Character.AI, an a16z-backed AI chatbot startup by former Google AI researchers, today released new features for its subscribers. The chatbot platform offers customizable AI companions with unique personalities and tools that allow you to create your own, and offers a group chat experience where users and their friends can chat with multiple AI characters at the same time. .
The character group chat feature, as the name suggests, allows users to create group chats with just their favorite AI characters, or a combination of both humans and AI companions, the company says. . The idea is to allow users to build social connections with friends, share ideas, and collaborate in real-time like any other group chat experience, but with an AI companion. I will be joining.
The company suggests that users can try to have AI scientists and thinkers chat together. albert einstein, Marie Curie, nikola teslaand Dr. Stephen HawkingFor example, you can create a group chat with mythological gods such as: Zeus, hadesand poseidon.
For a more practical use case, you can start a group chat with friends based on a topic or theme such as travel, gaming, book club, role-playing, etc., and invite an AI companion to facilitate and enhance the conversation. Masu.
The idea of adding an AI chatbot to group chats is not unique to Character.AI. Snapchat’s My AI chatbot can: added to group chat Meanwhile, Meta recently introduced the ability to summon a host of new AI-powered bots across its apps, including WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram DMs. Some of them are based on celebrities such as Mr. Beast and Paris Hilton. Tom Brady, Charli D’Amelio, Snoop Dogg, and more. The latter announcement was made at Meta’s Connect conference in late September, and was a potential threat to Character.AI. A whopping $150 million We raised Series A funding earlier this year for our AI companion concept.
However, Character.AI’s new group chat experience isn’t free. Instead, this feature will first be made available to c.ai+ subscribers to get feedback and improve. C.ai+ is a startup $9.99/month subscription plan This allows you to skip waiting rooms and access faster message generation, as well as dedicated community channels for feedback and support, and more. The company says it will be made available to the public later.
At launch, Character Group Chat will also be available only on the Character.AI mobile app for iOS and Android, but will be rolled out to the web later.
The company’s app has surpassed 500,000 installs in the first six days and is said to be catching up to ChatGPT in the US Third-party data from market intelligence providers data.ai The app has nearly 30 million monthly active users worldwide, with about 7 million in the United States. The company also estimates lifetime in-app purchase total revenue at his $1.3 million, but since c.ai+ is sold on the web, this puts the overall revenue into perspective. Sho.