For those less interested in complete personalization, the growing community of creators at Character.AI have developed millions of AI characters for people to connect and use. Whether a user is seeking a sympathetic ear or an analytical problem-solver, there's an AI at Character.AI to meet the unique needs of every person. The funds raised allow Character.AI to continue its significant growth trajectory by expanding its compute abilities resulting in a more sophisticated model with advanced reasoning and greater accuracy, delivering new features and capabilities to users, and expanding its engineering team.įounded in 2021 by AI and large language model pioneers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character.AI is at the forefront of critical conversational AI technology that inspires imagination, discovery, and understanding to help people live their best lives, from making everyday tasks easier to solving complex societal issues.Ĭharacter.AI offers users the ability to create a fully-customizable and personalized AI companion with a distinct personality and values. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Sarah Wang will join Character.AI’s board of directors.

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 23, 2023-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Character.AI today announced it has closed a $150 million Series A fundraising round at a $1 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from previous investors, including Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), Elad Gil, SV Angel and A Capital.

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