Character.AI Stock
| Valuation | $2.5B1 |
| Valuation Date | Aug 2, 2024 |
| Implied Valuation | $1.05B |
| Last Price | $20.40 |
| 52-Week High | $51.00 |
| 52-Week Low | $18.81 |
| YTD Return | +8.40% |
| 1-Year Return | -49.00% |
| 3-Year Return | n/a |
| Total Funding | $193M2 |
| Latest Round Amount | n/a |
| Latest Round | Secondary |
| Funding Rounds | 2 |
| IPO Status | Unknown |
| Expected IPO Date | n/a |
| Revenue | $50M3 |
| Revenue Type | Run Rate |
| P/S Ratio | 50.0 |
About Character.AI
Character.AI is an AI chatbot platform where people create and talk with virtual characters. Users can design their own characters or chat with millions made by others, including personas for roleplay, storytelling and companionship. The company has been repositioning itself as an AI entertainment service, adding video generation, interactive stories and studio-made short series built around its characters. Character.AI makes money mainly through its c.ai+ subscription, which costs $9.99 per month for faster responses and premium features, plus a growing advertising business. The company was founded by former Google researchers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, who returned to Google in 2024 as part of a $2.7 billion deal that licensed the company's model technology and paid out its early investors.
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Character.ai Introduces Collection of Microseries
Character.ai launched c.ai Series, a slate of original short-form vertical microdramas in its mobile app, with users over 18 able to chat with characters after each episode.
Character.ai Enters The Microdrama Race With Characters That Talk Back
Character.ai debuted studio-made microdramas including Last Summer, The Nighttime Game, and Eden Fall, letting viewers continue stories by chatting with characters.
Character.AI enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there's a twist
Character.AI launched c.ai Series, a set of studio-produced AI-generated microdramas inside its app. Adult users can chat and roleplay with the shows' characters after watching the episodes.
A Google veteran who founded Character.AI is jumping to OpenAI
Noam Shazeer is leaving Google to join OpenAI as competition for AI talent intensifies. Shazeer is a Google veteran and the founder of chatbot startup Character.AI.
DigitalOcean's Inference Cloud Platform, Powered by AMD Instinct GPUs, Delivers 2X Production Inference Performance for Character.ai
BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) today announced that its Inference Cloud Platform is delivering 2X production inference throughput for Character.ai, a leading AI entertai...
Google, Character.AI agree to settle suits involving teen suicide
Google and startup Character.AI have settled lawsuits filed by families accusing artificial intelligence chatbots of harming minors, including contributing to a Florida teenager's suicide, according t...
Kentucky attorney general's lawsuit says AI company 'preys' on youth
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sued Character Technologies and its founders, alleging the Character.AI chatbot violated state consumer protection laws and preyed on children. It was the fir...
Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager's Death
The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot.
Google, Character.AI to settle suits involving minor suicides and AI chatbots
Google and Character.AI settled lawsuits pertaining to psychological harm to minors allegedly caused by chatbots. At least one lawsuit claimed the chatbot contributed to a teen suicide.
Character.ai to ban teens from talking to its AI chatbots
Character.AI announced it would remove open-ended chat for users under 18 by November 25, 2025, after pressure from regulators and safety experts. The company said it would roll out new age verificati...
AI startup Character.AI removes Disney characters from its chatbot platform after legal letter
In the latest salvo between Hollywood and artificial intelligence companies, tech start-up Character.AI has removed many Disney characters from its chatbot platform after the Burbank entertainment gia...
Disney sends cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI, Axios reports
Walt Disney has sent a letter to Character.AI demanding that the AI startup immediately stop the unauthorized use of its copyrighted characters, Axios reported on Tuesday.
Disney sent cease and desist letter to Character.AI over use of copyrighted characters
Disney sent a cease and desist letter to Character.AI last week that warned the startup to stop using copyrighted characters without authorization. Character.AI allows users to create and interact wit...
Character.AI Explores Sale or New Funding Amid Rising Costs
Character.AI held talks with potential buyers and investors about a sale or raising a few hundred million dollars at a valuation above $1 billion, according to The Information. The company projected $...
Texas AG accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves a...
Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves a...
Character.AI taps Meta's former VP of business products as CEO
Character.AI named Karandeep Anand, a former Meta VP and Brex president, as chief executive. Anand had spent nine months as a board advisor before taking the role.
Google's Character.AI Deal Reportedly Draws Antitrust Attention
The Department of Justice is reportedly probing whether a Google artificial intelligence (AI) deal violates antitrust law. At issue is Google's agreement with chatbot maker Character.AI to use that co...
Google reportedly faces DOJ probe for Character.AI deal
CNBC's Deirdre Bosa joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Google facing scrutiny from the DOJ for its AI deal.
Mother sues AI chatbot company Character.AI, Google sued over son's suicide
A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and ...
Google Reportedly Spent $2.7 Billion to Rehire Character.AI Founder
Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to rehire ex-employee/AI guru Noam Shazeer. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Shazeer, who co-authored research that helped popularize artificial intellig...
Google appoints former Character.AI founder as co-lead of its AI models
Google has appointed Noam Shazeer, the former head of startup Character.AI and before that a long-time Google researcher, to co-lead its main AI project.
Google hires Character.AI cofounders and licenses its models, The Information reports
Alphabet's Google has agreed to pay a licensing fee to chatbot maker Character.AI for its models and will hire its cofounders and many of its researchers, The Information reported on Friday.
Report: Google Weighs Further Investment in Character.AI
Google could reportedly bolster its partnership with Character.AI via a significant investment. The tech giant is in discussions to inject hundreds of millions into the artificial intelligence (AI) st...
AI chatbot Character.AI, with no revenue, raises $150 mln led by Andreessen Horowitz
Character.AI raised $150 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $1 billion valuation. The pre-revenue startup was founded by former Google researchers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De F...