People are social animals. They mentally and emotionally thrive within healthy relationships. The desire for companionship is one of the ultimate drivers for people. We believe that AI companions will meaningfully complement the relationships people have. This is already one of the top AI use cases for consumers. More than 100 million people use AI companions today.

In the future, every human will have multiple purpose-built companions, as friends, financial advisers, gaming partners, therapists, language coaches, spiritual mentors etc. To feel lifelike and to deepen relationships, each of those companions needs a rich narrative layer: back-story, improvisational skills, personality, shifting mental states, long-term memory, humor, proactive experiences, empathic recall, and safety and moderation features in addition to tools that empower conversation experience designers.

This requires more than a clever prompt. This requires a strong relationship-oriented conversation infrastructure. We are building that infrastructure. We are building the emotion machine for AI.