成立五年后，Character.AI 申请破产保护
原标题：Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy
AI 摘要
互动聊天机器人平台 Character.AI 在成立仅五年后申请 Chapter 11 破产保护，公司称资产与负债在 5000 万至 1 亿美元之间。公司已同意以 2000 万美元向迪士尼出售部分资产及技术非独占永久许可，前 CEO 等员工上月已加入迪士尼。CEO Colin Adams 表示出售流程预计 11 月底或 12 月初完成，若无人竞购平台将被关停。Character.AI 曾获超 1.93 亿美元融资、月活达 2000 万，但因诉讼、监管压力及高互动带来的成本与变现难题陷入困境。
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Only five years into its journey, Character.AI, which lets users create AI characters and have conversations with them, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following a slew of lawsuits and struggles to scale its popular platform. In a court document, the company said it had assets and liabilities between $50 million and $100 million. “Over the past year, Character.ai has taken meaningful steps to sustain and improve its business in the face of significant legal, regulatory, and operational head