Character.AI
Companion chat app where people talk with characters they create or find.
- Revenue
- About $30M annualised (Jul 2025, Sacra estimate)
- Value
- Last priced round $1B (2023). A $2.5B peak in mid-2024 is reported but not confirmed
- Growth
- Monthly users reported at about 20M, down from a 28M peak in mid-2024 (reported)
- Listed
- Private
Its companion chats have a loyal, heavy-use audience.
Its founders moved to Google under a reported licence deal, so much of the value sits with the big labs.
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Open profileSources: sacra.com
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