: Organization
wikidata: Q17684312
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakao
website: https://pf.kakao.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Kakao

> Kakao Corporation (Korean: 카카오) is a South Korean internet conglomerate headquartered in Jeju City. It was formed through the merger of Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: South Korea
- Founded: 1995-02-16
- Headquarters: Seoul
- Status: public
- Website: https://pf.kakao.com/
- Also known as: Daum Kakao
- Industries: Internet

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/kakaotalk
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamkakao

## Key people

- Kim Beom-soo, founder (South Korean billionaire businessman)
- Rim Ji-hoon, chief executive (South Korean business executive)

## Products

- KakaoTalk

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Kakao, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-kakao#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17684312, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakao

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