About Character.AI
Character.AI is a generative AI chatbot platform that lets users create and interact with customizable AI-powered characters spanning fictional personas, historical figures, and custom assistants. The platform serves consumers seeking interactive entertainment, companionship, learning, and creative exploration through conversational AI. It is built on in-house large language models optimized for natural, emotionally resonant dialogue.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$193M
Last stage
Series A
Investors
Founders
Noam Shazeer
Former Google engineer and AI researcher; lead author on foundational AI papers including work on the Transformer architecture. Co-founded Character.AI in 2021. Departed in late 2024 to rejoin Google.
LinkedInDaniel De Freitas
Former Google engineer and lead designer of LaMDA (previously Meena), an experimental conversational AI at Google. Co-founded Character.AI in 2021. Departed in late 2024 to rejoin Google.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.