Character.AI

Active#8 worldwide · Consumer assistants

Chat app where people create and talk with AI characters for entertainment and role-play; open-ended chat has been closed to under-18 users since November 2025.

Artificial intelligence›Consumer assistants character.ai

HQUnited States

Last roundSeries A · Mar 2023

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Ranking	Tier	Rank	Edition	Next update
Consumer assistants · worldwide	Top 17	#8	Edition 0 · Oct 2026	11 Mar 2027

Rank historyOct 2026 · #8 Consumer assistantsFirst edition: no movements yet.

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≈ USD 770MUSD 520M–1.2bn · Hundreds of M$

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Anchor: Last known equity round: Series A · USD 150M · Mar 2023

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Funding history

Date	Round	Amount	Type	Investors
Mar 2023	Series A	USD 150M	Equity	a16z, Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, SV Angel

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Investors in Character.AI: Andreessen Horowitz · Nat Friedman · Elad Gil · SV Angel

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