成立仅5年的AI聊天机器人平台Character.AI已申请第11章破产保护1。该公司资产和负债规模介于5000万至1亿美元之间1。迪士尼同意以2000万美元收购其部分资产及技术的永久非独占许可证1。根据公司预期，破产清算将在11月末或12月初完成1。公司CEO Colin Adams表示："如无可行提案，平台将被关闭"1。
Character.AI由前Google工程师、Transformer论文合著者Noam Shazeer和Daniel De Freitas创办1。该平台曾在2022年9月的融资轮中达到独角兽估值1.5亿美元1，累计融资超过1.93亿美元1。2024年8月，Google曾以27亿美元的授权协议收购其模型1，平台在2024年10月达到2000万月活跃用户1。在14岁佛州少年自杀事件和德州隐私调查后，公司禁止了未成年人使用该平台1。
Character.AI, an interactive chatbot platform founded by former Google engineers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid legal disputes and business challenges 1. The company's assets and liabilities range between $50 million and $100 million 1. Disney has agreed to acquire certain assets and secure a permanent non-exclusive license to the company's technology for $20 million 1. The bankruptcy liquidation process is expected to conclude in late November or early December 1.
The platform's closure would mark a dramatic reversal for what once appeared to be a promising venture. Character.AI had reached unicorn valuation status with a $150 million funding round in September 2022 and accumulated over $193 million in total funding 1. In August 2024, Google signed a $2.7 billion licensing agreement for the company's models, and by October 2024, the platform had achieved 20 million monthly active users 1. However, CEO Colin Adams stated that without viable acquisition proposals, the platform will be shut down 1. The company's trajectory shifted after incidents including a 14-year-old Florida teenager's suicide and a subsequent privacy investigation in Texas prompted the company to restrict minors from using the service 1.
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