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Character.AI

What Character.AI does

Character.AI (operated by Character Technologies, Inc.) is a consumer “AI entertainment” platform focused on letting users create and chat with AI-driven conversational characters. The core product experience centers on writing, refining, and interacting with Characters (including community-made Characters) via open-ended roleplay and dialogue, with Character creation controls intended to shape personality and conversation behavior. Character.AI positions itself as “full-stack,” including training its own language models and building the user interface around a tight feedback loop between user interactions and model/UX tuning.

News

Company record

Sep 03, 2026 · Official · Character.AI BlogCharacter.AI continues safety work; notes removal of open-ended chat with Characters for users under 18 last year

Character.AI published an update describing ongoing safety priorities and references its prior decision to remove open-ended chat for under-18 users.

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Sep 02, 2026 · Official · Character.AI Blog(c.ai) Comics and the interactive future of fandom

Character.AI describes a comics/fandom-oriented initiative as part of its broader entertainment and character-led ecosystem.

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Aug 27, 2026 · Official · Character.AI BlogOne Month of (c.ai) series: The Microdrama Ends, The Story Doesn’t

Character.AI recap coverage for (c.ai) series programming and its connection to continued character exploration.

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Aug 04, 2026 · Official · Character.AI BlogIntroducing (c.ai) series: Studio-Made Microdramas on Character.ai

Character.AI launched (c.ai) series, describing it as a studio-led step into character-driven video with interactive links to chat.

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Jul 24, 2026 · Official · Character.AI BlogIntroducing Lorebook: Build the World Behind Your Characters

Character.AI launched Lorebook in beta with early access for (c.ai)+ subscribers, describing a mechanism for Characters to use structured world knowledge during chat.

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May 21, 2026 · Official · Character.AI BlogSmarter Memory for Smarter Chats (Story Memory / Facts / Memory Usage)

Character.AI described rolling out memory-related capabilities intended to help Characters track long conversations and backstory.

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Aug 04, 2025 · Official · Character.AI BlogCharacter.AI Launches World’s First AI-Native Social Feed

Character.AI announced the Feed roll-out describing creator-driven content and interactive formats connected to Characters on the mobile app.

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Jun 20, 2025 · Official · Character.AI BlogCharacter.AI Names Karandeep Anand as CEO

Character.AI announced Karandeep Anand as Chief Executive Officer and announced Dominic Perella in a new role as Chief Legal Officer & SVP of Global Affairs.

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What it builds

Character.AI

A consumer platform for creating and chatting with AI Characters, including roleplay and community discovery features.

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(c.ai) series (Microdramas studio content)

Studio-made microdramas that are connected to the interactive Character experience, where users can watch episodes and then continue exploring by chatting with the Characters directly.

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Lorebook

A “beta” feature for giving Characters deeper, structured world knowledge they can draw on during chat responses.

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Character.AI Feed

A roll-out that describes Character.AI as an “AI-native social feed” where users can share and discover content connected to Characters, including content types such as chat snippets, character cards, and creator-driven media.

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Memory improvements (Story Memory / Facts / Memory Usage)

A set of memory-related capabilities described as rolling out to help Characters keep up with long chats and backstory.

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Milestones & partnerships

Sep 03, 2026
Published safety priorities update referencing under-18 open-ended chat change

Character.AI described continued efforts to improve safety protocols, technology, and models, and referenced the prior removal of open-ended chat for users under 18.

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Sep 02, 2026
Expanded (c.ai) content formats (comics/fandom initiative)

Character.AI promoted (c.ai) comics as part of an interactive character-driven ecosystem.

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Aug 04, 2026
Launched (c.ai) series studio microdramas connected to chat

Character.AI launched (c.ai) series and described each show as connected to interactive chat with the featured Characters.

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Jul 24, 2026
Launched Lorebook in beta (early access for (c.ai)+ subscribers)

Lorebook is described as a character world-knowledge container that Characters can use during chat when relevant keywords appear.

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May 21, 2026
Released/rolled out Story Memory and related memory capabilities

Character.AI described rolling out memory-related capabilities including Story Memory, Facts, and Memory Usage.

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Aug 04, 2025
Rolled out Character.AI Feed on mobile

Character.AI described Feed as an AI-native social feed connecting Characters with Characters, Scenes, Streams, and creator-driven videos.

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Jun 20, 2025
CEO leadership change announced

Character.AI announced Karandeep Anand as CEO and described Dominic Perella taking on Chief Legal Officer & SVP of Global Affairs.

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Mar 23, 2023
Series A announcement and C1.2 early preview

Character.AI announced Series A led by a16z and previewed C1.2.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
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