Lawrence Jengar
03 Aug 2024 05:59
Character.AI announces strategic agreement with Google and key leadership changes to accelerate development of personalized AI products.
Character.AI has announced a significant partnership with Google, marking a new milestone in the company’s growth and development of personalized artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The strategic agreement includes a non-exclusive license to Character.AI’s current Large Language Model (LLM). technologyThis will allow the company to increase funding and resources to continue its expansion and innovation efforts.
Strategic partnership with Google
According to the Character.AI blog, the collaboration with Google will allow Character.AI to leverage third-party LLMs alongside its own proprietary models. This approach aims to strengthen the company’s post-training capabilities and accelerate the development of new product experiences for its growing user base. The agreement is expected to strengthen Character.AI’s mission to bring personalized superintelligence to users around the world.
Leadership change
As part of the deal, Character.AI founders Noam and Daniel will join Google, along with some members of the research team. Despite these departures, the bulk of the Character.AI team will remain to continue building the company’s products and serving its expanding user base. Dominic Perella, formerly a longtime Snap Inc. executive, has been named interim CEO. Perella has been a key member of Character.AI’s leadership team since mid-2023 and will guide the company through this transition.
Focus on innovation and growth
Character.AI was founded with the goal of delivering personalized superintelligence to users worldwide by 2022. Over the past two years, the company has made significant progress, developing increasingly sophisticated models and releasing new features that are integrated into the daily lives of millions of users. With the evolving landscape of AI now offering more pre-trained models, Character.AI has leveraged external LLMs to further enhance its offerings.
With new funding and resources from the Google deal, Character.AI plans to continue investing in its post-training capabilities and developing innovative AI products. The company is committed to its mission of providing personalized AI experiences and is optimistic about the future.
Character.AI would like to thank the founders and team for their contributions and look forward to building on their foundation in this new phase of growth.
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