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Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy
Character.AI built a consumer chatbot product in a market that frontiermodels now dominate for free. Disney's $20 million acquisition of assets is a fire sale, not a win. This is the outcome for consumer AI apps that don't own a moat. For builders: chatbot-only products are dead. For investors: if your portfolio has undifferentiated consumer AI, price it down now.