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Character.AI

AI-first

AI Chat & Assistants

Character.AI is a conversational AI platform where users chat with millions of user-created and official AI characters for roleplay, entertainment, storytelling, and companionship. The service includes voice calls, character memory, and customizable chats across web and mobile apps.

ABOUT CHARACTER.AI

Character.AI runs on proprietary large language models tuned for personality and long-form conversation. Beyond one-off chats, users can build characters with custom backstories, share them publicly, and reuse persistent memory across sessions. Voice calls and access to newer chat models sit behind the c.ai+ tier.

OVERVIEW

Who is it for?
Users interested in roleplay, interactive storytelling, casual chat, and AI companionship with fictional or historical characters.
Problem
General-purpose chatbots lack persistent personas, character memory, and community-shared character libraries suited to entertainment and roleplay.
Solution
Conversational platform where users chat with 10M+ user-created and official AI characters via text and voice, with character memory, custom character creation, and native iOS and Android apps.
What makes it unique
Marketplace of 10M+ community characters, unlimited voice calls on c.ai+, and character memory tuned for long-form personality-driven conversation.

KEY FEATURES

  • Access to 10M+ user-created AI characters
  • Text and voice chat with characters
  • Unlimited voice calls on c.ai+
  • Character memory and personality persistence
  • Custom character creation and publishing
  • Chat customization options for subscribers
  • Community discovery and character sharing
  • Native iOS and Android apps
  • Charms system for special interactions

PRICING PLANS

Every published plan tier. Editorial reasoning about which one to buy lives on our reviews and best-of pages, not here.

Free

Free

Basic chat access with ad-supported conversations and standard character memory.

c.ai+ Monthly

$9.99/mo

Ad-free chats, better memory, unlimited voice calls, faster access to latest models, and community features.

c.ai+ Annual

$94.99/yr

All c.ai+ features billed yearly at a 20% discount versus monthly.

COMPANY

Founded
2021
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California, USA
Founders
Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas
Publicly traded
No

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Sources

  1. Character.AI homepage - Homepage · checked Aug 29, 2026
  2. Character.AI Plus pricing - Pricing page · checked Aug 29, 2026

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