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Kinda Creepy $4.1 Million Chatbot

Eugenia Kuyda
  • Eugenia Kuyda

  • Founder of Replika
  • $4.1 million rumored annual revenue

That would be Replika 🤖

An AI companion who is eager to learn and would love to see the world through your eyes. Replika is always ready to chat when you need an empathetic friend

According to the New York Times, half a million people downloaded Replika when the pandemic was getting real in April 2020. Apparently the app has raised nearly $11 million in funding and I’ve seen multiple reports that it pulls in $4.1 million in annual revenue.

The NYT article also covers the kinda creepy origin story of Replika: after losing a friend in a car accident, founder Eugenia Kuyda was reading their old text messages and wondered if she could create a chatbot that would emulate their conversations.

“I wanted a bot that could talk like him,” Ms. Kuyda said.

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Updated: March 7, 2025

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