Character.AI — 'c.ai Series'
Key facts
- Operator / parent
- Character Technologies, Inc.
- Origin
- United States
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California, USA
- Launched
- 9 July 2026
- Category
- Established media and tech
Character.AI launched an in-house microdrama studio on 9 July 2026 with three AI-produced vertical shows: 'Last Summer', an anime romance; 'The Nighttime Game', supernatural horror; and 'Eden Fall', a survival series. Each runs ten episodes of under two minutes. The first eight episodes of a series are free and the last two are paywalled. What distinguishes it from live-action apps such as ReelShort and DramaBox is an interactive chat with the characters after each episode, gated to over-18s, with roleplay of alternate storylines; the company says it intends to let users create their own AI-character series. It says its studio team is drawn from Netflix, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks and Blumhouse. Chief executive Karandeep Anand frames the effort as avoiding "video slop".
Profile
- Markets
- Global, through the Character.AI app and platform
- Content
- Three AI-produced vertical shows at launch, ten episodes each of under two minutes, with post-episode interactive character chat.
- Genres
- Anime romance, supernatural horror, survival
- Monetisation
- Freemium: the first eight episodes of a series are free, the final two paywalled.
- Backers
- Character Technologies, Inc.; the parent is privately held and signed a licensing and talent deal with Google in August 2024.
People
- Karandeep Anand — CEO, Character.AI