
Character is one of the world's leading personal AI platforms. Founded in 2021 by AI pioneers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character is a full-stack AI company with a globally scaled direct-to-consumer platform.

Character is one of the world's leading personal AI platforms. Founded in 2021 by AI pioneers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character is a full-stack AI company with a globally scaled direct-to-consumer platform.
Product: Consumer platform for creating and conversing with AI-generated characters (text, voice, avatar/video features)
Founders: Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas (ex-Google)
Notable funding: Reported $150M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
Employees: Approx. 257
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Consumer conversational AI and avatar/character generation
2021
Software Development
150000000
Reported $150M Series A; company described as having raised over $150M in total in some reports
“Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as lead investor; other reported investors include SV Angel, Nat Friedman, and A.Capital Ventures”