Google has entered a $2.7 billion agreement with AI startup Character.AI, reportedly aimed at rehiring Noam Shazeer, a former employee known for his contributions to AI chatbot technology. Shazeer, who was among Google’s first hundred employees, left the company in 2021 after developing an AI chatbot that the tech giant chose not to release publicly.
The deal, officially framed as a licensing…
Character.AI’s founders, Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, are rejoining Google’s AI division, DeepMind, alongside key members of their team. Character.AI, a startup known for its advanced chatbot technology, achieved a $1 billion valuation last year but has yet to generate revenue.
Shazeer and De Freitas, who left Google in 2021 to start Character.AI after their chatbot proposals were…
