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Former SenseTime Employee Founds AI Company, Building Moat with AI Character Engine, Secures Seed Funding
Characters are not static prompts, but continuously growing digital lives.
TL;DR
- Coolqq.com, an AI character hardware company, has secured tens of millions in seed funding.
- The company was founded by Xu Chiheng, an early employee of SenseTime, who developed key facial recognition technology.
- Their core product, 'CookiePi Character Interactive Partner,' uses a distributed system with a 'Cookie' trigger and 'Pi' character units.
- The AI character engine, K.ALife OS, focuses on character growth, user relationships, and shared memories, rather than just conversation quality.
- This approach allows characters to 'grow' and develop unique personalities and assets for each user.
- The separated hardware design allows AI characters to be physically integrated into various objects and locations within a user's home.
- The company has conducted multiple user tests, with users forming strong emotional attachments to the AI characters.
- Coolqq.com is pursuing a dual-product line strategy: a market-oriented iteration line and an AI Infra line for development efficiency.
- The company plans to launch its first batch of現貨 (spot goods) on July 31st, after completing its fourth user test.
- The investment highlights confidence in 'AI active interaction' landing in physical hardware and Pudong's AI consumer application ecosystem.