Why now
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Plenty of UGC content on the YouTube and Tiktok
Content here is easy to make since it’s just recording of chat messages
Natively viral = outsized views to subs/follower ratio
PMF is there = search the competitors or keywords, the content library is evident (also 500M traffic for this use case, non-exhaustive)
AI Companions have already seen growing demand
Replika, >20m lifetime downloads, > $50m in lifetime revenue
“We believe we’re on the cusp of a significant societal shift: AI companions will soon become commonplace. And at a16z, we are excited about it.”
Loneliness is a $B societal problem that often is not directly addressed nor spoken about that could impact Asia's $10 trillion consumer market
Yet, the desire for companionship, connection, and love fervently grows as we progressively become disconnected
Digital companionship is a burgeoning demand but falls short with static one-way conversations with chat bots
AI Waifu creates a new frontier of entertainment that personalises and immerses users
Study we made, or head to aiwaifu.gg
According to , top games across years, downloads, and billion dollar spend are anime fantasy themed, e.g., Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Uma Musume Derby
, >330m monthly website visits
, a “virtual girlfriend” created by influencer Caryn Marjorie, made more than $100,000 the first week, she said. and there’s a waiting list of thousands to gain access.
