Naver (035420.KS), which banned internal use of "OpenClaw" at the start of the year, is now reviewing plans to build an artificial intelligence agent using the technology, the Seoul Economic Daily has learned. As AI agents have become the dominant trend in AI development, the company is weighing various methodologies to enhance agent capabilities. Following the United States and China in racing to launch OpenClaw-based AI agent services, similar movements are now gaining momentum in South Korea.
According to information technology industry sources on July 6, Naver Cloud, a subsidiary of Naver, is reviewing the development of an AI agent utilizing OpenClaw. OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent platform released in November last year by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger. Once installed on a user's PC or cloud, it autonomously performs tasks requiring external tools, such as sending emails, based on user instructions. Because it operates with PC control permissions, OpenClaw has gained attention as a tool that embodies the essence of AI agents, where action is the core function. Until last year, AI usage was limited to receiving outputs from generative AI services like ChatGPT and Gemini, but now AI agents that directly execute tasks have become the goal.
