Kakao Mobility Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-06 - Partnership - Kakao Mobility signs defence orchestration MoU with Korea University - The planned platform will apply routing, dispatch and multi-robot orchestration to drones, robots and unmanned ground vehicles. The collaboration covers defence-AI research, business development and professional training. The parties plan to participate in… - source: ajupress.com
• 2026-09-09 - Market Signal - Kakao Mobility reports 2,000 autonomous rides and 13,000 km in Gangnam - The overnight service began in March with two vehicles and expanded to six in August. Kakao plans to combine perception and decision-making in one end-to-end model while retaining rule-based safety checks. The service has an average rider rating of 4.97 out… - source: koreatimes.co.kr
• 2026-09-07 - Contract Award - Seoul selects three autonomous-transport platform operators - Each operator will provide reservation, dispatch, payment and route-guidance functions for two years after signing its agreement with Seoul. The platforms must complete public-service integration by December 31; the awards do not mean all three services are… - source: mt.co.kr
• 2026-08-20 - Deployment - SWM and Kakao Mobility expand Gangnam robotaxi fleet to 19 vehicles - SWM's share of the fleet increases from five to 13 vehicles, while Kakao Mobility increases from two to six. Passengers continue to hail the taxis through Kakao T across the Gangnam operating area using the service's fixed overnight fare structure. The… - source: etnews.com
• 2026-08-19 - Deployment - Kakao Mobility expands Gangnam autonomous service to six vehicles - The service uses Kakao Mobility's internally developed autonomy stack and operates through the Kakao T app. The company added control logic that reduces speed below 80% of the posted limit and restricts rapid acceleration in child and other vulnerable-user… - source: kakaomobility.com