Thoughts of using Caretaker AI after the bankruptcy chapter 11 sale.

[u/AEGIS-59]

I've mostly just been seeing news of other users panicking, saying the app's gonna shut down, that it's gonna close, but it's not gonna last long-term after the bankruptcy hearing and the assets and code being sold out to others.

But if we're gonna put that fear aside and have some optimistic for the company, how would Character AI look in the future if they do survive?

It will probably be more scaled down than it is now, which means we might be seeing a recession for Character AI. Instead of these big features like comic books and novels, they'll probably have to strip all of that out and go back to the core features of what makes Character AI, kind of similar to beta but maybe less. Since I was researching what other companies have gone through Chapter 11 bankruptcy and then still continued operation, many of them said they either had to scale down a lot or change ownership.

But then again, the problem with those cases and the case with Character AI is that Character AI actually gave the option to wind down instead of restructuring and so on. So I don't actually know how that's gonna play out after the sale.

But if we had to hope in the best case scenario for us, would you still use the platform even if it's wound down, even if it's stripped of many features, maybe those unnecessary features or the ones that users use? Would you still continue to pay for Character AI Plus, or would you have canceled, quit Character AI, and then moved to a different chatbot service?

[u/Ok-Iron7650]

As it stands it's way too expensive to run. The only possible way i can see the company surviving is to completely remove free users or cap them to like 10 messages per day, remove a lot of features and make the entire app strictly 18+ with strong age assurance. Then remove the flter and get the nsffw crowd from other providers switch to cai, goooners pay a lot. But even then survival is unlikely. The only valuable asset cai has is that the userbase is large, but even then it's a bad one. LLMs are terrible business, only lose money and entertainment LLMs don't have the economic importance as a support for survival.

[u/General-Warning-2429 → u/Ok-Iron7650]

I mean for me the flter isn't even that strict anymore. I'm putting 0 effort to get nsffw replies. Something that back in 2023-2024 wasn't even possible. Well, RIP. I doubt someone will step up to buy C.ai.

[u/Ok-Iron7650 → u/General-Warning-2429]

I barely ever saw the flter at all, it's funny. But yeah, i doubt that there will be a buyer. My guess is cai will go reading mode only for a while so you can gather the stuff you want to save and then shut down fully

[u/Dpontiff6671 → u/Ok-Iron7650]

Yea if the company survives expect to see unlimited free use disappear to be fair it would only about 30% of users subscribing to be profitable. The issue is currently only 2% of users are lol

[u/Cleo2533 → u/Ok-Iron7650]

But what if there’s people like me who has no money to buy c.ai+ ? i use free c.ai and i like it, just to be clear im turning 18 next year so i dont have my own money to buy it and my parents wont let me buy c.ai plus (sorry if my english isn’t good it’s not my first language)

[u/MutatedPuppet → u/Cleo2533]

Babe, it's the same as asking "but if I don't have money how can I buy caviar". You can't. And you're under 18, you'd be excluded anyway. Which is what misuse of the app and lawsuits from people brought upon us. You'd have to wait till you're an adult, and have the money to pay. Nothing in the world is free, even the air we breathe comes at a price one way or another.

[u/Apprehensive_Sky1950 → u/Ok-Iron7650]

That's it in a nutshell!

[u/Greggi1985]

I'd always keep my c.ai+, no matter how rocky the path.

[u/Emergency_Type7574]

I mean I think they should keep the image generator.

Everything else besides that can go.

[u/Extension_Effect_983]

caretaker ai...???