AI Persona Report
How AI companions are built — and what ships next.
Memory, voice, avatars and the features that separate one AI companion from another, tracked as they launch.
Product
Chinese Tech Giant Tencent Launches AI Companions For Gamers
Product stories · 30 days18Beat volume, last 14 days
What’s being built
Feature comparisonWhich app remembers you? Which one can call you?Compare all 15 →
Meta Muse Confirmed for India Launch in 2027: AI Companion Crosses 10 Million Users in US and Canada
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News
Lonely Gamers Get AI Companions as Tencent Opens Beta for Assistant That Watches Gameplay and Talks Back
News
I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude & Perplexity about AI companions in 2030 — here's what surprised me
Product
Hulu's new horror movie about an AI companion gets chatbots uncomfortably right
Product
Tencent Launches AI Gaming Companion That Watches Your Screen and Gives Advice
Product
WhalesBot Launches Pubbo: AI Companion Robot for US Kids
News
Tencent’s AI gaming companion watches your screen in China beta
Product
Texas Startup Launches Astra Spark, an AI Companion Built to Remember You -- Spider Branch Technologies, LLC
Research
Black Kite’s 2026 AI Supply Chain Report: The Risks Behind Your AI Relationships
News
Temple is roomdeaf AI companion that listens through vibrations: Deepinder Goyal
Product
NBC’s ‘The Voice’ Launches TikTok LIVE Companion Show With Emmy-Winning Radio Host Bru
Product
Tolan – AI Companion With Voice Conversations, Personal Memory & Photo Sharing
Product
Replika – AI Companion With Personalized Conversations & Voice Calls
Deep dives
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The memory wars: why remembering you is becoming the most valuable feature in AI companionship
Models are commoditising fast. What users stay for is a companion that knows their history — and that changes how platforms should be built.
Guide: choosing a model stack for a companion product
Inference costs and the unit economics of a companion app
Guide: designing companion personas users stay with
Feature check
Full comparison →AppMemoryVoiceImagesCustomGroup
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Signals
All →- Apple’s New App Store Rule Explained: Why Dating And AI Companion Apps Are Now 18+NDTV Profit · 4 November 2026
- Katie Price, 48, parties with 'AI boyfriend and girlfriend' app founder Felix Henderson, 32, following split from 'soulmate' Lee AndrewsDaily Mail · 4 November 2026
- Apple Requires 18+ Rating for AI Companion and Dating Apps in App Store Policy UpdateAI Insider · 4 November 2026
- New York Enacts Prohibition on Unsafe AI Companion Features for Minors, S9051-Bwww.akingump.com · 28 October 2026
- HTC Launches Egg-Sized AI Companion VIVEE, Priced at $99 for US Pre-Orders, Taiwan Launch Set for Year-EndBigGo Finance · 27 October 2026
- Meet Block's Dessa, Your Voice AI Companion Who Can Talk, Laugh and Cry Like Human on MacBookInternational Business Times, Singapore Edition · 25 October 2026
Further reading
Useful elsewhereAI Characters LabHow to create AI charactersAn 8-step craft guide with a free character template.AI Companions IndexCompare AI companion appsPrices, free tiers, age limits and adult-content rules for 15 apps.AI CompanionOpsAI companion app launch checklist24 steps from persona design to payments, with a pricing benchmark.