LINE Yahoo showed eight new AI agent prototypes for daily life. These include pet care, short video, and screenshot tools.
The company targets 40 agents by October.
A standalone app arrives in October.
What happened
LINE Yahoo has unveiled eight new prototype features for its AI agent "Agent i," including pet care support, short video creation, screenshot management, and calendar integration. The company aims to reach 40 cumulative agents by October and plans to release a standalone app next month.
Why it matters
Agent i is designed as an "acting AI" that performs tasks rather than just answering questions, leveraging 30 years of accumulated data to reduce hallucinations (AI making up false information). The company sees the quality and quantity of domain-specific agents as the key competitive battleground, expanding from 7 areas in April to 27 in August.
What to watch
LINE Yahoo plans to scale to tens of thousands of function and domain agents, using a company-wide task force to produce 10 times more agents. Development speed has accelerated from three months to faster cycles, with AI creating and reviewing prototypes.
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LINE Yahoo launched Agent i in April with the concept of "AI for everyone, by your side." In June, it added image generation, conversation tone settings, and a personalization feature that remembers user preferences. The company's edge comes from three decades of accumulated data, which it says helps specialized agents prevent hallucinations. The number of domain agents grew from 7 in April to 27 in August, showing the pace of expansion. The company's CPO, Shin Jun-ho, stated the cross-company task force is already producing results—what used to take three months in traditional development is now faster, with AI building and reviewing prototypes in a new development model. This speed is critical because the company is betting that superior domain agents, potentially numbering in the tens of thousands, will be the differentiator in the AI agent space.
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