Character.ai

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Launched

Sep 16, 2022

Pricing

Freemium

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A leading AI character chat platform — hold deep conversations with any virtual character. Character.AI's last published scale was about 100 million registered users (2023).

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Reported event dates: Oct 29, 2025–Jul 16, 2026 · 2 stories

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