Google in talks to invest in AI chatbot startup Character.AI
Financial Express Mumbai|November 12, 2023
ALPHABET'S GOOGLE IS in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Character.
Google in talks to invest in AI chatbot startup Character.AI

AI, as the fast growing artificial intelligence chat-bot startup seeks capital to train models and keep up with user demand, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.

The investment, which could be structured as convertible notes, according to a third source, will deepen the existing partnership Character.AI already has with Google, in which it uses Google's cloud services and Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to train models.

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