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CHARACTER.AI
Character.AI
Artificial Intelligence · Redwood City, California · United States · Founded · 2021 · ≈ · 150 · employees

Character.AI Funding — Last Valued at $1B

Private

Character.AI has raised $193M across 2 funding rounds. The latest round valued Character.AI at $1B post-money, with Andreessen Horowitz on the lead line.

ProfileValuationFundingCompetitorsStock & IPOHow to invest
Character.AI funding · at a glance
Total raised, all rounds
$193M
sum of disclosed sizes
Funding rounds
2
priced rounds
Latest round
$1B
post-money · Mar 2023
Lead on that event
Andreessen Horowitz
Participation from Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, SV Angel, A Capital
2023
About Character.AI

Character.AI raised $43 million in seed funding at its founding in 2021. A $150 million round in March 2023 valued the company at approximately $1 billion, and in 2024 Google hired CEO Noam Shazeer and entered a non-exclusive agreement to use Character.AI's technology.

Funding timeline

The Character.AI funding timeline

2 funding rounds, the latest highlighted.

2021
Character.AI founded

Character.AI was founded in 2021, United States.

DEC 2021
Seed

A primary round — the company sells new shares to investors it selects. $43M raised.

Valuation basisAmount$43MPrice / shareLead
MAR 2023LATEST
Series A at $1B post-money

Participation from Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, SV Angel, A Capital. $150M raised, led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Valuation basispost-moneyAmount$150MPrice / shareLeadAndreessen Horowitz
IPO: NOT ANNOUNCED

No filing has been made.

Funding rounds

Character.AI funding rounds in full

2 dated rounds, newest first.

Round
Date
Amount
Valuation
Price / share
Lead investors
Participation
Series A LATEST
Mar 2023
$150M
$1Bpost-money
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Andreessen Horowitz
Participation from Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, SV Angel, A Capital
Seed
Dec 2021
$43M
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Character.AI · investors

Investors

Andreessen HorowitzLEADSpark CapitalGooglea16z

Frequently asked questions

Is Character.AI publicly traded?›

No. Character.AI is a private company; its shares do not trade on a public exchange.

What is Character.AI's valuation?›

The last valuation is $1B.

Who has invested in Character.AI?›

Lead investors for each round are in the funding timeline.

Who are Character.AI's competitors?›

The closest artificial intelligence peers are on the competitors page.

How can I get exposure to Character.AI?›

The routes section explains what is realistically available for a company at this stage.

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