Kakao ships on-device small model Raon-1 nano, proven in PUBG and PlayinZOI
Kangwook_Lee · x · 2026-11-12
Kakao's applied research team released Raon-1 nano, a slim on-device model targeting chat, character chat and role-playing use cases. The team already ships on-device sLMs in commercial games: SmartZoi AI NPCs in PlayinZOI since March 2025 and the co-playable PUBG Ally character in Battlegrounds (June 2026). Lessons from these deployments were folded into the Nano model.
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