Shapes raises $8M to put AI characters into group chats
The app blends human group conversations with user-created AI ‘Shapes’ designed to participate alongside friends.
Shapes, a group-chat app that mixes humans and AI characters in shared conversations, raised $8 million in seed funding as it emerges from stealth. The startup says users can create AI ‘Shapes’ with distinct personalities and add them to chats, positioning the approach as more social (and potentially less isolating) than one-on-one AI companion apps.
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