Gergely Orosz says Google effectively acquihired Character.AI's founding team, leaving a zombie company behind. He lists similar deals by Microsoft with Inflection AI and Amazon with Covariant and Adept AI, which he says are meant to avoid antitrust scrutiny. Separately, Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, announced through a late-night newswire release.
Zero surprise: Google basically acquihired the founding team, leaving a zombie company behind.
There have been countless other examples of Big Tech doing the same: Microsoft with Inflection AI, Amazon with Covariant and Adept AI
All so that Big Tech doesn't trigger antitrust
Character AI has gone bankrupt. The AI startup announced its Chapter 11 filing through a late-night newswire press release
Source: Gergely Orosz · x.comPublished · added here
