Character.ai
CH
Character.AI provides a web and mobile app for chatting with AI-generated characters. Users can create characters with profiles and conversation styles, then share them with others. The service is used mainly for entertainment, roleplay, and general conversation.
Founded by Noam Shazeer (Co-founder, CEO), Daniel De Freitas (Co-founder, President)
Blended valuation$6B$6B secondary
Valuation history
Weekly blended valuation with priced funding rounds marked on the timeline.
$6.9B
blended valuationfunding round
Feb 27, 2023$15MOct 5, 2026
All rounds
3 funding rounds, newest first.
| Round | Announced | Raised | Post-money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Mar 23, 2023 | $150M | $1B |
| Seed | Jan 24, 2023 | $80K | — |
| Seed | Dec 1, 2021 | $40M | — |
Investors
7 investors across all rounds.
- AHAndreessen Horowitz
- AVA.Capital Ventures
- NFNat Friedman
- SASV Angel
- EGElad Gil
- GRGreycroft
- PBPaul Buchheit
Secondary market activity
Recent buy and sell interest for Character.ai shares on the secondary market.
| Kind | Implied valuation | Price / share | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| $6B | — | Sep 29, 2026 | |
| $2.5B | — | Aug 1, 2024 |
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Data as of Oct 16, 2026. Valuations are estimates blended from primary and secondary-market signals — not investment advice.