Round Type
Series A
Menlo ParkSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningInvestors
Description
Character.AI raised $150 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the personalized chatbot company at $1 billion. Participants included Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), Elad Gil, SV Angel, and A Capital. The company was founded in 2021 by Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, who previously worked on chatbot architectures at Google.
Quick answer
Character.AI raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round, dated March 23, 2023. Investors: Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, SV Angel, A Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Character.AI is based in Menlo Park, California, United States.
- How much did Character.AI raise?
- Character.AI raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round on March 23, 2023.
- Who invested in Character.AI?
- Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, SV Angel, A Capital and Andreessen Horowitz are named as investors in this round.
- What does Character.AI do?
- Character is one of the world's leading personal AI platforms.
- Where is Character.AI based and how big is it?
- Character.AI is based in Menlo Park, California, United States. Fundz records about 165 employees.
- Who are the decision-makers at Character.AI?
- Fundz holds 2 contacts at Character.AI. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.
Source: Fundz verified event record.
Who else raised in Software and Artificial Intelligence around the same time
Companies in the same sectors as Character.AI that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.
- STELLA™ Automotive AI raised $4M (Seed) on May 4, 2023.
- Safebooks raised $4.9M (Seed) on May 4, 2023.
- Foretellix raised $43M (Series C) on May 2, 2023.
- aiXplain raised $8M (Seed) on April 26, 2023.
- COMPL-AI raised $1.7M (Seed) on April 20, 2023.
- Robust.AI raised $20M (Funding Round) on April 20, 2023.
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