# Big tech AI agents are merging or shutting down, and Character.AI files for bankruptcy

> Original title: AI产品淘汰赛开始：最快 76 天消失，千万用户也难逃破产

- Source: Leiphone
- Published: 2026-11-03T03:14:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/zxtiwp0c0s09k3xi3udfaw2e8
- Original: https://www.leiphone.com/category/yanxishe/YK9Yap3kAJ0F1lWv.html

## Summary

Tencent says its QClaw agent will shut down by year-end, and Alibaba and ByteDance have merged several agent product lines. The article ties these moves to compute costs and unclear business models. Character.AI, which still has about 12 million active users, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 12 and could close if no buyer is found.