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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 08/20/2025 11:10 EDT

Character.AI in talks to sell or raise new funding as chatbot costs pile up

Just a year after cutting 5% of staff and losing its founders to Google, Character.AI is once again at a crossroads. The chatbot startup is weighing a sale or raising fresh capital as it struggles with the steep costs of ...

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