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VC rounds (seed + Series A, a16z-led) historically; Aug-2024 $2.7B Google license+talent payment (structured as buyout of investors, not new company capital); no new round closed since

high confidence · as of 2026-07-28 · about Character.AI

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Wikipedia — Character.ai $150M Series A, a16z-led, Mar 2023
2023-03 high
DuckDuckGo HTML search aggregation $2.7B Google licensing/talent deal, Aug 2024
2024-08 med

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